Tag: social impact
#SFV2022 Talk with Leaders: Peter Šurek, Erste Social Finance Holding, Austria
Here you will find information about Erste Social Finance’s experience with social housing financing and expanding financial access to refugees. [...]
Read more ...#SFV2022 Talk with Leaders: Florian Ott, Erste Social Finance Holding, Austria
Here you will find the experience of Erste Social Finance Holding (a joint venture of Erste Group Bank AG and [...]
Read more ...#SFV2022 Talk with Leaders: Paweł Chorąży, Polish Development Bank, Poland
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Read more ...#SFV2022 Overview of Social Economy Actors
Normal 0 21 false false false PL X-NONE X-NONE The social economy ecosystem is home to a wide range of [...]
Read more ...#SFV2022 Talk with Leaders: Laura David, Stefan Buciuc, BCR Social Finance, Romania
BCR finances NGOs and social enterprises. It has also launched a new zero-collateral student loan that allows anyone under the [...]
Read more ...#SFV2022 Social Economy Action Plan: The way forward
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Read more ...#SFV2022 Talk with Leaders: Andrey Kopyl, HOPE, Ukraine
Learn about the work of HOPE Ukraine in supporting the Ukrainian people, including significant changes in its activities after February [...]
Read more ...#SFV 2022 Opening day 1
Welcoming remarks by MFC Management Board and Brunilda Isaj, Council Chairwoman #SFV2022 opening by Ruth Paserman from the European Commission, [...]
Read more ...#SFV2022 Talk with Leaders: Mastercard & MFI – towards digitalization
Filbo, an MFI from Romania, and Mastercard SME Solutions team discussed how MFIs can partner with Mastercard to digitize their customer [...]
Read more ...Green recognition awards 2022
At the occasion of the second edition of the Social Finance Vibe 2022, MFC (Microfinance Centre) decided to recognize two [...]
Read more ...Outcomes Management for Financial Services Providers. A proposed standard framework aligned with Sustainable Development Goals
This paper summarizes the work that CERISE and SPTF have conducted with investors and FSPs to define a more pragmatic [...]
Read more ...Join the SIFTA Webinar: Building the visibility of the Social Finance sector – #EMD2022, Erste Group Campaign case study
13 October 2022
IntroductionSocial Finance is an important tool for addressing finance gaps for inclusive entrepreneurship. MFC network members: MFIs, Social Investors, Ethical/Social [...]
Read more ...Join the Microfinance Centre Webinar: Capacity building for microfinance sector – call for consultants
12 October 2022
IntroductionAre you an expert in microfinance? Have you been providing or you are considering providing capacity building services to microfinance [...]
Read more ...The SDGs: a common framework to promote Social Impact Measurement of the SSE
This report analyses the potential of integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the Social Impact Measurement (SIM) of the [...]
Read more ...A Practical Guide to Measuring and Managing Impact
The goal of impact measurement is to manage and control the process of creating social impact in order to maximise [...]
Read more ...Navigating Impact Measurement and Management
The report published by European Venture Philantropy Association (EVPA) highlights the key issues and considerations for measuring and, more importantly, [...]
Read more ...Join the Microfinance Centre Webinar: Exploring Social Economy Action Plan
5 September 2022
IntroductionAdoption of the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP) by the European Commission in December 2021 can be seen as a herald of changes in [...]
Read more ...Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: Capital for microfinance growth: which social, environmental and governance criteria are important for social investors?
27 June 2022
Introduction The purpose of the webinar is to acquaint the EU microfinance practitioners with new ESG (“Environmental, Social, Governance”) – [...]
Read more ...Join the EaSI Technical Assistance Webinar: Updated Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework of the EIB Group.
20 June 2022
Introduction The interest and the need to invest considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is growing steadily around the [...]
Read more ...Social Banking Impact Report 2021
See the impact report of Erste Group created in 2021 [...]
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