The Fletcher School, US-based Tufts University’s graduate school of international affairs, has announced that it will offer nine-month fellowships within its Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion to representatives of regulatory authorities and policy-making institutions from developing countries.
Category: Events
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Marketing Research Center (EMRC) Presents “Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2015: Access to Finance/Promoting Entrepreneurship”, November 24 – 26, 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Event Name: Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2015
Event Date: November 24-26, 2015
Event Location: Lord Charles Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) to Host European Microfinance Week 2015, November 18-20, 2015, Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg
Event Name: European Microfinance Week 2015
Event Dates: November 18-20, 2015
Event Location: Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Savings Group Conference 2015: The Power of Savings Groups, November 10 – 12, 2015, Lusaka, Zambia
Event Name: Savings Group Conference 2015
Event Date: November 10-12, 2015
Event Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit: October 6 – 8, 2015, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Event Name: Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit 2015
Event Date: October 6 – 8, 2015
Event Location: Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Belarusbank to Host World Savings Bank Institute (WSBI) Meeting, September 30 – October 1, 2015, Minsk, Belarus
Event Name: World Savings Bank Institute (WSBI) Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) Meeting 2015
Event Dates: September 30 – October 1, 2015
Event Location: Renaissance Minsk Hotel, Minsk, Belarus
MICROFINANCE EVENT: The Microfinance Association, Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network Present 1st International Investors Forum on Microfinance, September 8-9, 2015, Accra, Ghana
Event Name: 1st International Investors Forum on Microfinance
Event Date: September 8-9, 2015
Event Location: African Regent Hotel, Accra, Ghana
MICROFINANCE EVENT: SEED Africa Symposium, Nairobi, Kenya, September 9-10, 2015
Event Name: SEED Africa Symposium
Event Date: September 9-10, 2015
Event Location: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Transactives to Present Global Payment Summit 2015, August 26-27, 2015, Singapore
Event Name: Global Payment Summit 2015
Event Date: August 26-27, 2015
Event Location: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore
MICROFINANCE EVENT: AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics to Host 5th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum, November 24-25, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Event Name: 5th Global Islamic Microfinance Forum
Event Dates: Conference: November 24-25, 2015; Post-conference workshop: November 26-27, 2015
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: United Nations Announces Goals of “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
The United Nations recently released the final version of, “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” highlighting 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) with 169 associated targets intended to eradicate poverty by the year 2030.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Citi Foundation, Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) Present Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Summit, October 27-29, 2015, Manila, Philippines
Event Name: Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Summit 2015
Event Date: October 27-29, 2015
Event Location: Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Manila, Philippines
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 18th Microfinance Centre Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, November 5-6, 2015
Event Name: Employment, Youth and Investment: What can Microfinance do?
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investing Presents ‘TBLI Conference Europe 2015’, November 19-20, Zurich, Switzerland
Event Name: TBLI Conference Europe 2015
Event Date: November 19-20, 2015
Event Location: GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Langhaldenstrasse 21, 8803 Rüschlikon, Zürich, Switzerland
Cost: The cost of the event is CHF 625 (USD 639). A set of three private meetings with potential investors and business partners is available for an additional fee of CHF 500 (USD 511). Additional meetings can be booked at CHF 150 (USD 154) each.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Uniglobal to Host Fifth Annual Central Asian and Caucasus Microfinance Forum, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 1-2, 2015
Event Name: Fifth Annual Central Asian and Caucasus Microfinance Forum
Event Date: October 1-2, 2015
Event Location: Tbilisi Marriott Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sanabel 2015 Conference: “Progress towards Financial Inclusion; Global Trends and Regional Initiatives”, October 20-21, 2015, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Event Name: Sanabel 2015 Conference: Progress towards Financial Inclusion; Global Trends and Regional Initiatives
Event Date: October 20-21, 2015
Event Location: Savoy Hotel, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Participation: This event is open only to Sanabel members and scholarship recipients.
Summary of the event: Conference sessions will address regional trends, opportunities and alternative approaches to microfinance in Arab countries. Topics to be covered include (1) innovation and diversification of financial services; (2) how to enhance market penetration; (3) best practices for partnerships between the private and public sectors; and (4) increasing awareness of client protection while working towards financial inclusion [1].
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2015 Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network Annual Conference, September 28 – October 1, 2015, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Event Name: 30th Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network Annual Conference: Inclusion and Resilience: The Next Challenge
Event Date: September 28 – October 1, 2015
Event Location: Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Munich Re Foundation, FMSAR, Microinsurance Network to Host 11th International Microinsurance Conference, November 3-5, 2015, Casablanca, Morocco
Event Name: 11th International Microinsurance Conference 2015: Driving Growth and Sustainability – A Business Case for Microinsurance
Event Date: November 3-5, 2015
Event Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Casablanca, Morocco