MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Microfinance Network Accepting Proposals To Present On “Microfinance as a Tool of Active Ageing”

The European Microfinance Network (EMN), a France-based NGO whose mission is to promote microfinance, microentrepreneurship and self employment to fight social and economic exclusion, recently announced plans to hold a debate on the topic “Microfinance as a tool of active ageing” on December 14, 2012, in Brussels.In the context of the European Year on Active Ageing, the Research Working Group of EMN invites practitioners or researchers interested in this topic to contribute to the general discussion through an expression of interest (EOI) of up to 3 pages.

Contributions will be screened and selected for one or more of the following: Presentation at the EMN debate in December; an EMN publication on senior entrepreneurship and inclusion in the electronic research bulletin of the EMN Research Working Group. The closing date for receipt of EOIs is November 16, 2012. You may submit your proposal by email to rwg.emn[at]gmail.com. Applicants will receive a response regarding the outcome of their proposals by the end of November.

By Chioma Okwudiafor, Research Associate

About European Microfinance Network (EMN)
The European Microfinance Network (EMN) aims to bring together microfinance practitioners and others involved in microfinance activities in Europe with the purpose of promoting good practice in microfinance, self-employment and microenterprise development and improving the regulatory framework at the European Union and member state levels. EMN currently has 87 members located in 21 European countries. As of December 2010, EMN reported total assets of EUR 621million (USD 804 million).

Sources and Additional Resources:

CGAP, Microfinance Gateway Story: Call for Expression of Interest: Microfinance as a tool for ageing http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.9.59397/

MicroCapital Story, October 9, 2012, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Network to Organize 9th Annual Conference on Building Sustainable Microfinance in Europe, November 8-9, 2012, Bucharest, Romania”
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-european-microfinance-network-to-organize-9th-annual-conference-on-building-sustainable-microfinance-in-europe-november-8-9-2012-bucharest-romania/

MicroCapital Story, September 22, 2012: “MICROFINANCE EVENT: European Microfinance Platform’s Microfinance Week, Luxembourg, November 14-16, 2012, Onsite Reporting to be Provided by MicroCapital”, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-european-microfinance-platforms-microfinance-week-luxembourg-november-14-16-2012-onsite-reporting-to-be-provided-by-microcapital/

MicroCapital Universe Profile: European Microfinance Network (EFN)
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tikiindex.php?page=European+Microfinance+Network+%28EMN%29

Do you know that MicroCapital publishes the MicroCapital Monitor newspaper each month? Find out more at https://www.microcapital.org/products-page/

Similar Posts: