Event Name: 2009 SEEDFINANCE Micro No More Stakeholders Conference

Event Description: The Micro No More Stakeholders Conference is a forum to network form partnerships with development workers, support providers, and various stakeholders in the microfinance industry. There will be workshops and plenary briefings on topics such as “microfinance standards and regulations, mobile banking, microremittance, risk management, sustainable energy, housing microfinance, microinsurance, social performance and fair economic development.”

Event Date: November 26, 2009-November 27, 2009

Event Location: Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila Philippines

Event Website: http://www.micronomore.com/home/2009/09/the-2009-seed-finance-stakeholders-conference/

Event Organizer: Micronomore, SEEDFINANCE Corporation

Description of Organizers: Micronomore, is a “group of individuals in the micro- and SME- (small, medium-enterprise) finance industry in the Philippines and around the globe.” They aim to build “economically self-sustaining communities (ESSCs) or economically empowered communities” through “mobilization of technical and financial resources.” The organization brings together microfinance institutions (MFIs), SMEs, and investors with the intention of facilitating investment, assisting with equity management, and sharing knowledge and innovation. The ultimate goal is to facilitate growth of SMEs (http://www.micronomore.com/home/about-us/).

SEEDFINANCE is a financial institution that focuses on “wholesale financing of Filipino microfinance organizations and providing loans to Filipino small enterprises.” It is a stock corporation with authorized capital of over USD 1.5 million. It has a seven person Board of Directors who are in charge of leadership and governance. They work with over 60 partners in the Phillipines consisting of “cooperatives, rural banks, and microfinance NGOs.” (http://www.seedfinance.net/home2/main/mainphp/sp302_aboutus.php)

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