MICROFINANCE EVENT: Client Protection Certification Program Webinars October 25, 26 and 28, 2011, Organized by the Smart Campaign of ACCION International

Event Name: Client Protection Certification Program

Event Dates:
• Spanish: October 25, 2011, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm eastern US time
• English: October 26, 2011, 10:00 am – 11:30 am eastern US time
• French: October 28, 2011, 9:00 am – 11:30 am eastern US time

Event Location: Online

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Cost: Free

About the Event:
The Smart Campaign has been working to develop a certification program for client protection so that financial institutions worldwide may contract with approved third-parties to acquire certification of their adherence to the Campaign’s Client Protection Principles. The certification program is still under development, and these sessions are part of the process of soliciting industry input on the certification program. Industry feedback is being sought through November 2011, and field testing is scheduled to take place through early 2012.

For additional information you may email comments@smartcampaign.org or telephone +1 202 393 5113.

Event Website: http://www.smartcampaign.org/news-a-highlights/whats-happening/8-2010/529-client-protection-certification-program

Submit Your Event: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events

By Ashim Kar, Research Associate

About the Smart Campaign
The Smart Campaign, which was founded with seed money from US-based nonprofit ACCION International and is located at ACCION’s Center for Financial Inclusion in Washington, DC, is an “effort to unite microfinance leaders around a common goal: to keep clients as the driving force of the industry.” It promotes seven core consumer protection principles including: appropriate product design and delivery, prevention of over-indebtedness, transparency, responsible pricing, fair and respectful treatment of clients, privacy of client data and mechanisms for complaint resolution. As of October 2011, approximately 1,900 microfinance institutions (MFIs), microfinance support organizations, investors, donors and individual industry professionals have endorsed the Smart Campaign.

Source and additional resources:

“Client Protection Certification Program”, http://www.smartcampaign.org/news-a-highlights/whats-happening/8-2010/529-client-protection-certification-program

MicroCapital.org story, August 17, 2011, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Smart Campaign Revises “Client Protection Principles” for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)”, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-smart-campaign-revises-%E2%80%9Cclient-protection-principles%E2%80%9D-for-microfinance-institutions-mfis/

MicroCapital Universe Profile: The Smart Campaign: https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=SMART+Campaign

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