The Microfinance Centre regional microfinance resource center and network

Last year it was more than impressive. MFC hosted over 1000 participants during #DigLitBootcamp sessions organized in 2020. Not only our attendees learned a lot*, which is the most important goal, but they joined us from 154 different institutions, spread around 55 countries! To follow up last year’s Digital Literacy Bootcamp – based on the feedback received – we have ...

MI- BOSPO from Bosnia and Herzegovina, MFC long term partner and one of the first institutions to join the MFC network, is celebrating their 25th anniversary. We all at the Microfinance Centre are very content with this jubilee and congratulate MI-BOSPO on their valuable work and great cooperation wishing them continued success in the future! On this occasion, MI-BOSPO has ...

Tajikistan’s leading micro lending institution, Imon International (Imon), which is MFC long-term Member, will continue providing financial services to more than 100,000 micro businesses and individual borrowers across the country thanks to an equity investment from Imon’s international shareholders. Following the exit of Imon’s main shareholder Micro-credit Fund “IMON”, Mikro Kapital, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Dutch ...

The Microfinance Centre is very happy to welcome on board Georgian Microfinance Association. Welcome to the MFC network, we look forward to our collaborations! See below how the GMA is presenting themselves:   Georgian Microfinance Association was established in August 2009. Its founders are microfinance organizations. The main mission of the Association is to support the development of microfinance sector ...

The European Union is offering this webinar to microfinance institutions (MFI) interested in exploring what can be done to support micro and small (MSEs) transition into a post pandemic world.   Join us on Wednesdays : 5th, 12th and 19th May at 14:00 CET This series of webinars will discuss the importance of developing alternatives to debt financing instruments. The current crisis has shown the ...

Microfinance business – Before and After Covid-19 MFC Member, Impactiive, started a series of articles on the microfinance industry current situation and future perspectives. Our Team at the Microfinance Centre found their broad approach and analysis thought-provoking and we recommed that read to any microfinance #professional who wants to start a discussion on the modern challenges which the sector faces. Source: impactiive.com “Starting with ...

The European Commission has announced the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan which outlines concrete actions to further implement the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights. It is a joint effort of the Members States and the EU, with an active involvement of social partners and civil society. It also proposes employment, skills and social protection headline ...

Social economy is a part of the economy driven primarily by collective interests as well as social and environmental objectives. This initiative seeks to boost the contribution of social economy organisations to a fair and sustainable growth. It will enhance social investment, support social economy actors to start up, scale up, innovate and create jobs. Therefore, EU is developing action ...

One of the key objectives of the EaSI programme is to stimulate the financial and social inclusion of borrowers wishing to set-up or develop their micro-enterprises and who may have limited or no access to the conventional credit market. To this end, under the EaSI Microfinance Guarantee, the offering of non-financial support in the form of business development services (“BDS”) as ...

Mastercard and Microfinance Centre seal new partnership to support 300,000 microbusinesses and microfinance institutions in Europe and Central Asia The partnership will enable micro-finance institutions to pivot, adapt and embrace digitization. London & Warsaw, 29 March 2021: The Microfinance Centre (MFC) and the Mastercard Center For Inclusive Growth will partner on a new international support programme for small businesses and ...