The Microfinance Centre regional microfinance resource center and network
Our friends from e-mfp are having some important announcements to share with MFC network audience. A lot of great activities is going on!
e-mfp Award, European Microfinance Week 2021 and the report from last year’s edition – it is really worth taking a look
- Take part in 2021 e-mfp Compass survey!
This fourth edition of the e-MFP Compass survey continues this methodology while building on the special edition Covid-19 Financial Inclusion Compass published last year to ask how the pandemic has changed stakeholders’ roles and priorities.
The last year has upended the financial inclusion sector. The challenges have been immense, and the full scale of the cost – to families, businesses, institutions – is not yet known. The crisis, of course, is not at all yet over. But it’s important, we believe, to try to really understand what’s going on and what it all means for the present and the short, medium and long-term future for financial inclusion.
Read more on the e-mfp website and have your say
- This year’s European Microfinance Week dates are already on – book in your calendars!
17-19 November 2021
The format depends on the pandemic situation
Follow a dedicated EMW webpage
- European Microfinance Award on ‘Inclusive Finance and Health Care’
Round one:
43 Organisations apply to Round 1 of EMA 2021
“The EMA evaluation team received 43 applications from organisations with health care initiatives operating in 32 different countries. More than ever, the field of applicants represents a diverse set of provider types and with operations in all regions of the world. A majority of the applicants are MFIs, with banks, NGOs, cooperatives and health services providers making up most of the rest.”
Follow upcoming rounds and choose your favourite for the Award
- European Microfinance Week 2020 report
“The decision to go online was not taken lightly. It was an enormous and daunting undertaking. How to re-create and re-envision the rich debate of a typical EMW for people in their offices and homes behind computers? How to allow them to meet and engage? How to make the sessions themselves better suited for people already suffering ‘Zoom fatigue’? How to see this as an opportunity to evolve – in substance as well as format?
Despite this multitude of challenges, EMW2020 was a success beyond anyone’s expectations. Held over 18-20th November, EMW2020 set multiple records..”
Find out more in the EMW 2020 report!
