Project description The European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (henceforth “EaSI”) Technical Assistance will continue under the direct management of the European Commission – Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The EaSI Technical Assistance services support public and private financial intermediaries of the microfinance sector in Europe with a wide range of activities aimed at increasing the quality of ...

Social enterprise finance providers can now apply for technical assistance services under the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme! To build the emerging European social enterprise finance sector and to facilitate access to EaSI financial instruments, the European Commission is extending the scope for the provision of EaSI technical assistance – which previously focused only on microcredit providers – to cover also ...

Date: April 9, 2019 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Registration The European Commission is sponsoring a one-day microfinance workshop under the EaSI Technical Assistance programme for microfinance titled: “Refugee/Migrant Finance and Support – Where Do We Stand?”. The event will bring together international and local microfinance experts, experts on integration of refugees, industry and government representatives, as well as other stakeholders for three ...

The year had a great start for all activities under the EaSI Technical Assistance programme, aimed to support public and private financial intermediaries from the microfinance sector in Europe. In February, MFC as part of a consortium with the EMN led by Frankfurt School organized a study visit to bring MFIs from Bulgaria and Greece to Warsaw for two days. ...

Date:  27 March 2019 Location:  Bucharest, Romania Organiser: Microfinance Centre The European Commission is sponsoring a day-long microfinance workshop under the EaSI Technical Assistance programme on the microfinance legal framework in Romania and how it defers from the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision. The event will take place in Bucharest, Romania on 27 March 2019. The Romanian microfinance legal ...

We kindly invite all individuals, organisations and institutions that follow policy debate in the field of employment and social affairs and/or are involved in the national and EU policy formulation or implementation in these areas to participate in the Stakeholder Survey of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) 2019. The EaSI programme is committed to results-based management, which involves ...

Date: 7 March 2019 Location: Warsaw, Poland Topic: Current challenges in loan analysis The European Commission is sponsoring a day-long microfinance workshop under the EaSI Technical Assistance programme, which will take place in Warsaw, Poland on 7 March 2019. The event is organised in cooperation with the Polish Union of Loan Funds and will respond to the demand of Polish microfinance and ...

Date: 15 March 2019 (09:00 – 16:30 CET) Location: Brussels, Belgium Topic: Digitalisation Strategy for Microfinance Institutions The European Commission is sponsoring a one-day microfinance workshop under the EaSI Technical Assistance programme on ‘How digital do you want to become? Digitalisation Strategy for Microfinance Institutions’. The event will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 15 March 2019. Digitalisation is a ...

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 a complement to ...

What a busy and successful year 2018 was for the MFC! We are thrilled to bring you this review of our key activities and achievements. Enjoy and benefit from the resources we’ve prepared for you! This year, we’ve been working hard to help advance best practice and develop financial inclusion by: Supporting microfinance institutions digitalization: FinTech mapping: We conducted mapping studies ...