Microfinance institutions are in a key position to help mitigate the effects of human capital flight that manifests between East and West Europe. We want to propose public-private partnership initiatives that would combine the social mission of microfinance with the solidarity mechanisms within Europe, to renew investment in local entrepreneurship and innovation. This Policy Note was prepared by the European ...

The Nominations and Elections Committee of the MFC Board is pleased to announce that the election to fill the four positions on the MFC Board of Directors has concluded. Thanks to all Member institutions who cast their votes! Congratulations to the following representatives of the MFC Member institutions, Each will serve a three-year term, beginning in May, 2021. Gabriele Giuglietti, Banca ...

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 ...

CALL for PARTNERS and IDEAS! Social Finance Vibe 2021: Pandemic Reboot MFC conference Social Finance Vibe 2021 (#SFV2021) means MFC 22nd Annual Conference.  September 14th-16th – SAVE THE DATES Social Finance Vibe 2021 (#SFV2021) can only mean one thing: the MFC 23rd Annual Conference! This year, our conference will be fully virtual—we’re creating an amazing digital village where we can ...

Erste Group’s Social Banking invested 53 million euros to support its clients in the pandemic year 2020 2020 was a challenging year, with the Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately hitting the most vulnerable people in our society – not only in terms of their health, but also financially, due to job loss or lower income. However, the recently published Annual Report by ...

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 ...

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 ...

MFC Member from Moldova, Microinvest, wants to share with you their BWC activities report. In 2020 Microinvest thanks to their great involvement, enormous work and creative approach reached with Borrow Wisely communications  to 2 674 727 people ! We are very impressed and congratulate the whole team. Microinvest is also the only MFI from Moldova, which is taking part in ...

    Azerbaijan Micro-finance Association (AMFA) cordially invites you to join our Annual Meeting of Financial Educators on “Boosting financial education in digital era”, which will be held on 12th February, 2021 and will start at 10:00 (Baku time) within EU funded project “Accelerating development sustainable micro-entrepreneurship in rural regions of Azerbaijan” (ADSMIRRA). Annual Meeting of Financial Educators professional development meeting ...