Fondazione Giordano Dell' Amore, Milan (Italy) - October 25th, 2011Workshop leader: Massimo Vita (Microfinanza, Italy)Panellists: Vase Davaliev (Microcredit Foundation Horizonti, FYR of Macedonia) and Henry Quezada (Jardin Azuayo, Ecuador)Facilitator: Sandra Moreau (European Microfinance Network, Belgium).



Motivating your Board of Directors  to Actively Promote and Deepen the  Social Mission
Paper written for the MicroCredit Summit. It will be presented in Valladolid, Spain next November

Written by:
Micol Guarneri, Director of SPM services
Microfinanza Srl, Italy

Aldo Moauro, General Manager
MicroFinanza Rating, Italy

Lucia Spaggiari, Social Rating Director
MicroFinanza Rating, Italy


Introduction
During  the  last  decade,  the  microfinance  industry  has  experienced  impressive  growth  rates  and  its  attention  has  mainly  been  oriented  towards  financial  performance  and growth,  commercialization  and  the  increased  flow  of  private  resources  to  the  sector. Nevertheless, key components of microfinance include poverty alleviation and financial  inclusion,  combined  with  a  notion  of  economic  development  and  social  responsibility. Microfinance   institutions’   missions,   therefore,   must   focus   on   their   social   and
development functions, but at the same time, these institutions must play by the rules of the traditional commercial financial institutions. Read more... download the Paper


Fondazione Giordano Dell’Amore organizes an International Conference: “Present and future of microfinance: Transparency, Client protection and Social impact for a sustainable growth”, scheduled for October 24th, 2011 in Milan (Italy). The conference aims at being an important moment of reflection and discussion on relevant themes for the development of the microfinance sector through plenary sessions and parallel workshops with the presence of international experts in microfinance.

The event is associated to the second edition of the Giordano Dell’Amore Microfinance Best Practices International Award. The award winner will be announced during the Conference.

The program and the registration form are available on the conference website

Fondazione Giordano dell'Amore  (Milan), September 15th,  2011Workshop on "Microfinance in Europe: the role of the public sector" - PROGRESS and JEREMIE (download the programme)

ISPI Winter School (Milan - Italy) in collaboration with Microfinanza Srl and Fondazione Giordano dell'Amore will organizes for the Winter season different training courses on microfinance. The programme will come soon. For further information please visit the ISPI Winter School website.


"Microcredit and financial inclusion networks" have been the focus of the meeting organised by RITMI (Italian Microfinance Network) in Florence on friday 20th May last in the framework of the meeting "Terra Futura".


In the framework of the Feasibility study on microcredit opportunities in favour of holders of subsidiary protection (ERF Programme) on February 15th, 2011 MicroProgress, OIM and Microfinanza Srl. organised a meeting focused on the elaboration of a jointly proposal for the development and the start up of education and self-employment projects for holders of subsidiary protection. The meeting has been conducted by using the focus group methodology.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 15:00 at the University of the Sacred Heart (Milan) has been presented the Monetary Observatory on "Microfinance in the world and in Italy"
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The November 18th last in Parme (Italy) the Fondazione Andrea Borri, with the support of the Università of Parme and Microfinanza Srl, organised a conference on "Microcredit and microfinance: an opportunity also for young people"
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