08/18/2010
Enter the 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest
Submit your photos for the chance to win this year’s prestigious award, and tell the world about microfinance. Winners receive considerable exposure the world over, and become part of a global community of professional and nonprofessional photographers who share a twin passion for photography and microfinance. http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/photocontest/
08/12/2010
Quality Audit Tool in Central Asia
In June and July of 2010 Elet Capital from Kyrgyzstan and MLO “IMON International” from Tajikistan undertook the SPM diagnosis using MFC Quality Audit Tool. An updated version of QAT was used in the MFIs, containing the client protection perspective aligned to the 6 client protection principles. These social audits were co-funded by ICCO SP Fund.
07/13/2010
The round table on a theme «Consolidation of the microfinance organizations»
On July 12th of 2010 at the training-hall of Association of Microfinance Organizations of Tajikistan (AMFOT) was held the round table «Consolidation of the MFO». During the meeting it was presented the results of the conducted comparative analysis of small, medium and large MFOs, also according the request of AMFOT the legal firm "LEX" has presented the results of the research possibilities of Microfinance Organization consolidation.
Microfinance Impact and Innovation Conference
CGAP, along with partners Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Moody's Corporation, and Deutsche Bank, is sponsoring a conference to discuss the impact of microfinance. Sessions are relevant to all stakeholders, funders, practitioners, and policymakers. The conference, to be held 21-23 October 2010, in New York City, will present the latest research about the impact of microfinance.
