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Hybrid #EMW2023 Opens, With Programme Dominated by Green & Climate Smart Finance, FDPs and Food Security & Nutrition. EMW2023 kicks off with a record number of attendees - over 650 - in-person and online with over 40 sessions

e-MFP is delighted to publish the 'Financial Inclusion Compass 2023'­ – the sixth annual survey of financial inclusion stakeholders to better understand perspectives on current trends, future priority areas, challenges, opportunities and beyond.

e-MFP is delighted to announce the publication of 'Inclusive Finance for Food Security & Nutrition', the latest in its annual series of publications that introduces the subject landscape, explores the role of the inclusive finance sector and presents case studies and best practice from that year’s European Microfinance Award.

The situation in the microfinance sector in Cambodia is highly complex, and there has been a lot of recent news and discussions. e-MFP has been working closely with our members and partners on this topic (including in preparation for EMW2023), and this is a short statement of e-MFP's response to the evolving situation.

Join e-MFP members Symbiotics and the Finance and Development (FinDev) research group of the University of Bergamo during a webinar on 6 November which will explore current best practice in Technical Assistance.

This #WorldFoodDay e-MFP is proud to share what our members are doing in the area of this year's European Microfinance Award theme 'Inclusive Finance for Food Security & Nutrition'

NFP World Food Day 2023, will take place on Thursday October 12th, in Amersfoort, the Netherlands and will bring together diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise, and facilitate discussions on innovative approaches, partnerships, and business models that promote sustainable agriculture, responsible sourcing, and equitable value chains.

e-MFP and the e-MFP Green Inclusive and Climate Smart Finance Action Group are delighted to launch The Green Map - Addressing Climate Change via An Open Resource for Green Inclusive Finance Projects & Practices.

Fortune Credit Ltd, Fundación Génesis Empresarial, & Yikri are announced as finalists who will go on to compete for the €100,000 prize.

Join us in-person from 15th – 17th November for over 40 sessions on the critical issues and innovations in the financial inclusion sector!

e-MFP members MFC and Cerise+SPTF launch a new project (August 2023 - July 2025) co-funded by the European Union through the Transform Together Fund. MFC and Cerise+SPTF will issue up to €50,000 grants for social finance actors in Europe

The e-MFP WASH Action Group is delighted to kick off a series of webinars on Climate and WASH. This first webinar takes place on 5th October.

Join e-MFP’s livestream launch event of the ‘Green Map’, a project developed by the e-MFP Green Inclusive and Climate Smart Finance Action Group (GICSF-AG) and supported by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The event will take place on 28 September (4pm CEST), in-person and online.

e-MFP Rabo Foundation is co-hosting an international event on 11 & 12 October in Amsterdam, SEWF, Social Enterprise World Forum with people attending from all over the world.

e-MFP is excited to present the analysis of Green Inclusive Finance trends over the past decade in our publication "State of the Art of Green Inclusive Finance 2011-2019."

Share your views on the future of the financial inclusion sector. The survey is open until 7th August.

This publication focuses on understanding the relationship between financial education (FE) and financial health (FH)

Expanded for this new edition with an environmental component and which combines data from 21 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 13 countries.

Call for interest - host and organiser for the 8th edition of the ECRM2024 conference in 2024

41 organisations from 25 countries apply to EMA 2023 on ‘Inclusive Finance for Food Security & Nutrition’