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6 Dec 2022

e-MFP Publishes 'Financial Inclusion that Works for Women: Lessons and Best Practices from the European Microfinance Award 2022'

Our latest publication condensed the themes and pull together the outstanding cases and factors for success from that year’s European Microfinance Award.

5 Dec 2022

Publication of the Green Index 3.0

The main framework for assessing the environmental performance of financial services providers (FSP) in green inclusive finance

2 Dec 2022

e-MFP 2022 Activity Report is Out Now!

Read about our busy 2022

1 Dec 2022

Catch Up on EMW2022 in our Plenary Session Recordings

Relive the European Microfinance Week plenary sessions

1 Dec 2022

Explore the EMW 2022 Photo Galleries

EMW2022 in pictures!

30 Nov 2022

What the Press is Saying About EMW 2022

Many thanks to our media partners and the Luxembourg press for the excellent coverage of EMW 2022

22 Nov 2022

e-MFP’s Hybrid European Microfinance Week 2022 Closes – With Discussion of Successes, Disappointments, and Future Opportunities

EMW2022 concluded Friday at Luxembourg’s Abbaye de Neumunster with a record 570 attendees from 48 countries, 257 of them online

21 Nov 2022

EMW2022 Session Presentations

Dive into the presentations available from some EMW2022 sessions

18 Nov 2022

Banco FIE (Bolivia) wins the European Microfinance Award 2022 on Financial Inclusion that Works for Women

After a selection process that reviewed applications from 88 organisations, Banco FIE S.A. has been chosen by the Luxembourg Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs to receive the €100,000 European Microfinance Award 2022.

17 Nov 2022

Hybrid #EMW2022 Opens, with Storms Weathered, but Challenges – Internal and Eternal – Still Ahead

EMW2022, three-day conference back in-person for first time since 2019, with over 30 sessions across various formats – interviews, panels, working groups and plenaries

27 Oct 2022

Webinar: Building a Bridge Between Financial Health and Financial Education

A webinar on 2nd November organised by the e-MFP “From Research to Practice and Back Again” Action Group (AG)

22 Oct 2022

Time to Register for European Microfinance Week 2022!

EMW2022 is back in-person in Luxembourg 16-18 November

18 Oct 2022

WEBINAR: How to Promote Gender Equality among Management and Staff in MFIs / Cómo promover la igualdad de género en la gerencia y el personal de las IMFs

Lessons learned from the e-MFP HR AG's survey and voices from the field

5 Oct 2022

e-MFP’s Financial Inclusion Compass 2022 published in English, Spanish and French

describing current trends, future priority areas, challenges, opportunities – and evolution of the sector’s infrastructure

27 Sept 2022

Training on GREEN INDEX 3.0 for FSPs

- in English (11 Oct or 8 Nov), Spanish (13 Oct or 10 Nov) & French (12 Oct or 10 Nov)

22 Sept 2022

What’s Next? e-MFP Webinar to Present Findings From the Financial Inclusion Compass 2022

A webinar discussion on the findings and themes from the latest e-MFP survey of sector trends

22 Sept 2022

Finalists for the European Microfinance Award 2022 on 'Financial Inclusion that Works for Women' Announced

Bancamía from Colombia; Banco FIE from Bolivia; and Kashf Foundation from Pakistan are announced as finalists who will go on to compete for the €100,000 prize.

21 Sept 2022

Why Should WASH Matter to Impact Investors?

new publications from the e-MFP WASH Action Group

12 Sept 2022

WEBINAR: Supporting Managers in their HRD Role

The second webinar in this series, hosted by the ILO's Social Finance Programme on lessons learned from the e-MFP HR AG's survey and voices from the field

8 Sept 2022

WEBINAR RECORDING: How to align the HR function and business strategy for organisational success

Lessons learned from the e-MFP HR AG's survey and voices from the field