Employment and Social Innovation (Jasmine)
A second EaSI TA thematic seminar was organised in Romania by fi-compass earlier this Autumn. The event’s main purpose was to highlight new product development opportunities for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Romania, particularly in rural microfinance. It attracted 30 participants from about 15 different MFIs with rural interests.
See the new EaSI TA newsletter featuring information about capacity building support from fi-compass for Europe’s microfinance sector. The newsletter is produced with Technical Assistance (TA) support from the first axis of the European Commission’s Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) Programme. Click here to download and share the EaSI TA newsletter.
See the latest microfinance advisory news from EaSI TA, including success stories about the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision, at https://goo.gl/2537bl. Other new briefing information has been released recently by the European Commission concerning the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision.
fi-compass organised a second EaSI TA thematic seminar in Romania in response to the needs expressed by both Romanian and other European microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in rural areas. The event focused on innovation in product development and distribution channels, including digital methods for MFIs with clients in rural regions.
Our fi-compass EaSI TA advisory services organised three workshops in Portugal during the Ethical and Solidarity Finance Forum (FFES III). More than 160 people participated representing Portuguese stakeholders involved in ethical and solidarity financing. The three EaSI TA workshops focused on raising awareness about the ethical and solidarity financing environment as well as related financing gaps in Portugal.
EaSI Technical Assistance is a part of the first axis of the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) Programme which is an EU level financing instrument. Its third axis aims to increase the availability and accessibility of microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro enterprises, build up the institutional capacity of microcredit providers and increase access to finance for social enterprises.
Business strategies and digital innovation for microfinance institutions were the themes for a fi-compass event that took place last month in the Netherlands. Advice about business development services (BDS) for microfinance recipients was also provided during the fi-compass seminar, which was organised with technical assistance from the EU's Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI TA).
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An EaSI TA seminar was organised in Romania for microfinance stakeholders in September 2007 by fi-compass. The event was an initiative following up on an EaSI TA Survey conducted in March / April 2017, which identified that a number of credit unions (CARs) from Romania were interested in learning from peers about Risk & Credit Management policies and procedures.
A thematic seminar on mutual learning was organised by fi-compass EaSI TA in collaboration with the Romanian Region West Credit Unions Association (UTCAR RV) in Deva/ Sarmizegetusa on September 25, 2017.
