Key Events for the Social Finance Programme

July 19th to Aug. 2nd, 2013

Boulder Institute of Microfinance: Sustainable Development Training (Turin, Italy). This intensive microfinance training program will take place from Monday, July 15th to Friday, August 2nd, 2013 in English and French. It builds on 18 years of success with our Boulder Microfinance Training Program and offers program participants an unparalleled opportunity to confront the sector's most critical issues and learn the latest techniques alongside leading academics and practitioners from around the world.

July 4th-5th, 2013

Global Sustainable Finance Conference (Karlsruhe, Germany). The Social Finance Programme will present the results of the MF4DW action research project.

May 13th-17th, 2013

ITC/ILO Training: Making Microfinance Work: Managing Product Diversification (Turin, Italy). This training is designed for middle and senior managers in microfinance institutions. It is relevant for institutions that have already diversified and are looking for ways to manage their diversification more effectively, as well as institutions that have not diversified and are looking for guidance on where and how to begin.

April 11th, 2013

5th Microfinance Forum of the Alps/Rhone (Lyon, France). As part of this year’s theme of “Is Microfinance an efficient tool to fight against inequalities?,” the ILO will share its experience on how microfinance stakeholders and social entrepreneurship measure social impact and social performance in their activities.

March 25th-27th, 2013

Social Finance Network Global Meeting (Turin, Italy). New and old members of the global Social Finance Network will meet at the ILO International Training Centre to learn more about the role of social finance in the work of the ILO.  Members will receive further training on social finance from the Social Finance Programme Team, as well as share their knowledge of social finance tools used in their respective regions.