Author: Mariel Vincent Rapisura
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MMC Mounts Microfinance Best Practice Forum 2014
On September 18-19, 2014, Mindanao Microfinance Council held Microfinance Best Practices Forum 2014 with the theme, “Moulding the Building Blocks of Microfinance.” The sessions during the forum covered enhancing effective operational strategies of MFIs; innovations in microfinance products and delivery systems; risk mitigation through internal control and external audit; and promoting client protection and transparency…
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MMC Mounts Microfinance Best Practice Forum 2014
On September 18-19, 2014, Mindanao Microfinance Council held Microfinance Best Practices Forum 2014 with the theme, “Moulding the Building Blocks of Microfinance.” The sessions during the forum covered enhancing effective operational strategies of MFIs; innovations in microfinance products and delivery systems; risk mitigation through internal control and external audit; and promoting client protection and transparency…
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SEDPI Completes SBC Engagement
On June 28, 2014, SEDPI completed the capacity building program to three microfinance institutions (MFIs) under the Department of Trade and Industry’s Rural Micro-Entrepreneur Promotion Program (RuMEPP). RuMEPP was launched in 2007 with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as its lead implementing agency. RuMEPP is a seven-year project of the International Fund for…
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1,383 Students Trained on Financial Literacy
Now on its third year, SEDPI trained students of Sisters of Mary Schools (SMS) Boystown and Girlstown. The trainings were held in the campuses of SMS on June 20, 2014. There were 456 male students and 927 female students who attended the financial literacy trainings. To date, almost 4,000 SMS have already been trained on…
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MMC Mounts Microfinance Management Conference
Mindanao Microfinance Council held its Mindanao Microfinance Management Conference in Davao City on March 28, 2014. The conference theme was “Understanding the State of Microfinance Industry in Mindanao.” The topics in the conference were the initiatives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on microfinance; assessment of the microfinance industry in Mindandao; the state of market…
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SEDPI Conducts Financial Literacy Training to Palaweños
SEDPI trained a total of 696 residents of San Vicente, Palawan on Financial Literacy (FL), December 12-15, 2013. The training is part of SEDPI’s partnership with the Climate Change Commission (CCC) in a project to create eco-towns or ecologically sustainable and economically stable communities. Those who benefitted from this project were mainly entrepreneurial mothers and…
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Strategic Planning for Social Enterprises
The course addresses the issues of strategic and operational planning that are vital to the successful development of social enterprises. The right to left planning approach will be used as the framework for the strategic planning process. A vision questing workshop is the highlight of the course enabling social entrepreneurs to set ambitious but realistic…