Category: Microfinance

The province of Kalinga is located within the northern Cordillera region of the Philippines, twelve hours away from Metro Manila by land. Through a partnership with the Small Business Corporation (SBC), SEDPI conducted an organizational appraisal for BIBAK Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMPC) running from May 22 to 26, 2013. BMPC operates mainly in Tabuk, with its…

The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) recently bagged a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project on June 14, 2013. The project is on the conduct and development of financial education support on mobile money services entitled Scaling Innovations in Mobile Money (SIMM). for the The Development Alternatives International (DAI) is the…

SEDPI conducted a week-long organizational appraisal for a Leyte-based microfinance institution, the Fatima Multi purpose Cooperative (FMPC). In partnership with the Small Business Corporation (SBC), the appraisal ran from June 6 – 12, 2013 covering areas where FMPC operates, from the rural towns of Calubian and Palompon to the cities of Naval and Tacloban. Organizational…

The Pashchimanchal Grameen Bikas Bank, Ltd. (PASGBB) from Nepal sent ten of its senior officers to participate in a Microfinance Study Tour in the Philippines. The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) facilitated the study tour entitled “Microfinance Immersion: Delinquency Management and A Study Tour of Philippine Microfinance Institutions” on May 6 to 11, 2013.…

Through the course, we realized the importance of addressing human resource concerns for the growth of the institution, said Edmar Sarmiento, one of the field managers of Kasagana Development Center Inc. (KDCI) who participated in the Managing Human Resource for Microfinance Institution training. The course, which was held last May 2 – 4, 2013, was…

Aspiring to extend its reach to the greater majority of Filipinos, the country’s largest rural bank in terms of assets—Bank of Makati, Inc.—is tapping into the microfinance banking industry this year. To further enhance its capacity as a microfinance institution, Bank of Makati partnered with SEDPI for an 8-day management training conducted from April 29…

On April 23, 2013, the Small Business Corporation (SBC) awarded a project to SEDPI to conduct capacity building to two microfinance institutions. The project involves two microfinance institutions under the Rural Microenterprise Promotion Program (RuMEPP). RuMEPP is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to promote entrepreneurship by developing existing microenterprises and developing…

Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) started 2013 with an influx of clients. For the first quarter of 2013, the SEDPI booked a total of approximately PhP4 million worth of capacity building services. This is a third higher than the target of the social enterprise for the quarter. There were a total of eight projects…

Last March 7 – 9, 2013 SEDPI trained the middle managers of Community Rural Bank of Catmon (CRBC) on Financial Analysis in Catmon, Cebu. The course aims to equip the participants with knowledge and skills that would enable them to format basic financial statements, compute for basic financial ratios, utilize these ratios to analyze financial…