Category: Microfinance

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…

The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) conducted an impact assessment research for Vision Bank, Inc. last July 8-12, 2013 in Virac, Catanduanes. The goal of the research is to quantify the impact of Vision Bank loans to its regular and microfinance borrowers—mostly local government unit employees, public school teachers and microentrepreneurs. The results of…

Prominent Italian historian Niccolo Machiavelli once said, “The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not”. The partners of Social Enterprise Development Partnership, Inc. (SEDPI) hold this statement true after participation in Strategic Planning workshops that SEDPI staff organized…

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…