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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: 2006 SEEP Global Network Summit
SEEP thanks its network members and partners for another successful Global Network Summit! Nearly 30 participants, representing 25 networks active in 66 countries, attended "Investing in the Future: Strategic Planning for Network Growth and Sustainability." This two-day event, in conjunction with SEEP's 2006 Annual Conference, focused on an inclusive strategic planning process for regional and country-level microfinance networks. |
SEEP's network development services leverage its 21 years of lessons learned as the leading microenterprise development network by partnering with regional and country-level networks to promote their development as sustainable, demand-driven institutions able to build consensus on industry-wide standards and to disseminate best practices on a regional and national level.Specializing in lateral learning, The SEEP Network is dedicated to sharing sustainable and replicable models of institutional strengthening.
NDS Program: Key Services
Network Institutional Strengthening Services
• Business and Strategic Plan Development
• Effective governance
• Sustainability Strategies
• Annual Meeting Organization
Member Services: Strategies for Development and Delivery
• Information dissemination services
• Capacity-building program development
• Policy advocacy
• Performance monitoring and standards
Annual Global Network Summits
1999 Baltimore, MD
• Orientation to Network Collaborative Learning Processes
2000 Accra, Ghana
• Performance standards
• Regulation/supervision
• Capacity-building
• Information dissemination
2001 Harare, Zimbabwe
• The Role of National Networks in Performance Monitoring
2002 Washington, DC
• Business plan development
• Sustainability strategies
• Effective service delivery strategies
• Policy advocacy
• Performance monitoring systems
• Executive directors' peer group
2003 Washington, DC
• The impact of networks
• Business plan development
• Sustainability strategies
• Information dissemination strategies
• Working group action planning
2004 Washington, DC
• Performance monitoring
• Linkages with financial service associations
• Network Capacity Assessment Tool
• Working group meetings in: Service Delivery, Financial Sustainability, Performance and Impact Assessment, and Policy Advocacy
2005 Washington, DC
• Social performance and performance measurement
• Networks and remittances
• Policy advocacy strategies
• Working group reports and 2006 working group learning agenda
2006 Washington, DC
• Strategic planning for network growth and sustainability
Recently Added Documents
In this issue: Citi Foundation Launches $11.2 Million International Microfinance Program in Partnership with the SEEP Network; Introduction to SEEP’s new Network Development Website; Network of the Quarter;
Network Updates and Events
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In this issue:
Best Wishes to SEEP Senior Program Associate Jonathan Dolan!
Sneak Preview: SEEP Global Network Summit and Annual Conference
Network of the Quarter: Zimbabwe Association of Micro Finance Institutions (ZAMFI)
SEEP Beginning NCAT Assessment Process
Congratulations to Consortium ALAFIA, SEEP’s newest network member!
SEEP Builds Regional Capacity to Perform Network Capacity Assessments
SEEP performs Network Capacity Assessment for AMFISA-South Africa
AFMIN, Consortium Alafia, and ZAMFI Host SEEP FRAME Trainings in Zimbabwe and Benin
GHAMFIN and SEEP - Training and ToT on MFI Board Performance Monitoring
Tools for Networks: Consumer Protection
In this issue:
SEEP Welcomes New Executive Director!
REDCAMIF Launches Microfinance Investment Company
New Opportunity for Networks: Consumer Financial Education Course
The Rating Fund Offers Subsidies for MFI Performance Evaluations
Tools for Networks: Strategic Planning
Network Updates
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Microfinance Conferences
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The final issue of volume 2 (2006) of SEEP's Network News, a quarterly newsletter for country and regional microfinance associations. This issue wraps up SEEP's work in the year and shares details of recent and upcoming network events around the world. Read about networks including AFMIN - Africa, AMFIU - Uganda, ProDesarollo - Mexico, the Vietnam Microfinance Working Group, and Sanabel - Arab States!
This technical note explores how regional and national microfinance networks, also called microfinance associations (MFAs), can help to
strengthen the microfinance industry in challenging environments-those affected by conflict or natural disaster. It identifies and discusses ten of the most important roles of networks in challenging environments: serving as an information clearinghouse; disseminating and promoting best practices; attracting and encouraging coordination among donors; bringing disparate players together; facilitating linkages between MFIs and other development organizations; providing a space for lateral learning; providing or facilitating access to training for MFIs; fostering transparency through performance monitoring; advocating for an enabling policy environment; and encouraging a long-term outlook in the industry. This technical note uses the experiences of MFIs and microfinance networks in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Sierra Leone, and other countries affected by conflict or natural disaster to build a picture of the role of networks in challenging environments. It outlines how networks are established in such situations, and explores how networks in these environments can improve the microfinance industry.
