For over 35 years, The SEEP Network has been a leader in addressing global poverty through transformative solutions.
In 1985, a group of U.S. based NGOs pioneered new strategies for enterprise development and microcredit, seeking to promote economic opportunities for the world’s poor. With support
from USAID’s Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation, they formed the “Small Enterprise Evaluation Project” (SEEP) to champion the importance of impact assessments and
develop evaluation methods that would inform practice.
The experience resulted in the publication of a highly influential guide, Monitoring and Evaluating Small Business Projects: A Step
by Step Guide for Private Development Organizations, and a model for cross-organizational learning and collaboration that remains the foundation of our work today. After the project came
to term, SEEP was rebranded as the “The Small Enterprise, Education and Promotion Network" or The SEEP Network. With members active in 150 countries worldwide, the once small group of
NGOs is now a global network of diverse organizational types and geographies.Today, The SEEP Network's vision is to promote markets that create opportunities for all people to engage and prosper.