Day one - First Round of simultaneous breakout sessions
- Enterprise support services, who benefits – the borrower or the lender?
Lecturette and debate with panel and audience, presented by Merten Sievers (International Labour Organisation, Switzerland). Panelists: Maria Faddoul (ADIE, France) and Luís Felipe Derteano (Grupo ACP, Peru).
- To link or not to link?
Open space debate moderated by Alberic Pater (Triodos Facet, The Netherlands) with presentation by Marjolein de Boer (Managing Director, Eigen Baas, The Netherlands) and reaction by Jennifer Riria (CEO of Kenya Women's Finance Trust and Chair of the Association of Microfinance Institutions AMFI in Kenya).
- What do we really know about BDS in relation to Microfinance?
Roundtable with researchers presented by Margot Lobbezoo (InHolland University Researcher, The Netherlands). Speakers: Erik Lubberding (Researcher - Junior Advisor, Region of Nijmegen); Vlad Mihut (Practitioner - ROMCOM, Romania); Marleen Holtkamp(Entrepreneur - Montas ordening en coaching.)
- Why do savings matter?
Roundtable with three presentations. Moderator: Faisel Rahman (Fair Finance, UK). Speakers: Abdoulaye Fall (ACAF, Spain), Bernard Bayot (Réseau Financement Alternatif, Belgium), Omar Khan (Assetnet, UK).
- BDS 2.0 – can we apply IT in BDS?
Best practices and elevator pitches. Facilitator: Jan Wilhelm Wolff. Speakers: Vincent Stulen (Qredits, The Netherlands), Unni Beate Sekkesæter (NCN, Norway), Martin Ferry (PSYBT, UK), Tibor Szekfu (Fejer Enterprise Agency, Hungary).
- What should MFIs in the European Union EU keep in mind? Lessons learned from developing countries.
Presentation of key lessons. Moderator: Daniel Sorrosal (EMN). Speakers: Gerrit Ribbink (TriodosFacet, The Netherlands) and Leo Soldaat (Hivos, The Netherlands)
Day two - Second Round of simultaneous breakout sessions
- Enterprise support services, who benefits – the borrower or the lender?
Lecturette with panel and debate with attendees. Speaker: Robert Lensink (Professor of Finance and Development, Groningen University, The Netherlands). Reactions by Nathalie Denis (CREDAL, Belgium) and Luís Felipe Derteano (Grupo ACP, Peru).
- How to ensure that BDS will grow as well?
Panel discussion by means of interviews of key players in EMN Growth working group. Moderator: Michael Unterberg (Evers&Jung, Germany).
Speakers: Georgie Friedrichs (Qredits, The Netherlands), Corrado Ferretti (Permicro), Vlad Mihut (ROMCOM, Romania), Ioan Vlasa (FAER, Romania).
- To link or not to link?
Open space debate moderated by Alberic Pater (Triodos Facet, The Netherlands) with panelists Albert Colomer (C’PAC, Spain) and Jochen Bloß (Deutsches Mikrofinanzinstitut, Germany).
- Who pays the ferryman in your country?
Moderated by Maria Doiciu (Eurom, Romania), Debate with introduction by Raymond Maes (Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG, European Commission); reaction by Bettina Reuter (Ministry of Employment/ESF coordinator, Germany) and Guzman Garcia (Ministry of Employment/ESF coordinator, Spain).
COPIE (Learning Network on Inclusive Entrepreneurship) Overview - Bettina Reuter
- How to measure effects of Microfinance and BDS?
Interactive workshop. Facilitator: Geert Jan Schuite (Triodos Facet, the Netherlands); Co-facilitators: Bruno Dunkel (Coopest, Belgium), Perrine Lantoine-Rejas (FNCE, France), Veronika Thiel (Responsible Credit).
- Will codes of conducts or quality standards improve your performance?
Roundtable discussion. Moderator: Joyce Kimwaga Lundin (NEEM, Sweden); Speakers: Philippe Delvaux (European Commission DG Regional Policy), Karl Dayson (University of Salford), Giampietro Pizzo (Microfinanza).
