Documents and links

Speeches

Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy - Speech at the Eurofi Conference in June 2006
Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy - Microfinance: Tool for growth and employment in Europe - Keynote Speech at the Closing Ceremony of the 5^th EMN Annual Conference - Nice, 10 September 2008
Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy - "Cohesion policy and the global crisis: Joint action to deliver sustainable development" - "JJJ Conference" ("Jaspers - Jeremie - Jessica") - Bratislava, 15 October 2008

Presentations

Vilmos Budavari, DG Enterprise, Belgium, "EU Policy for Microfinance in 2007-2013", EMN Annual Conference, Budapest, 2006
Marc Schublin, Head of JEREMIE, European Investment Fund, EIF, Luxemburg, "EU Policy for Microfinance in 2007-2013" presentation made by during the EMN Annual Conference in Budapest, 2006
Antoine Saint-Denis – Policy Officer Unit Inclusion (DG EMPL – European Commission), Microfinance: A tool for growth and employment in Europe, EMN Annual Conference, September 8-10 2008, Nice, France
Antoine Saint-Denis – Policy Officer Unit Inclusion (DG EMPL – European Commission), Including Microcredit in National Action Plans and the Lisbon Strategy, EMN Annual Conference, September 8-10 2008, Nice, France
Antoine Saint-Denis – Policy Officer Unit Inclusion (DG EMPL – European Commission), Microfinance a tool for active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market, EMN Annual Conference, 25 June 2009, Milan, Italy
Marc Schublin, Head of JEREMIE, European Investment Fund, JASMINE: Players, commitments and Status Quo of the Microcredit Initiative, 3Js Conference, 16 October 2008, Bratislava, Slovakia
Philippe Delvaux, Principal Administrator Financial Engineering, European Commission, DG Regio, A European initiative for the development of microcredit, 3Js Conference, 16 October 2008, Bratislava, Slovakia

Articles

Article "Growth and Social Cohesion: Microcredit and the European Union" written by Maria Nowak, Autumn 2006. Buy the complete "Finance & the Common Good" paper by The Observatoire de la Finance.
Article "Promoting Microfinance: Policy Measures Needed" written by Jan Evers and Stefanie Lahn, Autumn 2006. Buy the complete "Finance & the Common Good" paper by The Observatoire de la Finance.
Article "Microfinance with a Mission: Learning Together" written by Philippe Guichandut, Autumn 2006. Buy the complete "Finance & the Common Good" paper by The Observatoire de la Finance.

EMN documents

EMN response to the European Commission Consultation "Financial Inclusion: Ensuring access to a basic bank account" (April 2009)

Useful Links

EU Policies on Access to Finance:

European Portal for SMEs (DG Enterprise and INdustry)
European Progress Microfinance Facility (DG Emplyment, Social Affairs and Equal Chan

EU Financial Instruments:

European Investment Fund:

EU POGRESS Programme:

Programme PROGRESS 2007-13 (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) - Support of key European-level networks of organisations involved in the fight against poverty and social exclusion
Texts adopted referring to the European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2009 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Microfinance Facility for Employment and Social Inclusion (Progress Microfinance Facility)

European Microfinance Network - Paris
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 22 01 19 - Fax: +33 (0)1 42 22 06 44

European Microfinance Network - Brussels
in the premises of
Fonds de participation - Participatiefonds
rue de Ligne 1
1000 Brussels - BELGIUM
Tel: +32 2 209.08.38 - Fax: +32 2 209.08.32

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