Exchange visits

EMN organises regular exchange visits in partnership with its members to discover the reality of work in the field and to share day to day experience among practitioners. A practical way to learn!

Exchange visits, which usually last for several days, enable participants to have contact with established microcredit in other European countries, in order to share know-how and observe impact on the sector. Participation in these exchange visits allows individuals to compare their work methods and share ideas, management tools, characteristics of the target public, available grants offered by the government, etc. On average, two exchange visits are organised each year. During the visits, the European Microfinance Network makes all arangements in order to allow participants to take full advantage of the experience.

To date, EMN has organised various exchange visits. You can have the detail of each one of them below, by clicking on the appropriate link.

Visits organised to date

Exchange Visits 2004

Exchange Visit France: in partnership with Adie

Exchange Visits 2005

Exchange Visit UK: in partnership with the cdfa
Exchange Visit Finland: in partnership with Finnvera

Exchange Visits 2006

Exchange Visit Bosnia and Herzegovina: in partnership with Partner and Mi Bospo
Exchange Visit Spain: in partnership with Obra Social »la Caixa» (now MicroBank), Fundació Un Sol Món de Caixa Catalunya (now Obra Social Caixa Catalunya - Inclusio Social), SURT and la Cruz Roja

Exchange Visits 2007

Exchange Visit UK: within the framework of the European project "Fostering Gender Equality - Meeting the Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Challenge"
Exchange Visit France: this visit was organised on behalf of the Russian Microfinance Center and Eurom Consultancy. EMN welcomed a group of Russian microfinance representatives as well as a group of Romanian microfinance representatives
Exchange Visit Slovakia: in partnership with Integra Foundation, within the framework of the European project "Fostering Gender Equality - Meeting the Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Challenge"

Exchange Visits 2008

Exchange Visit Romania: in partnership with CAPA Finance, ROMCOM, FAER, Opportunity International and UNCAR
Exchange Visit France: within the framework of a project for the promotion of self-employment supported by the ILO (International Labour Office)
Exchange Visit France: in partnership with Adie, within the framework of EMN 5th Annual Conference

Exchange Visits 2009

Exchange Visit France: within the framework of a project for the promotion of self-employment supported by the ILO (International Labour Office) in Bulgaria
Exchange Visit Italy: in partnership with Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore, within the fralework of EMN 6th Annual Conference

Exchange Visits 2010

Exchange Visit Portugal: in partnership with its Portuguese members , ANDC and Millennium bcp
Exchange Visit Poland: in partnership with its Polish members, EMN will organise, next October, an exchange visit to Poland. More information soon available here

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