Friday, 2nd of July 2010 (9:00 to 16:30), Kursaal, Bern. The next Savings & Credit Forum will provide you with a snapshot of the latest status on mainstreaming social performance at the level of both microfinance institutions and microfinance investment vehicles. This is all about the integration of financial and social performance in achieving the “double-bottom line” in the microfinance industry. While the morning sessions deal with the microfinance institutions, the afternoon sessions focus on the level of the investors. The forum attempts answering the following key questions for each level: 1. How do microfinance institutions measure and report their social performance and put their social mission into practice? How can the social performance (in addition to the financial performance) of different microfinance institutions be compared so that investment vehicles have reliable and transparent information on the expected social return of their investments? 2. How do microfinance investment vehicles measure and report the social return they claim to achieve? How can the social performance (in addition to the financial performance) of different investment vehicles be compared so that retail and institutional investors have reliable and transparent information on the expected social return of their investments? You find more information in the Invitation and the draft programme. Please register using the following registration form. Also see: Social Performance Task Force 2010 Annual Meeting. More…

Source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC