Bern, Friday 2nd of July 16.30 – 18.30, followed by cocktail. The World Microfinance Forum Geneva is pleased to announce a debate on the way microfinance indicators fit into broader worldwide efforts to measure the social outputs and outcomes of SMEs. The event will be the culmination of a week of discussions on social performance measurement (SPM) in microfinance organized by the microfinance Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC).

The debate will bring together investors and experts on different tools to discuss, among others, the following questions:
•    Can the social performance of MF investments be compared with that of other SMEs?
•    Is it feasible to go beyond compliance and measure the actual impact of SMEs?
•    Are lessons from SPM in microfinance relevant for a broader range of investments?
•    Is it possible to achieve an international consensus on SPM for all types of investments?

Panelists:
•    Laura Foose, Coordinator, Social Performance Task Force (SPTF)
•    Margot Brandenburg, Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation and responsible for the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards initiative (IRIS)
•    Jan Olde Loohuis, Investment Analyst, Social Evaluator (SROI)
•    Guillaume Taylor, Founder and Managing Director, 4B (Wealth Management)

Moderators:
•    Cedric Lombard, Founder and General Manager, Impact Finance
•    Pete Sparreboom, Program Director, World Microfinance Forum Geneva

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To register, please write to info@microfinanceforum.org.

Source: World Microfinance Forum Geneva