20th Anniversary of the Financial Inclusion Forum

Join us in celebrating

20th Anniversary of the Financial Inclusion Forum

Monday 2nd June, 18.30 to 21.00

SOAS, University of London

Main Building, 10 Thornhaugh St, London, WC1H 0XG

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Your path to fulfilment at work: learn from 20 years of the Financial Inclusion Forum

The Financial Inclusion Forum was founded in the UK’s award-winning participation in 2005 UN Year of Microcredit.

Our purpose is to empower the financial inclusion sector globally and in the UK by knowledge sharing and networking to further best practice in sustainable, innovative, scalable financial inclusion and related social inclusion initiatives.

Celebration event

• Financial Inclusion practitioners share their FI journey: How Financial Inclusion Forum inspired them to get involved & how they are making a difference through their work
• Future of Financial Inclusion
• How you can get involved in Financial Inclusion

WHAT IS FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

The purpose of Financial Inclusion: help create a more equitable, resilient, and prosperous society through opening opportunities for individuals and small businesses to control their economic lives and increase social inclusion.

Financial inclusion works at three levels

MACRO LEVEL: government policy making and central bank regulations

MESO LEVEL: private and public funders of financial inclusion organisations and social inclusion initiatives in education, health, livelihood development

MICRO LEVEL: services for credit, savings, insurance, and remittances that include digital finance and fintech, consumer protection, financial literacy, smallholder agriculture, gender issues, microinsurance, renewable energy and livelihood development