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SUMMARY:Encouraging Inclusive Savings
DESCRIPTION:Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be… \nAn e-MFP/FIF UK Webinar on ‘Encouraging Effective & Inclusive Savings\nEncouraging Inclusive Savings \n \n  \nThe Financial Inclusion Forum UK (FIF UK) and the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) are pleased to invite you to join us for an open-to-all expert discussion on the state-of-the-art in savings behaviour and what different financial services providers are doing to innovate in the design and delivery of savings to low-income households and businesses.   \nFor the last several years\, e-MFP and the Financial Inclusion Forum UK hold an annual joint event which delves into the topic of the most recent European Microfinance Award (EMA)\, jointly organised by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP)\, the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs\, and the Inclusive Finance Network Luxembourg (InFiNe.lu). In 2020\, the topic of the EMA was “Encouraging Effective & Inclusive Savings” and it received a record field of applications from financial service providers across the world who are innovating in how to design and deliver savings products suited to clients’ real needs – and how to encourage low-income groups to usefully save.  \nSavings is a broad\, complex and vibrant area of the financial inclusion sector\, with rich new learnings about what works (and when – and why) that are summarised in e-MFP’s recent paper on the topic together with the factors for success from the EMA2020. But as the consequences of Covid-19 become clearer\, one thing that has stood out from the Award process is that understanding clients’ savings motivation  and\, from that\, providing them with access to inclusive savings – for consumption smoothing\, long-term planning and\, especially now\, strengthening household resilience to sudden shocks – is more critical than ever.   \nFor this discussion\, we are delighted to welcome:  \n\nLaura Litvine\, who is Principal Advisor and head of the French office of the Behavioural Insights Team; \nGovinda Bahadur Raut\, who is Head of Micro and Small Banking at Muktinath Bikas Bank in Nepal –  winner of the European Microfinance Award 2020 for its adapted solidarity group savings model; \nJanet Hayes\, who is project lead of Savings at the Frontier\, an initiative of Oxford Policy Management and Mastercard Foundation; and \nAbed Darko\, who is CEO of DSS Platform Ltd\, a fintech in Ghana serving susu enterprises which is partner organisation of the Savings at the Frontier initiative. \n\nThe session will be led by Sam Mendelson\, who is a Board Member of FIF UK and Financial Inclusion Specialist at e-MFP\, part of the core EMA design and evaluation team and lead author of Encouraging Effective and Inclusive Savings.  \nThe webinar will take place on Tuesday\, January 12th\, 2021\, from 2-3pm UK time (3-4pm CET). We hope to see you then!
URL:https://financialinclusionforum.org.uk/event/webinar-encouraging-inclusive-savings-2/
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SUMMARY:Refugees in Times of Global Crisis
DESCRIPTION:World Refugee Day is just around the corner. With this year’s theme ‘Imagine’\, this is a time to celebrate the contributions\, creativity\, and resilience of refugees. We want to imagine a world where every refugee has access to the financial tools they need to be self-reliant and resilient\, to have hope and be able to embrace new opportunities. Yet the hard reality of job and livelihood losses is bearing heavily on refugees and forcibly displaced populations around the world — already some of the most vulnerable households. This panel discussion will highlight a few of the organisations that are committed and determined to do all they can to help refugees tackle these difficult circumstances. We will examine the financial lives of refugees and internally displaced persons during the COVID-19 crisis. Included in this discussion\, Opportunity International will share some key insights from their Financial Diaries work in two refugee settlements in Uganda\, Nakivale and Kiryandongo. UNCDF Rwanda and Mercy Corps will also share about some of their programmes with refugees and what has been learned during this time of global crisis. \nMODERATOR: \nPete Sparreboom – Director\, PHB Academy \n \nPete is the Director of PHB Academy\, PHB Development’s training and coaching practice. She has 25 years’ experience in the promotion of financial inclusion via traditional and digital delivery channels in Africa and Asia\, including the turnaround of a rural community banking institution on the verge of collapse in Mozambique. Pete is recognised for the effective way she uses the latest insights in adult education\, executive coaching and e-learning to help decision makers speed up the digitalisation of their institution and the economy.  \n  \nSPEAKERS: \nNoah Ssempijja – Refugee Program Coordinator\, Opportunity International \n \nNoah is Opportunity International’s Refugee Consortium Lead in Uganda\, responsible for field implementation and partnerships management\, as well as monitoring\, evaluation and learning. Noah provides strategic oversight in the implementation of Financial Diaries research across the refugee settlements. He has over 7 years’ experience leading innovative and impactful programmes for refugees\, including cash transfers. Noah is passionate about the use of evidence and data to guide programme implementation. \n  \nRoselyne Uwamahoro – Program Coordinator\, UNCDF Rwanda \n \nRoselyn has worked in the financial inclusion sector for the past 13 years. She is currently Programme Coordinator at the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)\, where she is leading efforts to ensure no-one is left behind in the digital era\, especially the most vulnerable – Women\, Youth\, Refugees and MSMEs. Previously\, Roselyn was Head of Microfinance at Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) following a successful banking career. Roselyne holds an MBA in Project Management from Maastricht School of Management (MsM) and is an Alumni from Harvard Kennedy School on rethinking financial inclusion. \n  \nMike Warmington – Director\, Financial Inclusion\, Mercy Corps \n \nMike has worked in banking and financial inclusion for more than a decade. He currently leads Mercy Corps’ global financial inclusion work\, helping to set the agency’s strategy and provide technical support across more than 40 programme countries. Prior to Mercy Corps\, Mike spent more than 5 years with One Acre Fund\, leading the organisation’s microfinance partnerships work\, creating innovative partnerships in the cocoa sector\, and working with more traditional FSPs to better serve smallholder farmers. He previously served as Head of Operations at an MFI in Malawi and Zambia\, and as a project finance analyst with Dexia bank working on UK infrastructure projects.
URL:https://financialinclusionforum.org.uk/event/webinar-refugees-in-times-of-global-crisis/
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