Creating a Collaborative Platform for Capacity Building in Financial Inclusion, 18th Microcredit Summit, Abu Dhabi UAE, March 14-17, 2016

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Creating a collaborative
platform for capacity building
in Financial Inclusion:
University Meets Microfinance
Abu Dhabi, March 2016

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UMM was started in 2009 to foster
collaboration
Objectives
 Increase knowledge &
competencies on microfinance
 Promote field experience
opportunities
 Contribute to financial
inclusion
Enhance cooperation between
universities & practitioners
> 6,100 students, academics &
stakeholders reached

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All UMM activities are carried out under the umbrella of the European
Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) in the frame of the e-MFP Action Group «UMM».
Long term financial & institutional
partnerships

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1. Microfinance
Education
2. Microfinance
Research
3. Documentation of
Information
4. Professional
Exchange
5. Dissemination of
Information
FromKnowledgeCreationtoDiffusion
A multi-faceted approach to
developing capability

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Results: Education
 Microfinance education in 30
European Universities
 51 seminars conducted in 25
European Universities with 1,457
students (2013-2015)
 3 train the trainer sessions with
26 PhDs and practitioners
 e-Learning platform under
development

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Results: research & innovation
 81 Scholarships
 1500 euros for internships or field research in
developing countries
 applications scored by the Selection
Committee
 63 academics from 44 universities and 83
practitioners from 44 organizations
volunteered as UMM Selection Committee
members
 4 case studies on innovative microfinance
topics with graduate students
 23 awards granted to Master’s & PhD
students

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Results: Knowledge exchange &
awareness raising
 14Workshops and 74 Public Events
 Publications
 11 awarded master theses
 14 thematic papers
 UMM Action Group at the European Microfinance

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12th UMM Workshop - University of
Bergamo on 11-12 June 2015
14th UMM Workshop - Frankfurt
School of Finance & Management on
14-15 September 2015

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Future plans: Expand this approach to
other regions
 Professionalisation of Human
Resources
 Exchange between
stakeholders across the Sub-
SaharanAfrica region
 Applied research in financial
inclusion
 Exchange between Academia
and Practitioners
Proposed budget: 1.5 mill Euro
Timeframe: 2016-2019
Target groups:
 Research institutions &
Universities
 MFIs & banks
 Regulators & policy makers

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Contact details
Frances Fraser
Operations Director
frances.fraser@positiveplanet.ngo
umm@positiveplanet.ngo
www.universitymeetsmicrofinance.eu/
universitymeetsmicrofinance
@UMMEurope