Media from 2009 Latin America - Caribbean Regional Microcredit Summit
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Monday, June 8
Opening Ceremony
Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign, Mr. Sam Daley-Harris
VIDEO Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia,
Luis Guillermo Plata
Managing Director, Grameen Bank , Prof. Muhammad Yunus
VIDEO President of Colombia, Mr. Alvaro Uribe
Plenary Session
AUDIO Breaking the Rules of Microfinance to Better End Poverty:
Innovations From Around the World
Chair | Julio Flores Coca, Director, Red Centroamericana de Microfinanzas
AUDIO* Anne Hastings, Director, Fonkoze - Fondasyon Kole Zepòl, Haiti
AUDIO* Ingrid Munro, Executive Director, Jamii Bora, Kenya
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
Workshop Sessions
1. What Works for Microfinance in Agricultural and Low Population Density Areas
AUDIO PPT Chair | Isabel Cruz Hernandez, Directora General de AMUCSS, Presidenta
del FOROLAC- FR, Asociacion Mexicana de Uniones de Credito del Sector
Social A., Mexico
AUDIO PPT Gloria Bustos, Direccion Ejecutiva, Futuro Contactar, Colombia
AUDIO PPT Rene Romero, CEO, Fundacion para el Desarrollo Socio-economico
Rural, Nicaragua
AUDIO PPT Roberto Moya Clemente, Director General Adjunto de Fomento y Promocion
de Negocios, Mexico
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
2. How to Monitor and Improve Client Retention
AUDIO Maria Eugenia Garces-Campagna, President, Alvar Alice Foundation, U.S.A.
AUDIO PPT Carlos Alberto Viteri Roman, Director Ejecutivo, Apoyo Integral, Fundacion
Salvadorena De Apoyo Integral, El Salvador
AUDIO PPT Manuel Buritica, Gerente General, Banco ProCredit Colombia S.A.,
Colombia
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
3. Advances in Urban Microfinance for the Very Poor
AUDIO Chair | Maria del Carmen Diaz Amador, Programa Nacional de
Financiamiento al Microempresario de la Secretaria de Economia, Mexico
AUDIO* Ingrid Munro, Executive Director, Jamii Bora, Kenya
AUDIO Marta Bekerman, President, Asociacion Civil AVANZAR por el
Desarrollo Humano
AUDIO Alba Stella Barreto, Directora, Fondo de Microcredito Semillero de Mostaza
(Fundacion Paz y Bien), Colombia
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
4. Transparency in Interest Rate Pricing and Other Efforts Toward Consumer Protection
Chair | Nelson Avila, Ministro Asesor Económico de la Presidencia de la
República, Republica de Honduras, Honduras
PPT Robin Ratcliffe, Director, Campaign for Client Protection in Microfinance
Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION, U.S.A.
Chuck Waterfield, Founder & CEO, MicroFinance Transparency, U.S.A.
PPT Adrian Gonzalez, Lead Researcher, Microfinance Information Exchange
(The MIX), U.S.A
Question and Answer Period
5. Integrating Microfinance with Education on Health
AUDIO Chair | Lisa Kuhn Fraioli, Freedom from Hunger
AUDIO* Lynne Patterson, Executive Director, Pro Mujer International, USA
AUDIO Anibal Montoya, Presidente, Red de Instituciones de Microfinanzas de
Honduras, Honduras
AUDIO Jose Auad Lema, Gerente General, Crédito con Educación Rural, Bolivia
AUDIO* D.S.K. Rao, Asia Regional Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
6. Remittances: Challenges, Opportunities and the Role of the State
AUDIO Chair | Armando Rosales, Presidente, FEDECREDITO, El Salvador
AUDIO Romi Bhatia, Vice President, Microfinance International Corporation, USA
AUDIO Maria Jaramillo, Senior Director, ACCION International, U.S.A.
AUDIO* Greg Watson, Inter-American Development Bank, USA
AUDIO* Anne Hastings, Director, Fonkoze, Haiti
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
7. Innovations and Best Practices for National and Regional Microfinance
Networks
Chair | Raul Sanchez, Director Ejecutivo, Red Katalysis, Nicaragua
AUDIO PPT Claudio Higuera Martinez, Director Ejecutivo, Organismo Cooperativo
Microempresarial de Colombia, Colombia
AUDIO PPT Javier Vaca Espin, Director Ejecutivo, Red Financiera Rural, Ecuador
AUDIO PPT Ivan Gutierrez Aguirre, Director Ejecutivo, Red Centroamericana de
Microfinanzas (REDCAMIF), Nicaragua
AUDIO PPT Evangelina Petrizza, Directora Ejectiva, Red Argentina de Instituciones de
Microcredito, Argentina
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
Associated Sessions
Health Education with Microfinance: A Successful Model to Ensure Healthy Customers
Presented by the Microcredit Summit Campaign and sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
(With Dr. DSK Rao)
Grameen in Latin America: Experience Sharing
Presented by Grameen Trust
Using Technology to Raise Funds - Challenges and Successes
Presented by Kiva
(With Giovanna Masci and Michelle Kreger, Kiva USA)
Empowerment Definitions and Gender Information Systems in Microfinance
Presented by Oxfam NOVIB and the WEMAN Network
Tuesday, June 9
Plenary Sessions
VIDEO Microfinance Development in Colombia
Workshop Sessions
8. Transformation of Microfinance Operations from an NGO to a Regulated
MFI: Including Models of Ownership that Protect Social Mission
AUDIO* Chair | Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion at
ACCION, USA
AUDIO PPT Margarita Correa Henao, Executive Vice President, Bancamia, Colombia
AUDIO PPT Gonzalo Puente, Former Director, FINCA Mexico, Mexico
AUDIO*PPT Chuck Waterfield, MicroFinance Transparency, USA
AUDIO PPT Carlos Castellanos, PRISMA
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
9. Overcoming Regulatory and Legal Constraints to Savings Mobilization
This savings session is sponsored by World Savings Bank Institute
AUDIO Chair | Anibal Montoya, Presidente, Red de Instituciones de Microfinanzas
de Honduras (REDMICROH), Honduras
AUDIO*PPT Anne-Francoise Lefevre, World Savings Bank Institute, Belgium
AUDIO PPT Matteo Mandrile, IDLO, Italy
AUDIO PPT Percy Villazana, Executive Director, FOROLAC, Peru
AUDIO PPT Hernando Carvalho Quijuo, Presidente, Fundo Nacional de la Ahorro,
Colombia
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
10. Branchless Banking: Internet and Mobile-Based Lending -
Technology as a Strategic Tool for Practitioners and Clients
AUDIO Chair | Evangelina Petrizza, Directora Ejectiva, Red Argentina de
Instituciones de Microcredito, Argentina
AUDIO PPT Luis Neyra, Gerente Regional, Financiera EDYFICAR S.A, Peru
AUDIO PPT Ernesto Aguirre, CGAP/World Bank, USA
AUDIO*PPT Peter Bladin, Director of Grameen Technology Center, Grameen
Foundation, United States
AUDIO*PPT David Stephens, Board Member, Grameen Foundation, United States
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
11. Advocacy for the Poor: How MFIs Can Influence Governmental Financial
& Domestic Policy For the Development of the Microfinance Market
AUDIO Chair | Carlos Moya, Presidente, Banca de las Oportunidades, Colombia
AUDIO PPT Jose Napoleon Duarte, Executive Director, Fundacion Jose Napoleon
Duarte, MI CREDITO, El Salvador
AUDIO PPT Reynold Walter Padilla, Director Ejecutivo, Fundacion de Asesoria
Financiera a Instituciones de Desarrollo y Servicio Social, Guatemala
AUDIO PPT Roxana Mercado Rodas, Directora General Centro y Sur América,
Financiera FINSOL S.A. de C.V, Mexico
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
12. Lessons Learned in Improving Replicability of Successful Microfinance
Programs "How Can the Best Models 'Travel' Better?"
AUDIO PPT Chair | Carmen Velasco, Co-Founder and Director, Pro Mujer, Bolivia
AUDIO* S. M. Huzzatul Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust, Bangladesh
AUDIO* Chris Dunford, President, Freedom from Hunger, USA
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
13. Making Microfinance Matter for Clients and Their Families: Ensuring a
Social Performance Bottom Line including Measuring Movement
across the $1/Day Threshold
AUDIO* Chair | Lynne Patterson, Executive Director, Pro Mujer International, USA
AUDIO PPT Jaime Villarraga Prieto, Director, Microfinanzas para el Desarrollo,
Colombia
AUDIO*PPT Jeff Toohig, Social Performance Manager, Grameen Foundation, U.S.A.
AUDIO*PPT Leah Nedderman, Social Performance Manager, Fonkoze, Haiti
AUDIO*PPT Micol Pistelli, Gerente, Microfinance Information Exchange (The MIX), U.S.A
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
14. How Microfinance can Better Contribute to Gender Equality
AUDIO* Chair | Lynne Patterson, Executive Director, Pro Mujer International, USA
AUDIO PPT Iris Lanao Flores, Directora Ejecutiva, FINCA Peru, Peru
AUDIO PPT Martha Lucia Vasquez, Ministra Consejera, Consejería Presidencial para
la Equidad de la Mujer, Colombia
AUDIO PPT Lisa Kuhn Fraioli, Technical Advisor - Latin America, Freedom From
Hunger, U.S.A
AUDIO PPT Sara Pait, Consultora WEMAN para America del Sur, Peru
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
Plenary Sessions
The Future of Microfinance: Short-Term and Long-Term Expansion in the
Face of the Financial Crisis and Fluctuating Food and Fuel Costs
Chair | Alejandro Toledo, Former President of Peru, Peru
Carmen Velasco, Co-Founder and Director, Pro Mujer, Bolivia
VIDEO Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
VIDEO Reynold Walter, Director Ejecutivo, Fundacion de Asesoria Financiera a
Instituciones de Desarrollo y Servicio Social, Guatemala
Elisabeth Rhyne, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion at
ACCION, USA
Factors that Contribute to Exponential Growth: Case Studies for Massive
Outreach to the Poor and Poorest
VIDEO Chair | Alex Counts, Grameen Foundation, USA
Eulalia Arboleda de Montes, BCSC, Colombia
Stelio Gama Lyra Jr., Superintendente- Area de Microfinancas e Projetos
Especiais, Crediamigo, Brazil
Carlos Danel, Co-CEO, Financiera Compartamos, S.A de C.V. SFOL, Mexico
Associated Sessions
Process Mapping - Achieving Microfinance Efficiency and Strong
Internal Controls
Presented by MFI Resources
(With Howard Brady)
An Introduction to Grameen Foundation
Presented by Grameen Foundation
(With Alex Counts, Cameron Rosenthal, Jeff Toohig, and Fabrizio Rotati)
Doing Good and Doing Well: Three MFIs in Latin America That Focus
on the Poor and Poorest While Doing Well Financially
Presented by Bob Sample, Colorado State Coordinator, RESULTS
(With Katia Corroy, Christian Shoemaker, and Mike Wiesner)
Assessing Consumer Protection Practices in MFIs: A Practical Tool from the
Campaign for Client Protection in Microfinance
Presented by the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION
(With Elisabeth Rhyne and Robin Ratcliffe)
Wednesday, June 10
Plenary Session
Building Domestic Financial Systems That Work for the Majority
Chair | Carlos Moya Franco, Presidente, Banca de las Oportunidades,
Colombia
Reynold Marconi Ojeda, Gerente, Finrural - Asociación de Instituciones
Financieras para el Desarrollo Rural, Bolivia
Chuck Waterfield, MicroFinance Transparency, USA
Nelson Avila, Ministro Asesor Económico de la Presidencia de la República,
Republica de Honduras, Honduras
Workshop Sessions
15. Innovations in Reducing Costs, Enhancing Productivity, and
Managing Risk
AUDIO Chair | Francisco Dumler, Gerente General, COPEME, Peru
AUDIO* Guy Rosa, Deputy Head of Microfinance Group, BNP Paribas, France
AUDIO* Adrian Gonzalez, Lead Reseacher, Microfinance Information Exchange
(The MIX), U.S.A,
AUDIO Alberto Jimenez, Global Business Advisor, IBM, U.S.A.
AUDIO Roxana Mercado Rodas, Directora General Centro y Sur América,
Financiera FINSOL S.A. de C.V, Mexico
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
16. Effective Micro-Insurance and Micro-Health Insurance Programs to
Reduce Vulnerability
AUDIO Chair | Gustavo Ardila, Presidente, Bancoldex, Colombia
AUDIO* Ingrid Munro, Executive Director, Jamii Bora, Kenya
AUDIO* Olivier Barrau, President, Alternative Insurance Company, Haiti
AUDIO Luis Huerta-Rosas, Director General, Seguros Argos, Mexico
AUDIO Alejandra Diaz Agudelo, Director, FUNDASEG, Colombia
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
17. Microfinance Investment Funds: What is the Role for Foreign Direct
Investors and Are We Measuring both Financial and
Social Performance?
AUDIO* Chair | Nick Arena, RESULTS Educational Fund
AUDIO* Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Blue Orchard, Switzerland
AUDIO* Christoph Kneiding, CGAP/World Bank, USA
AUDIO* Goert Petermans, PlaNIS, France
AUDIO* Dana Tidikis-Roelofs, Investment Officer, Triodos, Netherlands
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
18. Good Practice in Business Development Services: How Do We
Enhance Entrepreneurial Skills of MFI Clients?
AUDIO Chair | Amalia Arango, Directora Ejectiva, Interactuar Famiempresas,
Colombia
AUDIO Zobeida Moya, Director, Fundacion Mujer, Costa Rica
AUDIO Monica Velasco, Gerente de Servicios de Desarrollo, IDEPRO Desarrollo
Empresarial, Bolivia
AUDIO* Wendy Baumann, President, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative
Corporation, USA
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
19. How MFIs Can Best Work in Competitive, Saturated Environments
AUDIO Chair | Beatriz Marulanda, Gerenta General, Marulanda Consultores,
USAID - MIDAS, Colombia
AUDIO Luis Castillo, Presidente, Apoyo Integral, Fundacion Salvadorena De Apoyo
Integral, El Salvador
AUDIO Carmen Velasco, Co-Founder and Director, Pro Mujer, Bolivia
AUDIO Alomgir Hossian , Grameen Guatemala, Guatemala
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
20. Commercial Bank Participation in Microfinance: Options and
Opportunities
Carlos Danel, Co-CEO, Financiera Compartamos, S.A de C.V. SFOL, Mexico
Luis Fernanado Gómez Gómez, Gerente General, Banco Popular Covelo,
Honduras
Lina Maria Duque, Bancolombia, Colombia
Mia Feldman, J.P. Morgan Chase, USA
Question and Answer Period
21. How MFIs and their Clients can have a Positive Impact
on the Environment
AUDIO* Chair | Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank,
Bangladesh
AUDIO Gabriel Solorzano, Presidente, Financiera Nicaraguense de Desarrollo S.A,
Nicaragua
AUDIO* April Allderdice, CEO, MicroEnergy Credits, USA
AUDIO* Wiliam Yager, Director, Sustainable Microenterprise Development,
GreenMicrofinance
AUDIO Question and Answer Period
Closing Plenary
Conversation on policy proposals for Latin American Presidents
VIDEO Dr. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, First Lady of the Dominican Republic
VIDEO Dr. Alejando Toledo, Former President of Peru
VIDEO Panel Discussion
