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NEWS FROM THE SECRETARIAT
Save the Date - General Meeting of Members 14th November 2018
Current e-MFP Board
e-MFP out & about
Development Cooperation and Humanitarian visited the House of Microfinance and the different organisations based in the House on 8th August. In a bilateral meeting, Christoph Pausch was delighted to present e-MFP and the current focus of the Platform.
On 11th and 12th September the e-MFP Secretariat once again acted as an exam centre for the Development Finance eCampus online programmes offered by e-MFP member Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
On 5th September the e-MFP Secretariat attended an event organised by ADA entitled ‘La régulation des taux d’intérêt en microfinance: le cas du Cambodge’.
Christoph Pausch attended the Assises de la Coopération luxembourgeoise 2018 held 19th and 20th September where the new general strategy of the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs was presented.
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On 9th July Gemma Cavaliere participated in an event organised by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, in the House of Microfinance in Luxembourg on the topic ‘New Financing Models in Humanitarian Settings’ with Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as a speaker.
Mr. Claude Faber, new Deputy Director at the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs – Directorate for
The e-MFP General Meeting of Members (GMM) takes place in the framework of EMW on 14th November from 17.00 to 18.30. During the GMM voting will also take place for this year’s vacant e-MFP Board seats (further information will be sent to members in the coming weeks). We invite all our members to participate and contribute to the future direction of your network.
On 7th September e-MFP’s Gabriela Erice and Daniel Rozas participated in the NpM conference ‘Finance for Refugees; making it work’ at the COMM, Museum for Communication, in The Hague. The event brought together leading organisations in the field of Inclusive Finance for Refugees (see also page 18).
Participants to LMDF’s ‘The Impact Ecosystem’ event (in partnership with Ville de Luxembourg), held 24th September, had the opportunity to learn more about e-MFP at their stand and meet Gabriela Erice and Gemma Cavaliere from the team. The triple bottom line of People, Planet, Profit is driving new dimensions of value creation. There is a growing movement of impact finance and social business in Luxembourg, driving both financial and non-financial returns – benefitting investors, custom-