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Resource Group Meeting
Progress of Microfinance Community of Practice
Solution Exchange
2 Nov., 2010
New Delhi
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• Community Launched in October 2006 ( Completed Four
years)
• Co-facilitated by UNDP and ILO
• Membership 3120 - (Variety of Institutions, Geographical
areas, Different level of Microfinance Practitioners)
• Covers most of the States and UTs of India
Community – At a Glance
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ORGANISATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF MEMEBERS
Total Members
3120
Companies/BanksIndependent Consultants
724 (23.20 %)
Associations and Others
286 (9.17 %)
UN Organizations/Multilateral
or Bilateral Organizations
199 (6.38 %)
NGOs-MFIs/CBOs
1099 (35.22 %)
Foundations/Research and Academic
Organizations/Policy institutions
434 (13.91 %)
Government/Public Sector
Organizations, Programme or Project
378 (12.12 %)
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REGION-WISE CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS
Total Members
3120
North and CentralRegion
647 (20.74)
Delhi
530 (16.99)
Eastern Region (Including North East)
(431+ 68)
499 (15.99 %)
Western Region
436 (13.97%) Southern Region
841 (26.96%)
Outside India
167 (5.35)
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Changing Scenario of MF Community
Focus in First Phase: Focus on Knowledge capturing knowledge creation knowledge storage knowledge Sharing/dissemination
Focus in Second Phase: First Phase Activities + Producing higher end products/ synthesizing knowledge Facilitating use of knowledge products Integrating knowledge across communities influencing changes identifying the changes/ Results Monitoring outputs and capturing results/Outcomes
Results emerging at three levels –
•Individual level – Knowledge/information base, knowledge networks
•Organizational level- Project Designs, Tools, Systems, Information Base
•External Environment level – Policy /Programmes /networking/integration/Awareness
MF CoP - SECOND PHASE OF THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TRAJECTORY Completed 4 years of its functioning
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Progress and New InitiativesContinued Primary Activities
•Internet Based Problem Solving and Knowledge Sharing Services: Query, E- Consultation, E-Discussion – Conducted 88 discussions
•Regular Information Services: Monthly Updates - 44 Monthly Updates
Enhanced Portfolio of Activities
•Knowledge to Practice – Services: Action Groups on innovative themes•Completed two Action Groups; Four Action Group – Ongoing, Three New Groups
•Face to Face Discussions : Annual Forum, Thematic Discussions/Workshops- NRLM, Cooperatives and MF, Round Table on SOS
•Publication & Information Services: Consolidated Replies (Hard Copies), Synthesis Document, Ready Reckoner
•Networking Services: Linking Practitioners/ organizations – Functioned as Outreach Partner
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ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKENQuery / E- Discussions - Completed 88 query / e-discussions
• Technologies and Tools:
IFAD – MPA tool, Client Identification
• MF Products/Services
‘Health Mutuals’, Savings, Micro-Insurance, Mobile Phone Banking, Remittance, Housing, Micro Leasing, Livestock Insurance, MF for Skills Development
• Area Specific:
Disaster affected, Mountain and Remote, NE , MF Urban Areas, MF for Migrant workers, MF in Jammu and Kashmir, MF for PwDs
• Organizational/ Structural issues : National Federation of SHGs
• MF Environment : State of the Sector Report 2010
• Sub Sector Specific: MF for Diary, Financing Agriculture Value Chains, Financing Micro Enterprises and SMEs
• Policy or Programme Guidelines: RBI Guidelines-Mobile phone banking, MF Development and Regulation Act, NRLM, MF in Urban Areas-Identification issues, Cooperative Acts and MF
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Action GroupsOngoing Action Groups:
1. Micro Health Insurance/Health Mutuals – Mr. K Shailabh, Uplift India Association
2. Micro leasing – Mr. Harish Chotani, Independent Resource Person-MF and Livelihood Promotion
3. Housing for MF- Mr. Milroy Paul, Habitat for Humanity
4. Cooperatives and Financial Inclusion/ MF- Prof. K Elumalai, School of law, IGNOU
New Action Groups:
1. MF for Water and Sanitation in Urban Area- Mr. Pon Aananth, Water.org
2. Micro Pension - Dr. Kavim V Bhatnagar, Invest India Economic Foundation
3. Empowering Microfinance through Women owned and Managed Organizations (proposed) – Ms. Smita Premchander, SAMPARK and Mr. Jaipal Singh, CMF
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Annual Forum Framework
Annual Forum Events
Thematic Workshop- Client Focused
Financial inclusion
Action Group Presentations
Roundtable on State of the Sector
Report 2010
‘Knowledge Mela’
Theme Based
Interface With Members
Field Visit Rural/ UrbanRelease of
Ready Reckoner on Micro Finance
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New Themes for Discussion
•Money Lending Act
•Credit Information Bureau
•Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centers,
•Micro Pensions
•Transparency and Pricing of MF Products
•Micro Savings
•Policy/Regulatory Issues related to Microfinance
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Future Agenda • MF Community completed Segmentation Exercise• Needs of each subset of Practitioners/Organizations identified (SWOT –
Resources Vis-a Vis Opportunities) – Developing Strategy
Future Plans – • Enhancing Outreach – Horizontal and Vertical Expansion
Integrating Knowledge Products- Value Added Products
• Develop strategy to Utilize Knowledge products, influencing changes – Writing to Right ministries/ departments, Approaching through small groups
• Policy to Practice – Research + Publication+ Dissemination
• ‘Reaching the unreached’ in Knowledge Sharing – Pilot project on ‘Bridge Model’ – starting from one UNDAF state
• Conducting theme based workshops- SOS, Regulations, Innovative areas
• Action Groups
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Outputs envisaged for RG Meeting
• Revisiting Vision statement – Finalization of New Vision Statement and Key areas
• Views on making MF CoP more Effective
• Finalizing the new Action Groups
• Future Strategy of MF CoP
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