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Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit
April 7-10, 2010
Nairobi, Kenya

Join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus and 2,000 delegates from more than 40 countries at the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit to be held April 7-10, 2010, in Nairobi, Kenya. The Microcredit Summit Campaign is excited to be partnering with the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Kenya (AMFI) – and the chair of its Summit Organizing Committee, Ingrid Munro of Jamii Bora.

The Summit will be the most groundbreaking gathering of its kind with plenary sessions such as:

Breakthroughs in Using Microfinance to Better End Poverty:
A Vision for the Future of Microfinance in Africa and the Middle East

Using Microfinance to Improve the Environment and Agriculture:
Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa and the Middle East

Microfinance for the Urban Poor:
Building Better Lives and Sustainable Cities

Using Microfinance as a Platform to Achieve Breakthroughs in
Health and Well-Being for People in Africa and the Middle East

Using Microfinance as a Tool for Building Peace

A sample of groundbreaking workshop sessions includes:

Sustainable Environment: Using Microfinance and People’s Own Initiatives
to Propel Investment in Renewable Energy, Water and Sanitation

Microfinance and Urban Development: Slum Improvements and New Settlements

Successes in Inclusion of People Affected with HIV and AIDS:
How to Make Sure that No One is Left Out

Using Microfinance and other Social Businesses
to Speed Up the End of Poverty

Microfinance in Post Conflict and Post Disaster Situations

Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for Youth
to Prevent Destructive Behaviors

How Can Microfinance be Used
to Break Down Ethnic and Religious Barriers

Field visits to leading Kenya MFIs will be another highlight of the Summit.

Draft Program
Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit
April 7-10, 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

April 6, 2010 - Pre-Summit
All-day Field Visits**

April 7, 2010 - Day 1
9:30 – 12:30 Opening Ceremony
14:00 – 15:30 Plenary Session: Breakthroughs in Using Microfinance to Better End Poverty: A Vision for the Future of Microfinance in Africa and the Middle East
16:00 – 17:30 Workshop Sessions (with video winner):
1. A Deeper Look at Programs that Work with the Ultra-Poor
2. Innovations in Information Technology that Works for the Clients and for MFIs
3. What is a Regulatory Environment that Truly Works for MFIs, Their Clients, and the End of Poverty
4. Transparency in Interest Rate Pricing and Other Efforts Toward Consumer Protection

April 8, 2010 - Day 2
9:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session: Using Microfinance to Improve the Environment and Agriculture: Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa and the Middle East
10:45 – 12:15 Workshop Sessions (with video winner)
1. What is the Cutting Edge for Microfinance in Rural Areas and Arid and Semi-Arid Land
2. Microcredit and Crop Agriculture: How to Make it Work
3. Sustainable Environment: Using Microfinance and People’s Own Initiatives to Propel Investment in Renewable Energy, Water and Sanitation

13:45 – 15:15 Plenary Session: Microfinance for the Urban Poor: Building Better Lives and Sustainable Cities
15:30 – 17:00 Workshops (with video winner)
1. Microfinance for Livelihoods in Urban Slums
2. Microfinance and Urban Development: Slum Improvements and New Settlements
3. What is the Cutting Edge in Measuring Social Performance?

April 9, 2010 - Day 3
9:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session: Using Microfinance as a Platform to Achieve Breakthroughs in Health and Well-Being for People in Africa and the Middle East
10:45 – 12:15 Workshops (with video winner)
1. Effective Micro-Insurance and Micro Health Insurance Programs to Reduce Vulnerability
2. The potential for linking and integrating microfinance with health protection
3. Successes in Inclusion of People Affected with HIV and AIDS: How to Make Sure that No One is Left Out
4. Using Microfinance and other Social Businesses to Speed Up the End of Poverty

15:30 – 17:00 Plenary: Using Microfinance as a Tool for Building Peace
17:15-18:45 Workshops (with video winner)
1. Microfinance in Post Conflict and Post Disaster Situations
2. Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for Youth to Prevent Destructive Behaviors
3. How Can Microfinance be Used to Break Down Ethnic and Religious Barriers

April 10, 2010 - Day
9:00 – 12:00 Day-Long Courses or Field Visits**
13:30 – 17:00 Day-Long Courses or Field Visits Continue
19:30– 22:00 Closing Ceremony & Dinner

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