2010 Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting
June 28-July 2, 2010 – Bern, Switzerland

Notes & Minutes
Pre-Meetings
Associations Working Group Meeting.docx
SPM Working Group Meeting 2010.doc
SPTF_Donor_Meeting_Notes.docx
Imp-ACT Consortium Meeting Notes.docx
Bern 2010 Investor Roundtable Meeting Minutes.pdf
Note: In the minutes of the Investor Roundtable Meeting, Box 1, which presents the main findings of the EFSE study on over-indebtedness in Bosnia, should have the following corrected sentence for the third bullet point: 17% of clients are over-indebted (debt service to income more than 100%) and 11% are seriously at risk of becoming over-indebted (debt service to income between 75% and 100%).

Plenary Sessions
Plenary Meeting Minutes.docx
Break-Out Sessions on the Topic "Moving Forward"
Breakout Session- TA Funds.docx
Breakout Session- Communications.docx

Presentations from Day 1
Opening Address by Jürg Benz.doc
Welcome Speech Dr. Rudolf Batliner.pdf
Welcome Address Carmen Velasco 2010.pdf
Welcome from Laura Foose.pptx
Session 1- Social Performance and Responsible Finance .pptx
Gonzales, Social and Financial Tradeoffs and Synergies, MIX.pptx
Pistelli, Reporting on Social Performance Standards.ppt
Bedecarrats, Social audits in microfinance, CERISE.ppt
Dewez, Analysis of Social Indicator Performance and Correlation with Financial Performance, Incofin.pptx
Maramba, Measuring Change, NWTF.ppt
Hastings, Measuring Change, Fonkoze.pptx
Luchtenburg, Measuring Change, AMK.ppt
Goldberg Impact Eval and Social Performance, IPA.ppt
Martinez, Poverty Measurement Tools, CGAP.pptx

Day 2 Presentations
Villagra, PRAXIS, HR Management and MFI Performance.ppt
Fainke, Governance, Kafo-Jiginew.ppt
Luchtenberg, AMK Social Performance Committee.ppt>
Simanowitz, SEF.ppt
FIDES, Improving Decisionmaking and Performance.ppt
Women's World Banking, Developing Microfinance Products for the Women's Market.pdf
Madariaga, FONDESCURO, SPM in Strategic Planning .pptx
Koller, rADER, responsAbility.ppt
Vaca, Red Financiera Rural.ppt
Villagra, PRAXIS, HR Management and MFI Performance.ppt
Pawlak, QAT in Strategic Planning.ppt

Breakout Group Discussion Topics: Breakout Groups.ppt


Presentations from the Networks Working Group Meeting (June 28)
Global Regional and National Networks Meeting Intro_en_sp_fr.pptx
MFC_capacity building_for translation.ppt
MFC_capacity building_fr.ppt
MFC_capacity building_sp.ppt
PMN_SP Reporting_eng_V2.pptx
PMN_SP Reporting_fr.pptx
PMN_SP Reporting_sp_v2.pptx
Forolac_SP_Certification_eng.pptx
Forolac_SP Certification_sp.pptx
Consortim ALAFIA_SP Reporting_eng.pptx
Consortim ALAFIA_SP Reporting_fr.pptx
Consortim_ALAFIA_SP_Reporting_sp.pptx
AEMFI_SP Management_eng.pptx
AEMFI_SP Management_fr.pptx
AEMFI_SP_Management_spa.pptx
CRS Mision_SP Management_eng.pptx
CRS Mision_SP Management_fr.pptx
CRS Mision_SP Management_sp.pptx
Forolac_SP_Certification_eng.pptx
Forolac_SP Certification_sp.pptx
ProDesarrollo_Consumer Protection_eng.pptx
ProDesarrollo_Consumer Protection_fr.pptx
ProDesarrollo_Consumer_Protection_sp.pptx

Below, you will find details about the meeting agenda, as well as background reading materials.

Agenda for Introduction to SPM Workshop June 28 Introduction to SPM Workshop.docx
Imp-ACT Consortium Annual Meeting June 28th Imp-ACT Consortium Meeting_Agenda.docx
SPM Learning Meeting June 29th.docx
Agenda for Associations Working Group Meeting June 29 SPTF Network Meeting agendas- Final for distribution.pdf
Agenda for Plenary Sessions June 30-July 1 Bern Agenda.docx

Reading List for Annual Meeting
The SPTF suggests that you review the materials below, in advance of the Annual Meeting.

For Introduction to SPM Workshop
Suggested Reading-Introduction to SPM Workshop.zip

For Session 1: Social Performance and Responsible Finance
Coming soon!

For Session 2: What Works in Implementing Client Protection?
"Smart Campaign "Getting Started with Client Protection Questionnaire"
"Smart Note: Collections with Dignity at FinComún"
Microfinance Transparency: "Understanding Pricing of Micro-Loans.pdf"
Client Protection Findings from Social Raters.pptx

For Session 3: SPTF/MIX indicators –Analysis of Social Performance Indicator reporting
SPTF/MIX Social Performance Report (can be downloaded in multiple languages at bottom of webpage)
CERISE The relationship between social and financial performance in microfinance.pdf
MFI's Social Performance Mapping and the Relationship Between Social and Financial Performance- Evidences Against the Trade-Off Theory.pdf(Spanish through page 14, English from page 15)
Session 3 Presentation- CERISE.pptx
Session 3 Presentation MIX Market.pptx

For Session 4: Measuring Change in the Lives of Microfinance Clients
Social audits in microfinance- what have we learned about social performance.pdf
SPTF User Reviews of Social Audit Tools: The Quality Audit Tool (QAT) and the Social Performance Indicators Tool (SPI)
SPTF User Reviews of Poverty Measurement Tools: Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) and Poverty Assessment Tool (PAT)

For Session 5: SPM Tools & Approaches—How can they be applied for improving performance and decisionmaking?
Integrating social performance management into microfinance capacity building-Staff Incentives.pdf
Imp-Act Consortium "SPM in Practice" Case Study Series (7 case studies can be downloaded, halfway down the web page)
CERISE- A tool for analyzing the governance of an MFI.pdf

Event Schedule

June 28
SPTF Activities:
~Introductory Workshop on Social Performance Initiatives, Indicators and Tools - This daylong workshop has been designed for people who are new to social performance and the SPTF. Workshop sessions will provide an overview of the SPTF common framework, social performance indicators, a variety of social performance assessment tools, and an explanation of how various social performance initiatives come together. All newcomers to social performance are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop so that they may understand and participate fully in the SPTF plenary meetings. The rest of the week’s events are being designed assuming a basic familiarity with the subject matter.

Complementary Activities:

~Imp-Act Consortium Annual Meeting (all-day meeting, invitation only)
~Smart Campaign Meeting (all-day meeting, invitation only)
~Rating Initiative Meeting (evening meeting, invitation only)

June 29
SPTF Activities:
~Global, Regional and National Networks meeting – In this daylong event, members of the Networks working group will meet to share experiences and concerns, give updates on progress made towards last year’s objectives, and determine which key issues should inform the plenary meetings. This meeting is intended for network participants.
~Social Performance Management (SPM) meeting – In this daylong workshop, members of the SPM working group will share the latest news on SP tools, monitoring, reporting, practices and training opportunities. Workshop presenters will share detailed case studies illustrating the latest knowledge and best practices. This meeting is intended for MFI participants and working group members.
~Investor Roundtable– In this daylong event, members of the Investors working group and other invited investors will discuss updates from the different sub-working groups on client protection issues, social performance core indicators, and ESG for MIVs. In addition, an invited speaker will provide a perspective from the broader SRI community or GIIN. (all-day meeting, invitation only)
~Other working group meetings – members of the remaining 5 SPTF working groups will to discuss important matters related to their topic areas. These working group meetings are open to participants.

Complementary Activities:
~SPTF Steering Committee Meeting (evening meeting, invitation only)

June 30-July 1
SPTF Activities:
~SPTF Plenary Meetings – During this two-day meeting, each working group will give an update on its work during the previous year, as well as the challenges and opportunities of the coming year. Additional sessions will address the most important themes as voted by SPTF members. Sessions are being designed to allow for ample interaction between presenters and participants. The final portion of the meeting will focus on determining SPTF priorities for the coming year. This meeting is open to all participants.

Complementary Activities:
~Rating Initiative Meeting (evening meeting, invitation only)
~SPTF Steering Committee Meeting (evening meeting, invitation only)

July 2
SPTF Activities:
~Global, Regional and National Networks meeting – In this daylong event, members of the Networks working group will meet to determine their priorities for coming year based on SPTF meeting.

July 3
~Mountain Tour (please RSVP as soon as possible if you are interested in this tour)

Additional Information About Bern
About Bern English.pdf
About Bern Français.pdf
Sobre Bern Español.pdf