9th Annual Central Asian and Caucasus Microfinance forum
Tbilisi, Georgia
Summary
For the 9th consecutive year, Uniglobal team is committed to continue with the tradition of bringing on board a network of experts and senior level speakers to share experiences and perspectives on current and future trends, ongoing changes in regulation and challenges in Microfinance.
Event will gather together development organizations, banks, specialized microfinance institutions, foundations, and responsible investment managers. The participants will discuss transparency, regulations, transformation of Microfinance industry, social reporting standards, investment, risk and asset management, and innovation from a different angle (senior top level speakers that will bring lessons learned in order to suggest and discuss applicable solutions).
- Investment outlook for 2019 in Caucasus and Central Asia
- Microfinance impact on sustainable development of entrepreneurship
- Local currency risks: successfully managing currency exposure your portfolio
- How to attract investors: what investors are looking for
- Exploring the opportunities of private investments
- SESSION ON NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN REGIONS:
- Islamic Microfinance development: challenges and initiatives
- Financial education: ways to improve financial literacy
- Lifecycle of technology driven financial institution
- Alternative Financing: enhancing financial inclusion
- MFI digital transformation: knowledge management strategies and trainings
- PANEL DISCUSSION: Operating in a digital world
- Client focus: IT solutions to enhance customer service
- Performance management and data protection: new approaches to measure social performance of MFIs
- Green economy: microfinance and poverty
- PANEL DISCUSSION: Success factors of Agro finance.
Videos
Speakers
Elvina Garayeva
Investment Manager for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Incofin, Belgium
Armenuhi Mkrtchyan
Head of Consumer Protection and Financial Education
Central Bank of Armenia
Anja Deinzer
Regional Director Caucasus, Iran & Ukraine
Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Georgia
Farida Abdulhafizova
Regional Manager of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Russia
MicroFinanza Rating Kyrgyz Republic
Cassandra Colbert
Regional Manager for Central Asia
International Finance Corporation, Kyrgyz Republic
Tamar Basilashvili
Investment Officer for ECCA
Triple Jump, The Netherlands
Urmat Imankulov
Principal
Frontera Capital Group Limited, United Arab Emirates
Debbie Watkins
Managing Director, APMEA
Fern Software, Singapore
Basit Arshad
VP – Senior Investment Officer
BlueOrchard, Georgia
TBA
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National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic
Aida Karabaeva
Head of Public Relations Department
National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic
Besik Shengelia
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Georgian Microfinance Association
TBA
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Crowd Credit, Japan
Elizabeth Davitashvili
Principal Banker
EBRD, Georgia
Davit Utiashvili
The Head of Division of Financial Risks and Macro prudential policy
National Bank of Georgia
Zinaida Vasilenko
Former Sr. Investment Officer
ResponsAbility Investments AG, France
Alisher Akbaraliev
Director
AMFI, Kyrgyz Republic
Akihisa Shirasaka
Manager
Crowd Credit, Inc., Japan
Rishat Mukhamedzhanov
COO
First MicroFinance Company, Kyrgyzstan
Tattygul Tadjibaeva
Deputy Chairman of the Board
Ayu Finance, Kyrgyzstan
Sponsors/Partners
Testimonials
“Good networking opportunity, sharing experience”
IFC, Kyrgyz Republic
“We found the Uniglobal conference beneficial and interesting, especially in this challenging times.”
Triple Jump, Georgia
“The event in Bishkek was a really good one – well organized, right audience, interesting topics. We are going definitely to support it in the future.”
Software Group, Bulgaria
Who should attend?
- Microfinance Institutions/Organizations
- Microfinance Associations
- Banks (Development Banks, Banks with MF Department)
- Investment Companies
- Solution providers
Why Should Experts Attend Our Event?
- To gather industry professionals to network and share experience in front of each other
- To network with the most experienced people from microfinance industry
- Examine financial programs and share ideas on microfinance programs that can be profitable business opportunities, as well as a tool for poverty reduction
- Analyze the attractiveness of microfinance from the investments point of view, creating an investment that has an impact
- Take a look at new tools to resist different types of market risks
- To have a look at evolution of microfinance industry, transforming from micro to traditional finance
Where and When?
3-4 October 2019
Holiday Inn Hotel
1, 26 May Square, 0171
Tbilisi, Georgia
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