Workshop “Microcredit: social finance for local development”
How can microcredit be a tool for local development? How does it respond to the economic and social revitalization needs of certain territories?
On Monday 21 May in Forlì we will answer these questions, exploring the characteristics of microcredit and telling some Italian experiences, during the workshop “Microcredit: social finance for local development“.
The workshop, which will be held at the Teaching Hub of the Campus of Forlì of the University of Bologna from 09.00 to 13.30, aims to illustrate the multidimensional nature of microcredit through the evidence of those who contribute in various ways to the development and dissemination of this tool for the financial inclusion.
PROGRAM
09.00 – 09.30 Registration of participants
Chair: Giuseppe Torluccio, Yunus Social Business Center, Fondazione Grameen Italia
09.30 – 10.00 Institutional greetings and opening of the workshop
Massimo Spisni, Department of Business Sciences, Campus of Forlì, University of Bologna
Federica Bandini, Master’s Degree in Management of Social Economy, University of Bologna
Luisa Brunori, Win Win Association
10.00 – 10.15 Micro-financial public policies
Giovanni Nicola Pes, National Entity for Microcredit
10.15 am – 11.30 am Microcredit: origins, development and future prospects
H.I. Latifee, Grameen Trust
Giorgia Bonaga, Fondazione Grameen Italia
Giulio Tagliavini, MEMI Project – University of Parma
11.30 – 13.00 Microcredit for local development
Emanuele Sentimenti, Bper Banca
Paul S.A. Crabtree, Social Impact Banking Project, UniCredit, Milan
Gian Paolo Commissari, Banca Etica
Francesca Francese, PerMicro Bologna
13.00 – 13.15 Closing of the works – Questions and answers.
Light lunch.
To participate in the event, we kindly invite you to register.
During the morning the MEMI Project – Measuring the Impact in Microfinance will be presented, which will also be examined in depth during a seminar dedicated to it that will take place on Wednesday 16 May at the Teaching Hub in Forlì. More information here.
The meeting on May 21 “Microcredit: social finance for local development” is part of the “Social Economy Workshops” organized by the Master’s Course in Management of Social Economy of the Department of Management at the University of Bologna, in collaboration with AICCON.
The workshop is promoted and organized by Fondazione Grameen Italia in collaboration with the Yunus Social Business Centre of the University of Bologna and the Master’s Course in Management of Social Economy of the Department of Management at the University of Bologna.
The Yunus Social Business Centre is the new departmental research center of the University of Bologna dedicated to the study and research on Social Business and on economic models capable of generating social benefit and shared value.
The Center was inaugurated on April 18 2018 in the prestigious presence of Prof. Muhammad Yunus, visiting Forlì and Bologna for the day dedicated to Social Business promoted by the Grameen Italy Foundation in collaboration with the University of Bologna and the Bologna Business School. To deepen the interventions of Prof. Yunus we have reported here the chronicle of the day. Instead, to find out what Social Business is and explore its origins, we recommend this brief reading.
We look forward to seeing you on Monday 21st May!
For more information, write to info@grameenitalia.it.