Sess.

Time

Topic

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08.30 - 09.00

Registration

**

09.00 - 09.30

Welcoming speeches

1

09.30 - 11.00

Overview of Microfinance

Dr. Hatice Jenkins, Chair, Department of Banking and Finance, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus.

• What is microfinance

• Major arguments about poverty reduction, sustainability and outreach

• Role of subsidies in microfinance

• Social and financial performance of MFIs

• Microfinance best practices

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee Break

2

11.30 – 13.00

Involving Banks in Microfinance: Lessons From Around the World

Ms Robin Ratcliffe, Special Assistant to the President, ACCION International, USA.

Mini quiz and review

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

3

14.00 - 15.30

The Grameen Bank Experience

Mr. Md. Aktar Hossain, Deputy General Manager, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee Break

4

16.00 - 17.30

Central Bank of Sudan Experience

Sr. Ishraq Dirar, Director, Microfinance Unit, Central Bank of Sudan

Sess.

Time

Topic

5

09.30 – 11.00

Latin American Experience

Ms Robin Ratcliffe, Special Assistant to the President, ACCION International, USA.

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee Break

6

11.30 - 13.00

Islamic Development Bank Experience

Br. Rabih Mattar, Islamic Development Bank

13.00 - 15.00

Lunch

7

15.00 - 16.30

Alexandria Businessmen Association Experience

Br.Ahmed Mokhtar, Deputy Executive Director, Alexandria Businessmen Association

Sess.

Time

Topic

8

09.30 - 11.00

Round up session

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee Break

9

11.30 – 12.30

Evaluation of the seminar and Certificate ceremony

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch