About us
With the valuable support of the European Commission and the French Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), the European Microfinance Network (EMN) was launched by its founding members (Adie - France, nef - UK and EVERS&JUNG - Germany) in April 2003. The EMN is a Non Governmental Organisation ("Association loi 1901, under the French legislation) and was officially registered in Paris on May 23rd 2003.
The creation of this network has proved to be an essential step in the promotion of microfinance in the European Union, assisting the fight against unemployment and social exclusion through the development of microentreprises.
EMN includes both founding and added members, all of which are organisations involved in European microfinance issues. Members of the network are either Full Members, Associate Members or Corporate Members.
EMN Vision
The EMN envisions a society in which all those who are financially and socially excluded have access to the full range of financial services that empower them to improve their lives. EMN will work to strengthen the bridge to the mainstream economy by encouraging a continuum of financial services to assure the creation of wealth and the strengthening of social inclusion in Europe.
EMN Mission
The mission of EMN is to promote microfinance as a tool to fight social and economic exclusion and to promote micro entrepreneurship and self-employment. This will be achieved by supporting the development of microfinance organisations through the dissemination of good practices and by improving the regulatory frameworks for microfinance, self-employment and microentreprises at the European Union and Member State levels.
The EMN charter spells out its commitment and its determination to work for the education of the microfinance industry in the European Union in accordance with its values.
Under the active governance of its Board, EMN has adopted its first set of strategic objectives for the period 2004-2006 and for 2007. These objectives continue to be developed in 2008. The EMN Secretariat was also established in order to co-ordinate and provide services for its members.
You can download the evaluation of EMN Activities for the period 2004-2005. You can also download a presentation of EMN.
EMN Activity Reports
- 2003 Report: presented at the EMN General Assembly in September 2004
- 2004 Report: presented at the EMN General Assembly in October 2005
- 2005 Report: presented at the EMN General Assembly in June 2006
- 2006 Report: presented at the General Special Assembly in April 2007.
- 2007 Report
Biannual EMN magazine “Microfinance Europe”
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