UITNODIGING PERSPRESENTATIE over
Microfinanciering en de rol van internationale banken
Amsterdam, 17 januari 2006
ING heeft het genoegen u uit te nodigen voor een perspresentatie op 3 februari aanstaande over de rol die internationale banken nu en in de toekomst willen spelen op het gebied van microfinanciering. Het is voor het eerst dat dit wereldwijde thema in kaart wordt gebracht op basis van onderzoek onder internationale en locale commerciële banken. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd door Nyenrode Business Universiteit, in opdracht van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en ING.
De perspresentatie van de onderzoeksresultaten vindt plaats tijdens het seminar 'A Billion to Gain - The decade of financial access: the role of global banks' - op:
Vrijdag 3 februari van 13.00 tot 14.00 uur
ING House, Amstelveenseweg 500
Amsterdam, tel.: 020 541 5411
Het programma van de perspresentatie is als volgt:
|13.00 uur |Ontvangst* | |13.15 uur |Welkom en inleiding | | |Harry Hummels, Directeur ING Bank Sustainable Product and | | |Services | | |Ruud Treffers, Directeur Generaal Internationale | | |Samenwerking, | | |Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken** | |13.25 uur |Presentatie onderzoeksresultaten | | |Gemma Crijns, Managing Director, EIBE, Nyenrode Business | | |Universiteit | |13.45 uur |Mogelijkheid tot het stellen van vragen | |14.00 uur |Afsluiting |
* hierbij zal een lunch worden verzorgd
** tentatief
Bij de presentatie zijn Sam Daley Harris (Director Microcredit Summit Campaign), Nancy Barry (President Women's World Banking), Robert Annibale (Global Director Citigroup Microfinance) en Rutger Koopmans (ING Wholesale Director Corporate Clients) aanwezig en beschikbaar om hun reactie te geven op de onderzoeksresultaten.
U kunt op deze uitnodiging reageren via email, per reply naar liliane@incpr.nl. Voor meer informatie, het aanvragen van interviews of bij interesse om het seminar bij te wonen, kunt u contact opnemen met Liliane van der Hoeven van INC pr & communicatie, telefoon 06 230 47 448.
Wij ontvangen u gaarne op onze perspresentatie in Amsterdam.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Gera Voorrips
Programme Manager
ING Microfinance Support
---- -- The decade of financial access: the role of global banks A Billion to Gain
The United Nations declared 2005 the UN Year of Microcredit. This was much needed recognition for microfinance as a powerful development instrument. An estimated two billion people around the world currently have no access to professional financial services: microfinance can change this. It is therefore becoming increasingly important to know what role multinational commercial banks can play in microfinance.
ING is organising a one-day seminar on 3 February 2006. To keep the debate on microfinance alive and to strengthen the relationship between financial corporations and the microfinance sector. It is the relationship between these two sectors that may prove to be a crucial instrument for increasing the outreach of microfinance in the years to come. For that reason it is essential that discussion continues.
At the seminar, the results of the study by Nyenrode Business Universiteit, as commissioned by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ING, will be presented. The research focuses on current activities of commercial banks and their future plans concerning microfinance, the microfinance experiences of (local) commercial banks as well as on the role governments can play. The report draws several conclusions about the current situation and presents some lessons to be learnt.
A Billion to Gain The decade of financial access: the role of global banks 3 February 2006 08.30 09.30 Registration
09.30 10.00 OPENING
The impact of the UN International Year of Microcredit and the role of ING Speaker: Alexander Rinnooy Kan, member of the ING executive board 10.00 10.45 GLOBAL BANKS AND MICROFINANCE AN INVENTORY
ow are global commercial banks active in microfinance? An inventory of H
current activities, lessons learned and future plans. Speaker: Gemma Crijns, Managing Director, EIBE, Nyenrode Business Universiteit 10.45 11.00 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND OF PRIVATE COMPANIES
Speaker: Ruud Treffers, Director General International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11.00 11.10 PRESENTING RESEARCH RESULTS TO HRH PRINCES MÁXIMA
11.40 12.20 HE ROLE OF GLOBAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
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AS SEEN BY THE MICROFINANCE SECTOR
Commentary on the Nyenrode Business Universiteit study Speaker: Sam Daley Harris, Director Microcredit Summit Campaign 12.20 13.00 HE ROLE OF GLOBAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
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AS SEEN BY THE BANKING SECTOR
Commentary on the Nyenrode Business Universiteit study Speaker: Robert Annibale, Global Director Citigroup Microfinance 13.00 14.30 LUNCH
14.30 15.30 Workshop 1
OMMERCIAL BANKS AND MICROFINANCE:
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BEST PRACTICES FROM LOCAL MARKETS
ow do local commercial banks operate? What are their success factors? H
And what can global banks learn from their activities and those of other institutions? Moderator: Ben Simmes, Director Investments Oikocredit Speakers:
ancy Barry, President Women's World Banking
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Sonjoy Chatterjee, Managing Director & CEO ICICI Bank UK Limited Carlos Eduardo Castello, Senior Vice President International Operations Latin America & Caribbean ACCION International* Flavio Weizenmann, Managing Director Banco Real (ABN AMRO)
A Billion to Gain The decade of financial access: the role of global banks 3 February 2006 14.30 15.30 Workshop 2
ICROFINANCE AS A CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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ACTIVITY FOR GLOBAL COMMERCIAL BANKS.
hat kind of activities do banks undertake and how did these activities start? W
How can global commercial banks integrate microfinance with their core business and where can they find synergy and/or opportunities? Moderator: iederik Laman Trip, Advisor Year of Microcredit/ Former Chairman of ING Netherlands D
Speakers: eter Kelly, Head Financial Inclusion Team BARCLAYS P
Khalid Sheikh, Chief Economist Emerging Markets ABN AMRO Gera Voorrips, Program manager ING Microfinance Support
16.00 17.00 Workshop 3
LOBAL BANKS AND THEIR COMMERCIAL
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MICROFINANCE ACTIVITIES
hat kind of commercial activities do global banks undertake in microfinance? W
How does it work? How is it managed? What are their experiences? What are their plans for the future and are there lessons to be learned? Moderator: Tom Easton, New York Bureau Chief, The Economist Speakers: obert Annibale, Global Director Citigroup Microfinance R
Thallam Veeraraghavan Balaji, Senior Vice President Agri and Social Banking ING Vysya, India Arnold Kuijpers, Managing Director Rabobank Development Program Asad Mahmood, General Manager Microfinance Deutsche Bank
16.00 17.00 Workshop 4
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
hat should be the role of governements towards microfinance? How does this W
role relate to the role of global commercial banks? How can banks and governments operate in a complementary way? Moderator: Luke Disney, Communications Manager TNT Speakers: hristina Barrineau, Chief Technical Advisor UNCDF C
Robert Dijksterhuis, Head Entrepreneurship and Business Development Division, Department for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Martin Holtmann, Lead Microfinance Specialist, CGAP Nanno Kleiterp, Chief Invesment Officer FMO
17.15 18.30 Concluding panel
hristina Barrineau, Chief Technical Advisor UNCDF C
Nancy Barry, President Women's World Banking Sonjoy Chatterjee, Managing Director & CEO ICICI Bank UK Limited Tom Easton, New York Bureau Chief, The Economist Peter Kelly, Head Financial Inclusion Team BARCLAYS Gert van Maanen, Former Managing Director Oikocredit sad Mahmood, General Manager Microfinance Deutsche Bank A
18.30 Closing
udo Wijngaarden, CEO ING Insurance Netherlands and L
Chairman ING Microfinance Support ambassadors platform Moderator of the day: Rutger Koopmans, Director Corporate Clients ING Bank
* Tentative
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