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| Evaluation Workshops Completed in
Spanish in Latin America |
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| The IDEAS Team has trained over 350
Latin American microfinance managers and technical assistance providers
in a series of thirteen regional and national workshops in Latin America
during a 19-month period from January 2001 to February 2003. The chart
below lists the recent trainings since 1998: |
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| Country where training held |
Participants |
Co-sponsors |
Month & year
of training |
| Peru |
Members of national assn, COPEME |
COPEME, USAID |
11/98 |
| Nicaragua |
Regional training of persons from Carribean,
México and Central America. Also members of the national
association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua, ASOMIF.
Participants also came from South America. |
Universidad Americana, Instituto Americano de
Desarrollo Empresarial, ASOMIF, Promicro, Regional Diploma Program
in Microenterprise Development, USAID, SEEP Network |
1/2001 |
| El Salvador |
Regional training of persons from Central America
and South America. Also members of the national association
of microfinance institutions of El Salvador, ALPIMED. |
Promicro, Regional Diploma Program in Microenterprise
Dev, Universidad Don Bosco, USAID, SEEP Network |
2/2001 |
| Peru |
Regional training for South America, although
participants came from as far away as Mexico. Also for members
of national association. |
COPEME, SEEP Network, AIMS Project of USAID |
4/2001 |
| Honduras |
National training for members of the national
association, Fundación COVELO. Introduction to five tools
with emphasis on Exit Survey. |
COVELO, CARANA,
USAID |
7/2001 |
| Honduras |
National training for members of the national
association, Fundación COVELO. Intensive training on
Client Satisfaction tool. |
COVELO, CARANA,
USAID
|
12/2001 |
| Nicaragua |
National training for members of the national
network formed by Swiss technical assistance project. Intensive
training on Client Satisfaction tool. |
PROMIFIN, COSUDE |
1/2002 |
| Nicaragua |
National training for members of the national
technical network. Intensive training on survey of ex-clients. |
PROMIFIN, COSUDE |
4/2002 |
| Nicaragua |
Training for 20 institutional members of the
national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua,
ASOMIF |
Universidad Americana, IADE, ASOMIF, SEEP Network-CIWG
funded by the Imp-Act Project, with funds from the Ford Fdn. |
8/2002 |
| 2-14 December, 2002
English
|
Field practice with the MicroSave tools for
participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training |
Carter Garber, Team coordinator, is the Certified
Service Provider |
Jamaica, with clients of City
of Kingston Credit Union |
| Guatemala |
Training and field practice with MicroSave tools
for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training (8-2002) |
Fondo Empresarial, Save the Children Federation
in Guatemala and US and SEEP Network |
10/2002 |
| Columbia |
Training and field practice with MicroSave tools
for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training (8-2002) |
AGAPE, Opportunity International, and SEEP Network |
10/2002 |
Jamaica
(English)
|
Traning and field practice with the MicroSave
tools for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training (8-2002) |
City of Kingston Credit Union and SEEP Network.
Carter Garber, Team coordinator wasthe Certified Service Provider |
12/2002 |
| Honduras |
Training for 20 institutional members of the
national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua,
ASOMIF |
Universidad Americana, IADE, ASOMIF, SEEP Network-CIWG
funded by the Imp-Act Project, with funds from the Ford Fdn. |
2/2003 |
| Nicaragua |
Training for the 20 institutional members of
the national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua,
ASOMIF |
ASOMIF, IADE of the Universidad Americana, IDEAS |
2/2003 |
| Honduras |
Training for 20 institutional members of the
national association of microfinance institutions of Honduras,
Fundacion COVELO |
Fundacion COVELO, with funds from the ImpAct
Programme and the Ford Foundation, IDEAS |
8/2003 |
| Guatemala |
Training for MFIs in 3 countries of the TRIAS
network in Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, and Salvador. |
Sponsored by IDEAS and TRIAS: www.triasngo.be,
an NGO in Belgium |
9/2003 |
| Guatemala |
Training in the Regional Conference of the IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
9/2003 |
| Nicaragua |
Training of 22 institutional members of the
national association of micro-finance institutions in Nicaragua,
ASOMIF |
ASOMIF and IDEAS, CIWG od SEEP Network, NOVIB |
9-10/2003 |
| Peru |
Training in the first Latin American Forum of
Community Banks: “Advancement and Challenges towards Expansion
and Financial Sustainability with Impact over poverty”. |
Organized by ADRA, Caritas from Peru, FINCA
Peru, Manuela Morales Movement, PRISMA and PROMUC. Sponsored
by CRS/Peru |
10/2003 |
| Nicaragua |
Training of the Executive Directors of the MFIs
in Nicaragua about success and evaluation of impact and market
research |
Sponsored by ASOMIF with funds of HIVOS organized
by IDEAS. |
11/2003 |
| Ecuador |
Training about Savings and Market research in
the annual meeting of RFR |
RFR, national coalition of MFIs of Ecuador |
11/2003 |
| El Salvador |
Regional Training of MFIs related to CRS in
Latin America over pilot testing of new financial products as
part of market research |
Catholic Relief Services; Learning Center. Two-day
training provided by IDEAS. |
11/2003 |
| Mexico |
Training of MFIs members in Mexico about two
tools of MicroSave-Africa: ranking of credit attributes and
ranking of relative preferences. |
PRODESARROLLO, national network of Mexico; Microfinance
Opportunities; using clients of ADEM |
12/2003 |
| Guatemala |
Training for evaluators of AGUDESA in qualitative
methods |
AGUDESA; World Vision US; World Vision International;
IDEAS team members from Nicaragua and El Salvador offices |
2/2004 |
| Guatemala |
Training for evaluators of AGUDESA in how to
implement an impact survey |
AGUDESA; World Vision US; World Vision Guatemala
and Guatemalan consultants; IDEAS team members from Nicaragua
and El Salvador offices |
2/2004 |
| Peru |
Training for MFIs and regulated financial intermediaries
in Cusco on how to use market research tools |
COPEME national MFI network in Peru; MIDE was
the host group that did the field research for a week following
the training week |
3/2004 |
| Honduras |
Training for evaluators in how to use qualitative
research tools, both for impact and market research |
COMISAL Credit Union; SNV Dutch technical assistance
organization; IDEAS |
4/2004 |
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|
Evaluation Workshops
Completed in English |
|
| The IDEAS Team has trained over 350
Latin American microfinance managers and technical assistance providers
in a series of thirteen regional and national workshops in Latin America
during a 19-month period from January 2001 to February 2003. The chart
below lists the recent trainings: |
|
| Country where training held |
Participants |
Co-sponsors |
Month & year of training |
| United States |
Graduate-level course on Developing Microfinance
Institutions to Reach the Poor. |
American University. |
4/1998 |
| Philippines |
Training for Grameen Replication MFIs in the
Philippines. |
CASHPOR, PHILNET, AIMS Project of USAID |
5/1999 |
| United States |
Training of microfinance practitioners and donors
on the institutional development of microfinance. |
Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern
New Hampshire University. |
6/1999 |
| United States |
Graduate-level course on Developing Microfinance
Institutions to Reach the Poor. |
American University. |
10/1999 |
| United States |
Training microfinance practitioners and donors
from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. |
Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern
New Hampshire University, AIMS Project of USAID. |
6/2000 |
| Kenya |
Regional training for Africa and Middle East. |
UNCDF/SUM, SEEP Network, AIMS Project of USAID |
9/2000 |
| United States |
Graduate-level course on Developing Microfinance
Institutions to Reach the Poor. |
American University. |
10/2000 |
| United States |
Training for SEEP Network member organizations
and their affiliates. Introduction to five tools with emphasis
on Client Satisfaction and Empowerment. |
SEEP Network |
10/2000 |
| United States |
Graduate-level course on Evaluating Growth and
Maintaining Innovation. |
First Annual Scaling Up Institute -Southern
New Hampshire University. |
10/2000 |
| United States |
Training for AIMS conference participants, MFI
and donor representatives from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe,
and Latin America. |
AIMS Project of USAID |
5/2001 |
| United States |
Training microfinance practitioners and donors
from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. |
Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern
New Hampshire University. |
6/2001 |
| United States |
Training microfinance practitioners and donors
from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. |
Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern
New Hampshire University. |
6/2002 |
| Ghana |
Design, field testing, instruction and oversight
of Client Impact Monitoring System. This innovative monitoring
system will be replicated for other Opportunity International
affiliates. |
Sinapi Aba Trust in Kumasi, Ghana and the Opportunity
International network |
9/2002 & 1/2003 |
| Ethiopia |
Design, field testing, training, and supervision
of market research and client satisfaction in one region of
Ethiopia. |
WISDOM, an for-profit MFI affiliate of World
Vision |
6/2003 |
| United States |
Training microfinance practitioners and donors
from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. |
Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern
New Hampshire University. |
6/2003 |
| Ethiopia |
Training of trainers and then training of representatives
of microfinance institutions from 6 different countries in East
and West Africa. |
East Africa Region of World Vision International |
7/2003 |
| Ethiopia |
Training of two Ethiopian trainers and then
training of 20 MFIs, donors and government officials involved
in the supervision of the microfinance instituutions. |
Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions
(AEMFI) with funding from Norwegian People’s Aid |
7/2003 |
| United States |
Training for members of SEEP Network on impact
evaluation, using the SEEP-AIMS tools and the first draft of
the SEEP-AIMS Manual. |
Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
10/1999 |
| United States |
Training for SEEP Network member organizations
and their affiliates. Introduction to five tools with emphasis
on Client Satisfaction and Empowerment. Trainers: Drl. Carter
Garber and Dr. Nancy Horn. |
Before the Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
10/2000 |
| United States |
Training for members of SEEP Network on impact
evaluation, using the SEEP-AIMS tools and the new version of
the Manual of which Carter Garber is the Associate Editor. |
Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
10/2001 |
| United States |
Training for members of SEEP Network on obtain
indicators gotten from impact evaluations and then use them
in the Management Information System to monitor impact over
time. Trainers of IDEAS: Gammaa Hishigsuren, Brian Beard, and
Carter Garber. |
Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
10/2002 |
| United States |
Training for members of the Client Assessment
Working Group and SEEP Network on the work of IDEAS with two
national networks in Nicaragua, ASOMIF and PROMIFIN-COSUDE.
Emerging lessons about the role of networks in client assessment.
IDEAS Trainer: Carter Garber. |
Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
10/2003 |
| United States |
Carter Garber was a co-facilitator in the Workshop
on the Criteria for the Selection of the Poverty Assessment
Tools |
Center for Institutional Reform & the Informal
Sector at the University of Maryland; USAID |
1/2004 |
| Philippines |
Training of members of Community Economic Ventures
staff in Bohol and Cebu islands to do impact evaluation on their
own organization |
Community Economic Ventures; CARD (Centre for
Agriculture and Rural Development; IDEAS; World Vision US |
3/2004 |
| Guatemala |
Workshop on program investment guidelines for
CARE USA and its Latin American Regional Management Unit, attended
by the country offices in Latin America and some HQ personnel.
|
CARE USA and LARMU |
4/2004 |
| United States |
Training microfinance practitioners and donors
from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. |
Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern
New Hampshire University. |
6/2004 |
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