Imp-Act Consortium overview and Social Performance Management Materials

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Imp-Act Consortium overview and Social
Performance Management Materials
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About the Imp-Act Consortium

• A global collaboration between organizations
  committed to making microfinance work for the
  poor and excluded
• Promote and support the management of social
  performance by MFIs.

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Imp-Act Consortium Mission

• Encourage and enable MFIs to effectively
  translate their social mission into practice, and
  
• Enable donors and policy makers to understand and
  assess social performance of their work and that
  of others.

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Imp-Act Consortium Current Work

• Building SPM capacity
• Learning from practice
• Knowledge dissemination

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Imp-Act Consortium Building SPM Capacity

• Developing training materials
• Certifying SPM trainers
• Integrating SPM into mainstream MF capacity
  building
• Providing technical assistance on SPM

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Imp-Act Consortium Learning from Practice

• SPM Network
• SPM Principles
• SPM promotional film

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SPM Network

• The SPM Network is a place for practitioners and
  those interested in SPM to share experiences and
  news and events around SPM through discussion
  forums, announcements, the sharing of videos and
  photos. There are currently over 950 members from
  all over the world.
• www.spmnetwork.net

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Social Performance Management Principles

• The SPM Principles state that an MFI that manages
  its social performance will deliberately
• Translate its mission and values into clear,
  measurable objectives to capture intentional
  social benefits. Design and implement systems
  for social responsibility, including client
  protection. Track, understand and report on
  whether it is achieving its social objectives.
  Align its business processes to achieve both
  social and financial objectives. Ensure that
  decision-making considers both social and
  financial outcomes.

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Imp-Act Consortium Knowledge Dissemination

• SPM Practice Guide
• Development of an online resource center
• Papers and publications

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SPM Practice Guide

• This guide is written for MFIs committed to
  managing and achieving their social mission, and
  the organizations that support them.
• Available for download at www.imp-act.org.

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Imp-Act Consortium Members

• CARD MRI (Philippines)
• CRS/Project MISSION
• EDA Rural Systems (India)
• Freedom from Hunger (USA)
• IDS (UK)
• Microfinance Centre (Poland)
• Microfinance Council (Philippines)
• Pro Mujer International (Latin America)