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LabODD Meeting #4 on September 21, 2021

Meeting LabODD #4 – Tuesday, September 21, 2021  Main focuses on the agenda : Energy Access: lessons learned and next phases for the LabODD Energy Group. Agriculture: launching exchanges on measuring responsible investment in agriculture, in cooperation with IISD and our long-standing partners in the agriculture sector. Plans for LabODD group on Gender. AGENDA &…

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The Client Protection Assessment Tool is available on CERISE website!

Client Protection Self-Assessment Tool for Financial Service Providers   Treating vulnerable clients in a responsible manner should be the bare minimum requirement for providers. This means adapting products, protecting clients from over-indebtedness, treating clients fairly and respectfully, ensuring their privacy, resolving their complaints, and using responsible transparent prices. The Client Protection Self-Assessment Tool (CP SAT)…

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How to get the most out of SPIflat?

Use SPIflat for periodic update and local data backup.   SPIflat is a macro-free Excel file that you can export from SPI (download on your computer) to conduct your SPI audit offline.   SPIflat allows you to collaborate with your team or external stakeholders, even if you do not have Internet access. It is an “input” form—it…

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Conducting remote evaluations: what an experience!

As SPM Pros (SPI qualified auditors, Client Protection assessors and trainers, TA providers) we value being in the field, organizing face-to face workshops and trainings, conducting interviews, meeting with FSPs’ staff and clients, discussing pros and cons, sharing a coffee… This is how we manage to make direct observations, get in-depth insights, and cross-check information….

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Education Video on Measuring and Managing Impact

Measuring performance and impact is key to implement, manage and fund social enterprises or microfinance institutions. It also allows to mobilize and align finance to the SDGs, and to include positive and negative impact considerations into investment and business decisions. In 2020, CERISE worked with students from Sciences Po Paris, as part of a working…

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