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Oct 29:  Partnering to End Extreme Poverty (read)
 
Oct 29:  Digital Services to Reach the Unreachable (read) 
 
Microfinance eventsFeatured Events
Nov 4 - 7, Arlington, VA:  2013 SEEP Network Annual Conference, Arlington VA.  Learn more.
 
We especially recommend the Health and Market Development (HAMED) Working Group meeting
* Tuesday, Nov 5th, 1:30 - 5:30 PM
* Virtual participation open to all; SEEP Members only in person 
* Who should join us: practitioners who have experience already monitoring their programs, social investors interested in integrated approaches, health practitioners. Learn more.
 
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Nov 4 - 5, South Africa:  4th ICMIF Microinsurance Workshop: Putting Theory Into Practice 
 
*Hours are EDT (GMT - 4)
 
2013 State of the
Campaign Report

Vulnerability:  The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report, 2013
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October 31, 2013
The Campaign Bulletin
In This Issue

Highlights from the 2013 Summit:
The 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit opened with calls from world leaders for microfinance to be part of the movement that helps bring an end to extreme poverty by 2030, and it concluded with adoption of the "Partnerships against Poverty Summit Declaration."

 

Sign onto the Grameen Declaration: 
Join the 2013 Summit delegates in endorsing the "Declaration in Support of the Independence of Grameen Bank." Click to read more  
Commitments wall at the 2013 Summit
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Highlights from the 2013 Summit 
Join us in the continuing partnership to end extreme poverty
 

The 2013 Partnerships against Poverty Summit opened with calls from World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and Ministers from the Philippines and Indonesia for microfinance to be part of the movement that helps bring an end to extreme poverty in the world by 2030. And, it concluded with adoption of the "Partnerships against Poverty Summit Declaration," which states the following:

 

We as the Partnerships against Poverty Summit participants, declare, collectively and enthusiastically, THAT EXTREME POVERTY CAN AND WILL BE ENDED BY THE YEAR 2030.

 

Announcing 17 Campaign Commitments at the 2013 Summit. Read Larry Reed's interview on Microfinance Voices to learn what the key messages and impact of the 2013 Summit are.
17 Campaign Commitments were announced as a means to achieve this bold goal. Learn more about these Commitments here and watch the Closing Plenary video in which they and the Summit Declaration were announced.

 

The Summit was attended by more than 850 delegates representing 145 institutions in 71 countries around the world! We have uploaded photos, videos, and more from the Summit. Keep checking back for more in the coming weeks.


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Sign onto the Declaration in Support of 
the Independence of Grameen Bank
Larry Reed calls on delegates to endorse the statement of support for Grameen Bank at the 2013 Summit.
2013 Summit delegates endorsed the "Declaration in Support of the Independence of Grameen Bank," putting their weight behind the 8.4 million women borrower-owners in the face of the Government of Bangladesh's threats to take control. 
 
In response to these takeover attempts, Microcredit Summit Campaign Director Larry Reed told the delegates, "This move would undermine Grameen Bank's longtime success, disenfranchise the women who own a majority of the shares and by virtue of that a majority of its board seats, and the independence of civil society throughout the country and microfinance institutions around the world."
 
Mila Mercado-Bunker, president of the Board of Trustees of the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc., welcomed the declaration, stating, "The attempts to take over Grameen Bank are a threat to all microfinance institutions... By adopting this declaration, the 2013 Microcredit Summit delegates have made a powerful statement about our collective support for Grameen Bank's independence and our continued vigilance of the situation."

We invite you to endorse this declaration as well! Read the Grameen Declaration and endorse it here.

Send your questions to Sabina Rogers (rogers@microcreditsummit.org).