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EUROPEAN MICROFINANCE WEEK 2019
EUROPEAN MICROFINANCE WEEK Feedback European Microfinance Week 2019
European Microfinance Week 2019 took place between 20-22 November and brought together in Luxembourg 450 opinion-leaders from 69 countries, including top management of banks, funds and other financial institutions, practitioners, academics, analysts, raters and industry commentators to present key innovations and challenges. The 2019 conference offered a wide and interesting range of plenary and workshop sessions.
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Three plenaries were featured in EMW 2019: an opening one with the three finalists of the European Microfinance Award 2019 on ‘Strengthening Resilience to Climate change through financial inclusion’, as well as a keynote speech by Tim McDonnell, journalist and National Geographic ‘Explorer’, a second one entitled ‘Protecting the working poor in the 21st century through responsible finance’, and EMW 2019 concluded with a provocative debate on the limits of client choice, entitled ‘Responsible client choices in finance: whose responsibility is it? Over the three days, distinguished speakers took part in more than 25 sessions, featuring over 90 organisations and covering a much diversified range of topics such as digital transformation, climate change, cyber security and advancing access to financial services for refugees.
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