14 Jun 2009.
Fern Software – Speaker at Annual Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) Meeting in Madrid:- “MIS - Social Impact Analysis Tools”
Mr Eamon Scullin, CEO Fern Software - along with Mr Jose Manuel Aguirre, AIS Sales Manager - gave a joint presentation on the to the assembled delegates at the Annual SPTF meeting in Madrid on "MIS - Social Impact Analysis Tools".
The Annual Social Performance Task Force meeting took place June 2-3, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. It was an enormous success with over 100 institutions represented. Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), CGAP and The Ford Foundation were co-hosts of the meeting.
The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) consists of over 350 leaders from all over the world from every microfinance stakeholder group: practitioners, donors and investors (multilateral, bilateral, and private), national and regional networks, technical assistance providers, rating agencies, academics and researchers, and others. Created in March 2005, the Task Force has been charged with clearly defining social performance and addressing questions about measuring and managing social performance.
The Social Performance Management (SPM) Principles for microfinance have emerged from an industry-wide initiative aimed at making microfinance more effective in achieving its social mission. The Principles reflect a consensus among a wide range of stakeholders (including microfinance institutions, networks, donors, investors and support organisations) who commit to taking practical action to achieve their social mission by managing their social performance.
See Winner of Gold Winner of the Social Performance Reportng Award Mr Paul Lutchenberg CEO, AMK - Abacus OneWorld User
Social Performance Reporting Award
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and CGAP, launched the first Social Performance Reporting Award on June 2nd at the annual Social Performance Task Force meeting. The award, powered by the MIX is designed to promote greater transparency in MFIs' social performance. The Award recognizes transparency in social performance reporting, not social performance achievements.
