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CAPIC – Cooperation for Affordable Personal Inclusive Credit
VS/2011/0478
EU dissemination seminar
Draft programme:
Day one: 9h30 - 17h00
Morning – What is CAPIC? General information
9.30 – 10.00: Welcome – coffee
10.00 – 10.15: Introduction – National coordinator and RFA (CAPIC leader)
10.15 – 10.35: A credit with a heart? [film viewing]
10.35 – 11.45: 4 European practices complementary presentations
moderator: Stelian Minoiu
− Secours Catholique, NGO, France, Mr. Patrick Kosman
− Provincia di Pistoia, Italy, Mrs. Anna Ciofi
− Nottingham Credit Union, UK, Mrs. Irene Smith
− Credal presentation, Belgium by Mr. Olivier Jerusalmy (RFA)
11.45 – 12.00: Break
12.00 – 12.30: First questions / comments session with the public
12.30-13.00: Main lessons learned – Good practices synthesis – (RFA)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
Afternoon – Practitioners point of view – EU and national level
14.00 – 14.30: Second questions / comments session with the public
14.30 – 15.30: Panel with 6 practitioners:
Moderated by Mr. Paul A. Jones
Mrs. Sanda Carpusor, inspector of the Territorially Association of Credit Union in the
Ploiesti County
Mrs. Anna Ciofi, Provincia di Pistoia, Italy,
Mrs. Lidia Dodul, Director of the Territorially Association of Credit Union in the
Ramnicu Valcea County
Mr. Patrick Kosman, Secours Catholique, NGO, France,
Mr. Constantin Nedelcu, President of the Credit Union Aerostar Bacau and
Economic Director of the Territorially Association of Credit Union in the Bacau County,
Mrs. Irene Smith, Managing Director, Nottingam Credit Union, UK,
“Why did your organisation start such initiative?”
“What are the best achievements? What are the remaining challenges?”
Debate / exchange with the public
15.30 – 16.00: National overview - what national context elements show a need to develop a
CAPIC initiative?
By Stelian Minoiu, National coordinator

16.00 – 17.00: Panel with national stakeholders moderated Mrs. Irene Smith (participants:
Marioara Duna, Executive Secretary of the National Association of Credit Unions from
Romania, Stelian Minoiu, Director of the National Association of Credit Unions from
Romania, Constantin Nedelcu, Economic Director, Territorially Association of Credit Union in
the Bacau County, Lidia Dodul, Director of the Territorially Association of Credit Union in the
Ramnicu Valcea County, Sanda Carpusor, inspector of the Territorially Association of Credit
Union in the Ploiesti County and the other participants)
“What could be the first steps to start a CAPIC initiative?”
Day two: 9.00 – 16.00
− Workshops structured in smaller groups organized by territorially criteria –
Bacau,Prahova and Valcea - in order to collect ideas on extending personal microcredit
and specific aspects in case of credit unions.
− Brainstorming on general questions that could be treated focused on the next steps /
strategies to be implemented to create a CAPIC initiative in the country
− Visit(s) of stakeholder organisations: Credit Union R.A.T.B. Bucharest and U.N.C.A.R.
− Exchanges, discussions on a particular type of CAPIC stakeholder: beneficiaries,
private organisation representatives, social organisation representatives and/or public
authority representatives eventually with video support