EMN 2008-2009 Overview - Réseau Européen de la Microfinance

The 2008 and 2009 EMN Survey was launched by the Fundación Nantik Lum team
on behalf of the European Microfinance Network (EMN). Fundación Nantik Lum
is a member of EMN and has been appointed as coordinator of the EMN Research
Working Group for the periods 2007-2008 and 2009-2011; the latter period coincides
with the strategic plan of the Research Working Group.
EMN and Fundación Nantik Lum would like to extend their appreciation to the individuals
and agencies that collaborated in the distribution of survey questionnaires and collection of
survey data in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The high response
rate to this edition of the sector survey is due to their efforts, for which EMN and Fundación
Nantik Lum are grateful.
Andreas Woudenberg
INHolland University of applied sciences,
Center for Microfinance and Small Business Development, the Netherlands.
Aurelie Dagneaux and Olivier Jérusalmy
Réseau Financement Alternatif ASBL (RFA), Belgium.
Brigitte Maas
Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut (DMI), Germany.
István Kovács
Hungarian Microfinance Network (HMN), Hungary.
Joyce Kimwaga Lundin
Nätverk för Entreprenörer från Etniska Minoriteter (NEEM), Sweden
Maria Cristina Negro and Fabrizio Botti
Giordano Dell’Amore Foundation (FGDA), Italy.
Maria Doiciu
EUROM Consultancy, Romania
Acknowledgements
Nikolay Yarmov
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED), Bulgaria.
Veronika Thiel
Independent Microfinance Consultant and Director of the Centre for Responsible Credit,
United Kingdom.
EMN and Fundación Nantik Lum would also like to thank the participating cdfa members
for allowing us to use the information collected by the cdfa in 2009 for the EMN survey. We
appreciate your collaboration.
The Fundación Nantik Lum would particularly like to give special thanks to EMN,
particularly Stefanie Lämmermann and Philippe Guichandut as well as Silvia Rico, Maricruz
Lacalle and Alex Stein for their collaboration and contributions.
Bárbara Jayo
Anabel González
Casey Conzett
Nantik Lum Foundation
June, 2010
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