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Programs are offered in Spanish (March 5-16, 2012), English and French (July 16-August 3, 2012),
The 17th Annual Boulder MFT in English and the 7th Annual Boulder MFT in French took place in Turin, Italy from July 18th to August 5th, 2011 bringing together a total of of which 208 attended the English program and 96 attended the French program. 84 different countries were represented and for the first time ever, we had delegates from Chad, Slovakia, and South Sudan. Participants came from Microfinance Institutions, Central Banks, Ministries of Finance, Donor Agencies, Commercial Banks, and more.
In 2011, we offered 63 courses delivered by 65 different world-renowned experts covering a broad range of topics and viewpoints.
This year, our program featured the 1st Boulder Symposium on New Financial Inclusion Paradigms, a dynamic roundtable event designed and led by Boulder Institute President, Robert Christen, that brought together 28 world renowned experts in microfinance to discuss financial inclusion from a holistic point of view, Each morning, participants took part in this discussion and debate on different aspects of financial inclusion, the lessons learned and the diversity of approaches. Presenters included such experts as Stuart Rutherford (SafeSave), Daryl Collins (Bankable Frontier), Claudio Gonzalez (The Ohio state University), Martin Holtmann (IFC), Sanjay Sinha (EDA Rural Systems), Marguerite Robinson (Independent), Richard Rosenberg (CGAP), Roshaneh Zafar (Kashf Foundation), and many more.
The three weeks included intense class work, as well as strategic analysis and critical thinking around microfinance and financial inclusion for all. .
If you need any additional information about the 2012 Boulder MFT programs, please contact us at info@bouldermicrofinance.org