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ICA General Assembly Session
Microfinance is OUR Business!

Convened by the ICA Gender Equality Committee on 21 September 2005, Hotel Hilton, Cartagena (Colombia)
Stefania Marcone Welcome (pdf)
Stefania Marcone, Newly Elected Chairperson, Gender Equality Committee

Opening Statement (pdf)
Vanda Giuliano, Out-going Chairperson, ICA GEC , read by Stefania Marcone
Panel of Speakers
From left to right: Fransico Estevez (WOCCU), Leonard Roland (Oikocredit),
Maria Elena Chávez Hertig (ICA-ICA GEC), Stefania Marcone(ICA GEC),
Rahaiah Baheran (ICA GEC-ANGKASA), Gérard Leseul (Crédit Mutuel)

PRESENTATIONS

Microfinanzas: Creando Acceso y oportunidades alrededor del mundo
(Microfinance: Creating Access and Opportunity Worldwide)

Francisco Estevez, Bogotá Project Office, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU)

Converting Investment into Credit: The Oikocredit Experience
Leonard Roland, Regional Director, Atlantic Region South America, Ecumenical Development Co-operative Society – Oikocredit, Netherlands

Solidarity and Community Service: The Crédit Mutuel Experience
Gérard Leseul, Head, International Affairs, Crédit Mutuel, France

AR-RAHNU: A New Era in Microfinance in Malaysia
Dr Mohamad Ali Hj Baharum, Deputy President, National Co-operative Organisation of Malaysia (ANGKASA)

Reducing risk: Micro-insurance
Hans Dahlberg, Senior Consultant and former CEO, International Co-operative Insurance and Mutual Federation (ICMIF)

The Experience of La Equidad Seguros in micro-insurance provision
Martha Cecilia Bohórquez, Senior Vice-President, delivered by Ana Bolena Herrera Jaramillo, La Equidad Seguros, Colombia

CONCLUSION

Closing Remarks (pdf)
Stefania Marcone, Chairperson, ICA Gender Equality Committee

Last Updated: 10 October 2005