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Overview of the SME Finance Forum.
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SME Finance ForumClosing the Finance Gap
An OverviewJune, 2014
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The SME Finance Forum
• Initiated by the G20 countries/managed by IFC
• Unique global effort in knowledge sharing on SME finance and best practice/case studies
• Website for news, events, publications, tools
LinkedIn: 2600+ members and 600+ active discussions
Women’s Finance Hub
IFC Enterprise Finance Gap data (and more)
• Networking and peer learning: global and regional events
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Online Knowledge Bank
Virtual platform to share knowledge and promote good practices in SME access to finance, including women-owned SMEs: Promote collaboration Promote successful business models Disseminate research and data
Accelerate financial inclusion for SMEs
1700+ news, events, publications, tools
200+ new items added every month
5,000 visits and 13,000 page views per month
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SME Data
Forum as a Portal Make existing SME data public and digest-able Fund strategic research as needed Create consistent data standards and formats Create interactive maps and charts for analysis
and decision-making Private data options for members
Currently available Created interactive maps and charts for the IFC
Enterprise Finance Gap database
Coming soon Visualize the SME component of the IMF
Financial Access Survey Visualize the IFC Reach database, which reports
on MSMEs funded by IFC client banks worldwide “Reach” data from other IFIs/DFIs
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SME Finance Events
The SME Finance Forum and Women’s Finance Hub also act as conveners and have supported several learning events including:
• IFC regional client meetings• Finovate• Foromic 2013• Innovator’s Series• IFI-DFI Working Group meeting• AFI SME Working group meeting• OECD-ADB joint conference on SME Finance• Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion – Annual
Forum• USAID-IFC speaker series – Financing Women
Entrepreneurs for Growth
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The Future: A Member-based Forum
Conversion to be implemented by December 2015
Conversion to be implemented by December 2015
Conversion to be implemented by December 2015
NetNetworking/Peer LearningData
Links to Fintech servicesGood Practice Cases
Advocacy
OTH
ER IFIs/DFIs
IFCSME
FINANCE FORUM
COMMERCIAL BANKSAND OTHER FIs/fintech
COMMERCIAL BANKSAND OTHER FIs/fintech
(20+) (200+)
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Membership Benefits
• Privileged access to customized data analysis on and benchmark your own SME portfolio
performance against those of your peers
• Free webinars (members only) on topics of members’ interests (including successful case studies,
relevant SME finance data analysis)
• Exchange visits to high performing peers
• Priority access/reduced fees at all meetings
• Global FI/IFI/DFI/Fintech Contacts directory/info exchange services
• Reduced admission to Finovate global expos
• Voice in IFI/DFI SME Finance Working Group, the G20, Alliance for Financial Inclusion and other
global policy-making networks
• Public demonstration of commitment to SME finance
– Special 2015 G20 top-level “relaunch” event planned for Turkey
Only $5,000-25,000/year dues (based on asset size) provides
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Turkish G20 Presidency Re-Launch Event
Target date = August-November 2015
• Forum members to share platform with G20 leaders
• Declare their goals for closing SME finance gap
• Highlight their institutions’ performance to date
Venue = Turkey, TBD
• Audience of policymakers,
financiers, innovators, media
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Team and Donors
Matthew Gamser, Head
mgamser@ifc.org
Hourn Thy, Operations & Technical Support
hthy@ifc.org
Nadia Afrin, KM & Web Communication
nafrin@ifc.org
Minerva Kotei, Women’s Finance Hub
Mkotei@ifc.org
Nothando Nyathi, Administration
nnyathi@ifc.org
Our Team Donors
Support for the SME Finance Forum:
Support for the G20 Finance Innovation Fund provided by:
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Webwww.smefinanceforum.org
www.womensfinancehub.org
LinkedlnSME Finance Fourm.org
Twitter@SMEFinanceFourm
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