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HISTORY

  • July 30, 2004: SEDPI was established as a private organization composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs previously employed in non-government organizations.  Its niche is to provide management services for microfinance institutions and microenterprises.
  • July 2004: developed social investments to MFIs
  • March 2005: social entrepreneurs Leads Microfinance Capacity Building Program with the AdMU - DS
  • December 2005: became recognized by international participants through their participation in trainings
  • June 2006: quadrupled loan portfolio for MFIs and doubled social investments mobilized
  • August 2006: facilitated Ateneo-BPI partnership for Ateneo Capacity Building
  • November 2006: held microfinance training in the Netherlands through Oxfam- Novib
  • December 2006: Inked partnership with World Wildlife Fund to estbalish microfinance operations in environmental hotspots and mobilize social investments
  • March 2007: delivered the first three trainings of the Diploma in Microfinance for the Central Bank of Nigeria
  • June 2007: delivered financial literacy training to migrant organizations in the Netherlands
  • July 2007: attended the experts' meeting on remittances and microfinance for the Interational Network of Alternative Financial Institutions in Burkina Faso
  • September 2007: completed the Diploma in Microfinance to the Central Bank of Nigeria
  • November 2007: SEDPI President and CEO invited to share experiences in Microfinance, Remittances and Financial Literacy in Luxembourg
  • December 2007: SEDPI's alternative finance reached PhP 8M and spinned of as a separate institution devoted solely to service microentrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs and emerging microfinance institutions
  • January 2008: First international study tour organized in the Philippines to showcase the Philippine microfinance experience
  • April 2008: Conducted training in Indonesia on Remittance Operation; Central Bank of Nigeria institutionalizes the Ateneo Diploma Course as a regular capacity building program for its staff
  • May 2008: Conducted financial literacy training in Luxembourg and Belgium
  • September 2008: Cordaid partners with SEDPI and SEDPI Capital to leverage remittances for development through financial literacy and capacity building for small and emerging microfinance institutions
 
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Linking up with Cordaid: SEDPI and SCCI have signed cooperation agreements with Cordaid, one of the largest NGOs in the Netherlands > More
 
Training Events with PCFC: Through its linkage with PCFC, SEDPI organized 19 training events from July 2007 to August 2008 in six key Philippine cities > More
 
SEDPI in Nigeria: SEDPI’s relations with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) were born in 2007, when top CBN executives > More
ATENEO-BPI Trainings
Ateneo and BPI Foundation introduces a new and exciting discount package to Microfinance Institutions who wish to send more delegates in Ateneo Microfinance Trainings > More
ARDCI: A 180-Degree Microfinance STory
At first glance, Agricultural and Rural Development for Catanduanes, Inc. (ARDCI) seemed to have what it takes to be a successful microfinance institution. First, it was a spin-off of the European Union’s official development assistance to the Philippine Government. Second, it envisions itself as a sustainable development institution harnessing > More
 
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