The Role of Cooperative Enterprises in Financial Inclusion

INVITATION The Role of Cooperative enterprises in Financial Inclusion A special conference in the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2012 1,000,000,000 MEMBERS WITH COOPERATIVES WORLDWIDE IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. IN THE BANKING SECTOR GLOBALLY MORE THAN 49,000 CREDIT COOPERATIVES WITH 177,000,000 MEMBERS IN 96 COUNTRIES. THE COOPERATIVE BANKING SECTOR REPRESENTS MORE THAN 4,000 BANKS WITH 178,000,000 CLIENTS AND AMONG 50,000,000 MEMBERS. We are very pleased to invite you to a special Conference which will take place Thursday 28 June, at Rabobank’s Duisenberg Auditorium in Utrecht. the UN International Year of Cooperatives, this year’s theme will be ‘The Role of Cooperative Enterprises in Financial Inclusion’. Please find attached the Invitation, which includes registration information. You will receive a detailed Conference Programme after registration. When: Thursday 28th June 2012; 13:00-17:30h Where: Duisenberg Auditorium Rabobank Nederland, Utrecht Netherlands What: To what extent do cooperatives contribute to social and economic development? questions will be explored during the Conference. Who: individuals. With: Keynote speakers: Mr Piet Moerland, CEO Rabobank Group; Mr Hans Munkner, Professor of Law of Business Organizations, and Cooperative Theory at the University of Marburg; Florian Grohs, Director Loans & Investments at Oikocredit. The keynote presentations are followed by a variety of breakout sessions with specialists from the sector. How? Go to www.microfinanceplatform.nl for information and registration. Register before June 15th Admission is free. We hope to meet you there ! Kind Regards, On behalf of the organisers NPM RABOBANK OIKOCREDIT