1. Information Evening

2. Manna Project International Chillos Valley - Ecuador Designing an optimal Microfinance Programme

3. Manna Project International Small American NGO with offices in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ecuador Volunteering based MPIE: community centre, various educational programmes, small business development. Our task: How to expand into microfinance?

4. Project Structure Project Proposal Project Proposal Secondary Research Research Design Field Work Research Report

5. Project Proposal Define precisely what they expect from you and what you expect from them:  Project outline: How to expand small business development, start a microfinance programme  Time frames: deadlines of project stages, organisation of field work

6. Project Structure Project Proposal Secondary Research Secondary Research Research Design Field Work Research Report

7. Secondary Research Learn about microfinance and consulting Familiarise yourself with partner institution, the region, the legal framework,… Make informed assumptions Formulate hypotheses  think about how to test them, what data you need, and how to get it

8. Project Structure Project Proposal Secondary Research Research Design Research Design Field Work Research Report

9. Research Design Hypotheses How to test them What data? How to get it?  organise field work

10. Project Structure Project Proposal Secondary Research Research Design Field Work Field Work Research Report

11. Field Work Get first-hand knowlege of your partner institution Gather data:  market survey to estimate demand

13. Project Structure Project Proposal Secondary Research Research Design Field Work Research Report Research Report

14. Analyse and process the data gathered  collect missing pieces of information Form, discuss, and revise conclusions Write report Discuss conclusions and recommendations with partner institution

15. Conclusions Project was very successful:  microfinance feasible, implementation in two steps,  focus on capacity-building  overcoming MPIE‘s institutional constraints 2 months after finishing the report, MPIE has already obtained necessary funding Follow-up project with OMI planned

16. Hilary 2013 Projects

17. Forjadores – Human Resources Project Mexican MFI that gives group loans to women. This is their 2 nd project with OMI. They are expanding and seeking to become more professional. They are looking to evaluate their Human Resources programme. This includes recruitment, training, promotion and compensation. They want to make it transparent and efficient.

18. Forjadores – Human Resources project Spanish language skills would be a great asset. Fieldwork is probably in the Summer – this means there is less work now, but the project may run longer. This makes it ideal for 1 st and 2 nd year undergrads and grad students returning next year. Interest and experience in Human Resources is a plus.

19. Manna Project International Examine current microloans project in the community Jatumpungo investigate new communities to consider for expansion of the microloans programme

20. Fieldwork Fieldwork is an essential part of the project and will take place in the Easter vacation, probably in cooperation with local Ecuadorian students.

21. FINCA International Second largest MFI in the world, serving 1,000,000 clients in 21 countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, the Zambia Pioneered “village banking” model of MF Currently in the process of rolling out new open-source smartphone solution to conduct social performance research

22. FINCA International OMI Project Objectives 1.Conduct a technological review of different customer research solutions over Hilary term 2.Write a set of training documentation that can be used to train staff at FINCA subsidiaries to use the smartphone solution – Team will work very closely with FINCA staff in charge of customer research – Will involve fieldwork in 3 different countries

23. FINCA International Competencies (optional) – Past development experience/knowledge – Knowledge of computer programming – Ability to commit 2-4 hrs/week and manage time – Willingness to go on 2-3 weeks of Easter fieldwork

24. Recruitment www.oxfordmicrofinance.org -> Current Projects www.oxfordmicrofinance.org Written application: Project Application Form for researchers and project leaders Deadline Sunday, Thursday 24th January Project Leaders – Interviews: Saturday 26th or Sunday 27th

25. Training Regular Meetings between Regional Coordinators and Project Leaders General Consultancy Skills – Tuesday 5 th February Leadership and Effective Teaming – Wednesday 30 th January OMI provides you with all the skills and support you need for a successful project!

26. Thank you Questions?