1. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Three finalists 3 rd European Microfinance Award on Value Chain Finance

2. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Three finalists 3 rd European Microfinance Award 2010 on Value Chain Finance Partner Microcredit Foundation - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mrs. Selma Jahić - Assistant Director for Marketing IDEPRO - Bolivia – Mr. Roberto Casanovas, General Manager HARBU MFI – Ethiopia - Mr. Tesfaye Befikadu, General Manager

3. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Finalists 3 rd European Microfinance Award on Value Chain Finance Selection process 32 applications from 20 countries Short list of 10 by committee of e-MFP members 3 finalists selected by expert committee of Luxembourg Roundtable on Microfinance Award ceremony at 18.00 pm at the EIB

4. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Value chain finance  Microfinance? Value Chain Finance enriches microfinance as it adds three crucial elements; A focus on competitive agricultural subsectors that can boost rural economies Real increase in incomes of poor farmers, by tapping into more attractive markets. A focus on agricultural lending, and remedies for the problems experienced in this sector

5. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Value chain finance  Microfinance?

6. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Dilemma’s in Value Chain Finance  How to create more value added for primary producers (link to attractive markets) ?  How to ensure sufficiently strong horizontal linkages (producer organisation) and vertical linkages (farmer- processor-trader etc) ?  How to mitigate risks in the chain ?  What type of financial instruments are required (differences with standard microfinance) ?  How to build capacity in the chain without threatening the viability of the (micro-)finance operation ?

7. contact@e-mfp.eu www.e-mfp.eu Welcome finalists…