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1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
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Staffing |
2 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
14 |
Training unit
AEMFIs’ training unit was established in May 2002 to work towards enhancing the
skill and knowledge of the board, management, and other personnel of microfinance
institutions.
Accordingly, the following key objective is indicated in the Business Plan of AEMFI
prepared for 2003-2007: Coodinate various types of professional training for senior,
middle level and frontline staff of member MFIs, as a major way of fulfilling its
capacity building objective.
In order to fulfill the above core objective the training unit is expected to perform
the following activities:
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Assess the training needs of the MFIs |
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Develop training content. |
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Develop training modules. |
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Conduct training. |
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Document the training process. |
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Arrange and coordinate exposure visits. |
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Document results of exposure visits. |
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Evaluate each training program and make the necessary follow up. |
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Come up with a cost sharing formula with the MFIs on training activities. |
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Come up with a criterion that will be used to select the MFIs and their staff who
will participate in the training activities. |
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Timely planning (including writing project proposals) for and reporting on the forgoing
activities. |
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PERFORMANCE MONITORING & TECHNICAL UNIT
The Performance Monitoring activity of AEMFI was introduced in late 2001 with
the employment of the officer in charge. Most of the monitoring activity took ground
in 2003 after preliminary tasks were accomplished in 2002. ‘Technical Assistance’
function of AEMFI was introduced in 2003 with support needed by some MFIs to help
them in their business planning and financial management processes to access loans
from RUFIP. Objectives of Performance Monitoring & Technical assistance unit
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Setting performance indicators and definitions for the Ethiopian microfinance industry |
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Standardizing operational and financial reporting formats and definitions |
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Satisfy the information needs of various stakeholders by issuing financial and operational
reports for the Ethiopian microfinance industry |
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Improving management information systems of member MFIs |
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Improving business planning, financial management, manuals and procedures of member |
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MFIs Major Activities |
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Continuously revisiting selected performance indicators and reporting formats with
member microfinance institutions and other stakeholders |
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Preparing and revising a performance monitoring manual for use as a guidance in
collecting and analyzing data about the microfinance industry |
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Periodically collecting institutional, financial, and operational data and processing
them using an appropriate database such as the MIX Market oracle based Toolkit |
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Disseminating the performance indicators, financial data, and operational data of
the microfinance industry to various stakeholders using a bulletin published annually
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Assist member MFIs in improving their management information systems, business planning,
financial management, and systems and procedures |
Program Management Unit
The Program Management Unit is actively working on advocacy, promotion and information
dissemination, networking as well as managing the resource center and publication.
In addition it will endeavor to maintain the good working relationship with the
key stakeholders: Government, NBE, Donors and local training institutions and service
providers. The unit has achieved the following activities in line with its responsibility
given to it.
- Advocacy and dialogue
- Printed media
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Electronic media
- Workshops and Conferences
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Networking
- Others
Research and Studies Unit
The Research & Publication Unit - the unit will ensure that AEMFI carries out and
also coordinates research on those subjects that are of interest to the whole industry
and the results obtained will help to build a strong microfinance sector. In the
immediate future, the executive director will be heading this activity AEMFI has
been involved in several research issues in the area of Microfinance. Those Research
outputs were disseminated to stakeholders and the public at large through workshops
& publications. AEMFI’s publications include Research outputs, occasional papers,
proceedings of annual conferences, Microfinance financial analysis bulletin and
Micro-finance Development Review” bulletin that serve as a means to disseminate
best practice.
Management Information System (MIS) Unit
MIS unit was start in April 2006 before that there is a voluntary for a few months
in this unit. The Unit is actively working in different activity.
Objective of MIS Unit
Support/advice member MFIs in bidding, selecting and acquiring appropriate hardware
and software for IT systems/MIS
Support/advice member MFIs in troubleshooting problems with existing IT systems/MIS.
Support AEMFI with the development /Installation of computerized monitoring system
Assist AEMFI in computerizing the resource center
Design and follow up the website of AEMFI
Update the information in the website quarterly
Assist and advice in troubleshooting problems of network
SAVING AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES UNIT
In its effort to strengthen the microfinance sector of the country, the Association
of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI) has organized a separate unit to
handle the case of saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) since 2005 by the help
of the Irish Aid. The SACCOs unit of AEMFI is organized to support SACCOs in building
their capacity at different levels. Logical support will be provided by AEMFI through
training, technical support, research, and performance monitoring of SACCOs).
The objective of AEMFI (some of) in establishing this unit is:
-To promote SACCOs through training, advocacy, different forums and workshops,
-To develop standardized manuals, procedures, and systems in SACCOs,
-To satisfy the information needs of different stakeholders who have the interest
on the development of SACCOs and in turn in the poverty reduction effort of the
country.
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