📅 19-21 May 2026
Durrës, Albania
The Microfinance Centre (MFC) is organising the 28th MFC Annual Conference, which will take place on 19-21 May 2026 in Durrës, Albania. This year’s program explores the critical forces shaping the microfinance sector today − from development traps and governance to climate finance, AI-driven innovation, gender-smart approaches and the evolving role of capital.
Agenda Highlights
- Opening keynote by Prof. Andrés Rodríguez Pose (LSE): Development traps in a world in transition
- Fireside discussion with Prof. Andrés Rodríguez Pose (LSE) and Kristina Maslauskaite (CEB): Governance and new growth models
- Unlocking Climate Finance for MFIs in the ECA Region: Green Climate Fund (GCF) – Microfinance Dialogue (meeting by invitation only)
- Keeping purpose on track: using social impact evidence in practice
- Kick-Start Your Impact Toolkit: A Practical Clinic
- Investors’ Plenary – Capital in Transition
- The Capital Question: safeguarding purpose in times of transition
- Regulators’ Roundtable
- The Balkans–Mediterranean Corridor: capital, cooperation and capacity in transition
- Purpose First: Digital Transformation and the AI Breakthroughs Shaping Inclusion
- Safeguarding Purpose: How can gender-smart product design and governance maintain focus on women’s financial inclusion (workshop by invitation only)
- Beyond Credit: inclusive leasing models
- Gender-Smart Governance for Women’s Financial Inclusion
- Microfinance in Albania: current state and challenges
- Leading in complexity: purpose, presence and practice
- From Access to Agency: the road ahead
Networking & Social Experiences
Grill & Garden Networking Evening – beachfront venue
Seaside Gala Dinner – Durrës waterfront
1:1 and group meetings via the Brella application, including targeted matchmaking
Explore the agenda and register here: https://conference.mfc.org.pl/registration
