Microfinance in Transition: Is Purpose at Risk? | Last call: registration for the 28th MFC Annual Conference is closing soon

📅 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