Summary | Awareness Raising | Training | Technical Assistance
Training
PlaNet Finance training programs enable microfinance institutions, regional microfinance networks, APEX institutions, formal financial institutions and governments to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of microfinance services.
PlaNet Finance Japan's training activities
PlaNet Finance's training curriculum includes 44 modules, each geared for different audiences, from students to field practitioners. The modules cover key topics in microfinance, such as strategic planning, product design & development, credit & savings management, accounting, fund management, and monitoring & supervision. The training program is designed to serve the needs of both young MFIs and mature financial institutions as well as supervisory bodies and government regulators who want to provide support to the microfinance sector.
Training Missions
PlaNet Finance training staff travel around the world to offer their programs, in person, to professionals in the field. Over 100 such missions have been completed thus far.
E-learning Tools
In order to improve access to best-practices training, PlaNet Finance provides some of its training modules for free on-line via its PlaNet University e-learning platform.
Training & Resource Centers
PlaNet Finance sets up resource and microfinance training centers in order to democratize the access to microfinance information. These centers freely provide books on microfinance, host training programs, and house computers with Internet access. Resource centers exist in Morocco, Togo, and Beijing.