Welcome to Microfinance Pasifika

The Microfinance Pasifika Network (MFPN) is an alliance of institutions committed to supporting disadvantaged people in the Pacific to improve their quality of life, through the provision of inclusive and sustainable financial services such as savings, credit, remittances and payment services and insurance. MFPN is the emergent microfinance and financial sector development network in the Pacific. It is registered as a charitable trust in Vanuatu, with the secretariat based in Fiji and hosted by The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC). The Network was formally launched in June 2006 in Port Vila, Vanuatu, following a year of consultation led by FDC, with eight inaugural members. MFPN has held a number of successful events and engaged in activities which have helped to bring together practitioners and stakeholders in meaningful ways, contributing to developing the microfinance sector in the Pacific.

3rd Pacific Microfinance Week 2011 (PMW 2011)

Following another successful Pacific Microfinance Week in Nadi, Fiji in 2009, the Microfinance Pasifika Network iheld the 3rd Pacific Microfinance Week 2011 (PMW 2011) in Port Vila, Vanuatu from July 26 – 29th. PMW 2011 was be a week-long series of events, meetings and gatherings of a range of organisations and individuals which have an interest in promoting the provision of inclusive and sustainable financial services in the Pacific.

This milestone event brought together representatives from microfinance institutions, development partners, commercial and central banks, learning institutions, government agencies and private companies Pacific wide as well as further afield to discuss and share their achievements, visions and priorities in fostering the growth of microfinance and the development of the industry as a whole. 

The PMW2011 website has been incorporated into the MFPN website, and you can view the programme, attendees, photos and all the presentations from the event on this website.