SEEP has identified nearly 60 development finance networks active in 82 countries, representing a client base of over 16 million. These networks have enormous reach and are powerful agents, as they serve as local knowledge centers for information, best practices, and learning for local practitioners. These networks have the potential to contribute significantly to the efficacy of their local institutional members and to the microfinance industry as a whole.

To help microfinance networks fulfill their potential, SEEP has developed the expertise, tools, and the knowledge-base to strengthen their strategic focus on providing value to members, enhancing their capacity to offer services, and helping them keep abreast of international innovations by hosting ground-breaking practitioner events.

Services provided to networks to help strengthen institutional capacity and member service provision:

Network Institutional Strengthening Services

• Business and Strategic Plan Development
• Effective Network Governance
• Financial Sustainability Strategies
• Working Group Development
• Annual Meetings
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Network Performance
• Microfinance Network Capacity Assessment
• Member Satisfaction Survey

Member Services: Strategies for Development and Delivery

• Information Dissemination Strategies
• Consumer Protection Codes of Conduct Development
• Policy Advocacy Strategies
• Performance Monitoring and Benchmarking of Microfinance Institutions