Sample of Trainings in Latin America

The IDEAS Team has trained over 2000 Latin Americans including inclusive finance leaders, microfinance managers, NGO senior staff, development organization personnel, institutional donors, client leaders, and technical assistance providers in a series of regional and national workshops in Latin America. The chart in English is a sample of the variety of our trainings in different countries.

Country where training was heldType of Training & ParticipantsCo-sponsors
PeruMembers of national assn, COPEME learning about Impact Evaluation.COPEME, USAID
NicaraguaRegional training of persons from Carribean, México and Central America. Also members of the national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua, ASOMIF. Participants also came from South America.Universidad Americana, Instituto Americano de Desarrollo Empresarial, ASOMIF, Promicro, Regional Diploma Program in Microenterprise Development, USAID, SEEP Network
El SalvadorRegional training of persons from Central America and South America. Also members of the national association of microfinance institutions of El Salvador, ALPIMED.Promicro, Regional Diploma Program in Microenterprise Dev, Universidad Don Bosco, USAID, SEEP Network
PeruRegional training for South America, although participants came from as far away as Mexico. Also for members of national association.COPEME, SEEP Network, AIMS Project of USAID
HondurasNational training for members of the national association, Fundación COVELO. Introduction to five tools with emphasis on Exit Survey.COVELO, CARANA,
USAID
HondurasNational training for members of the national association, Fundación COVELO. Intensive training on Client Satisfaction tool.COVELO, CARANA,
USAID
NicaraguaNational training for members of the national network formed by Swiss technical assistance project. Intensive training on Client Satisfaction tool.PROMIFIN, COSUDE
NicaraguaNational training for members of the national technical network. Intensive training on survey of ex-clients.PROMIFIN, COSUDE
NicaraguaTraining for 20 institutional members of the national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua, ASOMIFUniversidad Americana, IADE, ASOMIF, SEEP Network-CIWG funded by the Imp-Act Project, with funds from the Ford Fdn.
Jamaica, with clients of City of Kingston Credit UnionField practice with the MicroSave tools for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP trainingCarter Garber, Team coordinator, is the Certified Service Provider
GuatemalaTraining and field practice with MicroSave tools for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training (8-2002)Fondo Empresarial, Save the Children Federation in Guatemala and US and SEEP Network
ColumbiaTraining and field practice with MicroSave tools for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training (8-2002)AGAPE, Opportunity International, and SEEP Network
Jamaica
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Traning and field practice with the MicroSave tools for participants in the MicroSave-SEEP training (8-2002)City of Kingston Credit Union and SEEP Network. Carter Garber, Team coordinator wasthe Certified Service Provider
HondurasTraining for 20 institutional members of the national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua, ASOMIFUniversidad Americana, IADE, ASOMIF, SEEP Network-CIWG funded by the Imp-Act Project, with funds from the Ford Fdn.
NicaraguaTraining for the 20 institutional members of the national association of microfinance institutions of Nicaragua, ASOMIFASOMIF, IADE of the Universidad Americana, IDEAS
HondurasTraining for 20 institutional members of the national association of microfinance institutions of Honduras, Fundacion COVELOFundacion COVELO, with funds from the ImpAct Programme and the Ford Foundation, IDEAS
GuatemalaTraining for MFIs in 3 countries of the TRIAS network in Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, and Salvador.Sponsored by IDEAS and TRIAS: www.triasngo.be, an NGO in Belgium
GuatemalaTraining in the Regional Conference of the IDBInter-American Development Bank
NicaraguaTraining of 22 institutional members of the national association of micro-finance institutions in Nicaragua, ASOMIFASOMIF and IDEAS, CIWG od SEEP Network, NOVIB
PeruTraining in the first Latin American Forum of Community Banks: “Advancement and Challenges towards Expansion and Financial Sustainability with Impact over poverty”.Organized by ADRA, Caritas from Peru, FINCA Peru, Manuela Morales Movement, PRISMA and PROMUC. Sponsored by CRS/Peru
NicaraguaTraining of the Executive Directors of the MFIs in Nicaragua about success and evaluation of impact and market researchSponsored by ASOMIF with funds of HIVOS organized by IDEAS.
EcuadorTraining about Savings and Market research in the annual meeting of RFRRFR, national coalition of MFIs of Ecuador
El SalvadorRegional Training of MFIs related to CRS in Latin America over pilot testing of new financial products as part of market researchCatholic Relief Services; Learning Center. Two-day training provided by IDEAS.
MexicoTraining of MFIs members in Mexico about two tools of MicroSave-Africa: ranking of credit attributes and ranking of relative preferences.PRODESARROLLO, national network of Mexico; Microfinance Opportunities; using clients of ADEM
GuatemalaTraining for evaluators of AGUDESA in qualitative methodsAGUDESA; World Vision US; World Vision International; IDEAS team members from Nicaragua and El Salvador offices
GuatemalaTraining for evaluators of AGUDESA in how to implement an impact surveyAGUDESA; World Vision US; World Vision Guatemala and Guatemalan consultants; IDEAS team members from Nicaragua and El Salvador offices
PeruTraining for MFIs and regulated financial intermediaries in Cusco on how to use market research toolsCOPEME national MFI network in Peru; MIDE was the host group that did the field research for a week following the training week
HondurasTraining for evaluators in how to use qualitative research tools, both for impact and market researchCOMISAL Credit Union; SNV Dutch technical assistance organization; IDEAS