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- to promote self-employment, social and financial inclusion, micro-enterprise and the supply of micro-finance services including micro-credit, any other micro-finance service such as but not limited to, micro-insurance, personal credit, micro-securities, micro-payment and all other related services in Europe - to support the development of micro-finance programs and micro-finance institutions - to develop and strengthen the technical support to training and information programs - to increase knowledge about microfinance, particularly on good practices in this field - to establish and improve a regulatory framework for micro-finance and self-employment in the European Union and in the Member States - to represent the Association and its members before the EU institutions

Lobbying Activity

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The EU-Anti-Poverty Strategy

24 Oct 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A new Action Plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights

4 Sept 2025

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1017, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695 and (EU) 2021/1153 as regards increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and simplifying reporting requirements

18 Jul 2025

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Mario Nava (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and

24 Feb 2025 · DG meeting with European Microfinance Network

Response to Mid-term evaluation of the European Social Fund Plus

13 Feb 2024

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

12 May 2023 · EU Network’s achievements, and advocacy proposals.

Response to Commission Staff Working Document to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the European Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions containing an independent evaluation of the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017

10 May 2023

Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions

30 Sept 2022

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

11 Jul 2022 · EU support for microfinance and for the Social Economy Sector in the Western Balkans

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

15 Feb 2021 · Meeting on future of the EU budget, the successor programme to EaSI guarantee and the development of fresh policy initiatives supporting microfinance.

Response to Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit agreements

31 Aug 2020

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

1 Feb 2019 · Meeting to discuss micro-finance

Response to 2020 Evaluation of the support to promoting social inclusion, combatting poverty and any discimination by the European Social Fund (Thematic objective 9)

10 Jan 2019

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

14 Sept 2018 · European Microfinance Network proposal for a European Platform for Microfinance and Social Enterprises

Meeting with Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

14 Sept 2018 · InvestEU in the social sector

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

14 Feb 2018 · Microfinance in Europe

Meeting with Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

20 Dec 2017 · FEI, Easi

Meeting with Raquel Lucas (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Tatyana Panova (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

9 Mar 2017 · Microfinance in the CMU and funding through EaSI programme

Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

11 Jan 2017 · Microfinance

Meeting with Lee Foulger (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

2 Sept 2016 · CMU and the development of microcredit for an inclusive entrepreneurship