This year Entrepreneurs du Monde held a specific event on MIS & Finance with its West African partners, in order to help them to overcome issues they might face to finalise their annual budget and activity projections for 2012.
From November 15th to 18th, almost 35 participants, mostly Finance and MIS managers, representing 11 organisations from 5 different countries shared their experiences.
Several management tools already in use by some partner MFI, thanks to Entrepreneurs du Monde’s technical and financial support, were presented.
The organisers of the workshop also hosted dynamic training sessions tackling accounting principles or financial and social indicators to be used in their monthly reporting. In addition, both individual and group counselling sessions on budget process and budget follow-up were held every day to support each partner according to its needs and facilitate the dissemination of good practices.
Other topics such as LPF8.0 software update, the new WAMU accounting referential, the SMS software (Social Monitoring System) - developed by EdM and to be deployed in the course of 2012, were presented in plenary sessions.
To best support its partners, Entrepreneurs du Monde also provided training on the improved 2011 version of the in-house software Microlight.
Taking advantage of each other’s experiences, as well as getting direct support from Entrepreneurs du Monde, the participants discussed on how to implement or enhance the use of these management tools in their respective structures.
As is customary for EdM events, participants also went on field to visit local MFI Micro Start Action des Femmes pour le Développement to better understand their activities and management system.
Entrepreneurs du Monde would also like to extend its thanks to all participants for their enthusiasm and active involvement, but also to everyone who worked behind the scene and contributed to making this first edition of an EdM Regional Workshop a success, and especially the Agence Française de Développement for its financial support.
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