Encouraging promotion and advocacy Our ongoing initiative on microfinance is also focused on promotion and advocacy. In 2003, we launched a regional advocacy program where we conducted microfinance seminars in strategic regions in the country. To date, we have been successful in conducting information seminars for a total of 1,350 participants in 9 regions across the country.
Our advocacy program is aimed at encouraging potential practitioners from the banking, cooperative and NGO sectors, as well as establishing links with corporations, foundations and international organizations that could lend support to existing microfinance institutions (MFIs) by way of technical assistance and other capacity development needs.