User:Liza.seep/The SEEP Network

The SEEP Network is a global network of microenterprise development practitioners. Its 80+ institutional members are active in 180 countries and reach over 35 million microentrepreneurs and their families. SEEP's mission is to connect these practitioners in a global learning environment so that they may reduce poverty through the power of enterprise. For 25 years SEEP has engaged with practitioners from all over the globe to discuss challenges and innovative approaches to microenterprise development. SEEP's members drive it's agenda while SEEP provides the neutral platform for them to share their experiences and engage in new learning on innovative practices. The SEEP Network helps strengthen its members' collective global efforts to improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable people.

The SEEP Network remains to be one of the leaders in the development and advancement of the international microfinance and enterprise development fields through its contributions to the documentation of best practice, its capacity to convene key stakeholders, and through its well-regarded methodology for peer learning. As a learning organization, SEEP employs the building blocks of systematic problem solving, experimentation, learning from past experience, learning from others, and transferring knowledge to accomplish its work and fulfill its mission. More specifically, SEEP provides training, publications, professional development, and technical assistance throughout the industry.

The SEEP Network Initiatives

 * Financial Services Community of Practice.

The goal of this initiative is to increase the financial management skills of SEEP Network members and partners.
 * Enterprise Development Community of Practice.

This initiative uses business and market-based strategies for sustainable poverty eradication.
 * Associations Community of Practice.

The focus of microfinance associations is to advance the industry, by focusing on growth and development of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs).

Notable Member Organizations

 * Oxfam America
 * FINCA International
 * Accion International
 * Freedom from Hunger
 * Grameen Foundation