Objectives

The European Microfinance Programme - EMP is directed at students who want to obtain a specialisation in microfinance and acquire expertise by working in a developing country.

It provides students with a multidisciplinary approach to the challenges facing the microfinance sector today.

It offers the combined expertise of academics and experts working in the field. Academics from four leading universities and practitioners from non-governmental organisations have collaborated to launch this joint programme.

Content

The programme lasts one year (60 ects) and each of three partner universities will deliver 3 to 4 lectures.

The programme unfolds in 3 periods :

• September to January : Introduction to financial management, microfinance from conception to management, monetary policy and microfinance, contracting and microfinance products, public policy in microfinance, microfinance and societies, introduction to rural development.
• February to April : 2 specialisation options :

                  - Financing and management of microfinance : Topics in microfinance,                                     case studies in microfinance, assessment of microfinance, development and ethics

                  - Rural microfinance (for Erasmus students,Wageningen Universiteit) :     
                    Rural institutions and economic development, microfinance and marketing in developing
                    countries; 1 optional course 

• May to September : Students will complete a compulsory 2 to 4 months field internship preferably at microfinance institutions in developing countries. The EMP does not provide any financial support for the expenses related to that internship. However, students have the possibility to look for grants and financial support fromfoundations, associations, etc...Laste year, the EMP was able to help finance some of the CUD-EMP students' flight tickets, but the EMP cannot make any commitment for the year 2012-2013, as it will depend on the programme's financing capacities.

The course (all in English) take place 4 times a week from 6 pm to 9 pm. Sometimes, courses will take place on Saturday from 9.00 am to 12:00 am. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Conditions of admission

• Applicants must already have a master Degree in one of the following disciplines : development cooperation, economics, agronomy, management and finance. Exceptionnally, other qualifications may be accepted.
• Applicants must possess field experience in developing countries.
• Mastering English is required
• Applicants will find the detailed application procedure on www.europeanmicrofinanceprogram.org. They must submit their application to both CUD and EMP.

Scholarships available: 12

Duration of the course : one year (starting : mid - September 2012)

Language of the course: English

ORGANISing universities

Warocqué Business School - Université de Mons

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM)
 

In Collaboration with :

L'Université Paris-Dauphine (France)
Wageningen Universiteit (The Netherlands)
and ADA, BRS, CERISE, PlaNet Finance Belgique and SOS Faim

PERSON TO CONTACT
(for additionnal information)

M. Didier TOUSSAINT

Centre Emile Bernheim - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM)
ULB CP 145/01
Avenue F-D. Roosevelt, 50 - 1050 Brussels - Belgium

Tél : +32 2 650 66 01
Fax : +32 2 650 41 88

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website : www.europeanmicrofinanceprogram.org