Agenda for ROI AG Workshop
November 29 (Wednesday): EMW Action Group Day
Rural Outreach and Innovation Action Group (ROI AG)
14:00–16:30: Trends in Rural Development (Room Chapel)
This session will showcase ROI members’ work in the field of rural development. Each trend summary will last around 5 minutes, followed by a round table discussion with audience input at the end of each segment.
| Speaker | Organization | Trend | Case study country/region |
| Moderator: Michael Kortenbusch | |||
Part 1: 14:00–15:00 |
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| Marina Kortenbusch | BFC / ROI AG Head | Healthy businesses and gamification | Switzerland / Global Online Communities |
| Johanna Ryan | VisionFund | Economic empowerment for women | Africa |
| Amsalu Alemayehu | Wasasa MFI | Financial relations with cooperatives | Ethiopia |
| Birgit Galemann | IFD | Excel-based microfinance tools | Uganda |
| Roundtable discussions | |||
| 30-minute break | |||
Part 2: 15:30–16:30 |
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Michael de Groot |
Rabobank Foundation |
Geodata and ICT solutions for inclusive finance and food |
Africa |
| Mariel Mensink | ICCO | Mastercard rural finance programme | Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sen-‐ egal, and Burkina Faso |
| Etienne Mottet | BFC | Business models for farming apps | Georgia and Kyrgyzstan |
| Marina Kortenbusch | ROI AG | Q/A: Call for new ROI AG Head | N/A |
| Roundtable discussions | |||