Devel-L: ikm discussion list invitation

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***the message does not concern the people who were the IKM virtual = meeting participants thus now are the ikm discussion list members*** =20 The IKM virtual meeting moderated by PlaNet Finance during July and = August has just been completed. The meeting was related to the PlaNet = Finance's Impact Knowledge Management program and concerned the issue of = MFI impact measurement and its applications in the MFI management = process. The report summarising the discussion is available at = http://www.planetfinance.org/en/rating/ikm/ikm.htm .

The IKM virtual meeting has attracted many practitioners and consultants = and has proved to be a useful tool of information and exchange of ideas. = That is why we have decided to transform it into the regular mailing = list - ikm discussion list. It will be the first regular mailing list = raising exclusively microfinance impact issues and particularly: as an knowledge management tool: - exclusively the impact of microfinance institutions on their clients, = clients' households, enterprises supported and community, - developing of Impact Monitoring Systems which will provide the MFI = staff with credible and useful information, - the best regional impact measurement tools, - the ways of use the impact assessment results by the MFI staff = (management processes, staff-client relationship etc.) as an information tool - MFI impact announcements concerning the development of various = programs, tools and systems, - job center, - =20

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The IKM virtual meeting moderated by = PlaNet Finance=20 during July and August has just been completed. The meeting was related = to the=20 PlaNet Finance's Impact Knowledge Management program and concerned the = issue of=20 MFI impact measurement and its applications in the MFI management = process.=20 The report summarising the discussion is available at http://www.pl= anetfinance.org/en/rating/ikm/ikm.htm .

The IKM virtual meeting has attracted many practitioners and = consultants=20 and has proved to be a useful tool of information and exchange of = ideas.=20 That is why we have decided to transform it into the regular mailing = list -=20 ikm discussion list. It will be the first = regular=20 mailing list raising exclusively microfinance impact issues and=20 particularly:

= = as an knowledge management tool:

- exclusively the impact of = microfinance=20 institutions on their clients, clients' households, enterprises = supported and=20 community,

- = developing of Impact=20 Monitoring Systems which will provide the MFI staff with credible and = useful=20 information,

- the best regional impact = measurement=20 tools,

- the ways of use the impact assessment = results by=20 the MFI staff (management processes, staff-client relationship=20 etc.)

= =20 = as=20 an information tool

- MFI impact announcements = concerning the=20 development of various programs, tools and systems,

- job center,

- =