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First International Training Programme on Micro Insurance: December 8 - 13, 2005

Objectives

The Programme includes modules designed to enable the participants to learn from the successful experiences in micro insurance from across the world. The specific objectives of the Programme includes,

• The Programme aims at providing enlarged perspectives, intensive conceptual and practical (both analytical and policy) skills in designing and evaluating strategies, policies and project / programme interventions to address the issues of reducing risks and vulnerabilities through providing social security cover for the poor, particularly, micro insurance as an instrument.
• The Programme strives to enhance the institutional capacity of all the stakeholders involved in the promotion and provision of micro insurance, including those in research and action orientation.
• The Programme offers ample opportunities to learn from some of the ‘best practices’ already existing through exposure field visits and direct interaction with the clients and potential clients. It also seeks to promote cross-learning among the participants and institutions.

The carefully selected participants will be encouraged to exchange their respective experiences, learning, policy issues and operational challenges and to discuss and evolve practical solutions to address them. In addition to offering opportunities for reflecting on the concepts and principles of micro insurance for its relevance and significance in the context of microfinance, the Programme will enable the participants to question the existing paradigms and challenges in promotion and provision of micro insurance to the poor.

For Whom?

The programme targets international clients from the areas of practitioners, research and academia involved in the field of micro insurance. The Programme encourages senior level decision makers and practitioners from the microfinance institutions, NGOs, national and international donors, public and private insurance providers, commercial and development banks, governments, bilateral and international agencies who appreciate and recognise the need for promotion of micro insurance and its potential in addressing the challenges of poverty. The Programme will be appropriate both for those who are already into provision of micro insurance services and those contemplating to do so in course of time. Important, of course is its prime relevance for those in the policy making arena.