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Member Orientation: Maximizing your SEEP Member Benefits

Member Orientation: Maximizing your SEEP Member Benefits April 17, 2019 | 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT Carla de Chassy Grant Whittington Director, Member Program Assistant, Affairs and Global Member Affairs and Communications Global Communications

Our Members Our global network of 100+ organizations works in 150 countries.

Who We Are Who we are Our Vision Markets that provide opportunities for all people to engage and prosper.

How We Work How we work The SEEP Network Collaborative Learning Approach Expanding the potential of collaboration and learning to affect larger scale change

SEEP by the Numbers unique organizations participating participants attend SEEP learning distinct organizations contributing in SEEP learning events to SEEP learning events events from over 50 countries practitioner members in downloads worldwide of more than curated tools and resources SEEP communities of 700 SEEP-authored resources used across multiple subject practice areas and geographies

Thematic Areas Women’s Economic Agriculture & Resilient Responsible Savings Food Security Markets Finance Groups Empowerment

Agriculture & Food Security Improving the productivity of small-scale farmers and their access to more efficient agricultural markets is essential to addressing poverty and hunger worldwide

Resilient Markets Enabling market systems to build long-term resilience increases household and community capacity to prepare, cope, and recover from protracted crisis, disasters, and conflict.

Minimum Economic Recovery Standards MERS Handbook and App 1. Core Standards 2. Assessment and Analysis 3. Enterprise and Market Systems Development 4. Asset Distribution 5. Financial Services 6. Employment Standards are illustrated through: ✓ Key Actions ✓ Key Indicators ✓ Guidance Notes mershandbook.org/

Markets in Crises CoP • 2,000+ members from 110 countries • A common platform for cross- agency discussion, sharing, and collaboration

Responsible Finance Promoting strong local member-based associations to act as champions of transparency and consumer protection leads to more ethical and fair treatment of clients of financial services Current initiative: • Responsible Finance Through Local Leadership and Learning (RFL3)

Responsible Finance Through Local Leadership & Learning ▪ Promoting an enabling environment, expanding organizational capacity of partner organization AMIR and accelerating learning and knowledge exchange in Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa. ▪ Supported AMIR’s International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance in Kigali, Rwanda. ICRIF by the numbers 249 26 Participants welcomed Countries represented

Savings Groups SEEP seeks to expand the scale, inclusiveness and impact of Savings Groups by supporting diverse stakeholders. Through participation in Savings Groups, household well-being is improved and productive investment increased.

Savings-Led Working Group • Since 2007 • 900+ members • Facilitating broad-based coordination & learning among Savings Groups practitioners and sector actors

Women’s Economic Empowerment Supporting women’s ability to succeed and advance economically leads to healthy and productive households, growing businesses, and the well-being of communities and nations

Women’s Economic Empowerment Working Group Women’s Economic Empowerment Working Group • 1,200+ members • Knowledge mobilization • Cross-organizational learning • Strengthening partnerships

Our Mission Our mission To empower our members to become effective agents of change and to enhance their collective ability to accelerate learning and scale impact

Member Benefits SEEP Supports a Dynamic Community of Changemakers Industry Quality Learning Leadership Peer-to-Peer SEEP Learning Recognition Products and and Influence Collaboration Events and Industry Research Visibility

Visibility & Recognition SEEP SEEP Get Information Events Networker & Updates Newsletter

SEEP Member Space • Connect with fellow members • Share your news • Get discount on DFI courses and certification • Update your organizational profile • Renew membership Access the Member Space

Visibility & Recognition SEEP members are invited to open a Kiosk in the SEEP Member Marketplace. Simply login to the SEEP Member Space and click on BROWSE THE MARKETPLACE

Leadership & Influence • Chair a Session • Host an in-country or stakeholder meeting • Serve on an Advisory Committee • Become a member of the SEEP Board of Directors

Peer-to-Peer Collaboration Markets in Crises Savings-Led WEE Working Community of Practice Working Group Group

Peer Learning Groups

Research & Quality Learning Products

Global Conferences and Learning Events

Who We Are

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Thank you, and keep in touch! Carla de Chassy Grant Whittington Director, Member Affairs and Program Assistant, Member Global Communications Affairs and Global dechassy@seepnetwork.org Communications whittington@seepnetwork.org

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