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Global Forum Update 2005
NGO-ECOSOC Consultative Status, 2005
NCRC International Fellows
News from Around the World
NCRC Global Fair Banking List serve
Latest Finance News from Eldis
Creation of European Coalition for Responsible Credit, Fall 2005
NCRC International Fellows
Economic Justice Globetrotting
NCRC to host International Responsible Lending Conference in Brussels April 2006
NCRC Announces Launch of the Global Community Reinvestment Coalition (GCRC)
Dates Set for 2nd Annual International Conference on Responsible Credit 2007
GLOBAL FORUM UPDATE 2005:
NCRC’s Annual Conference featured an expanded global track attended by advocates from over 21 countries who assembled in Washington D.C. to discuss access to credit and capital across the globe in addition to 600 representatives from organizations around the U.S.
Founding countries included Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Brussels, South Africa, Tanzania, the US and Wales.
The Conference allowed for face-to-face interaction, networking and information exchanges among participants. Discussions included a focus on International and U.S. based issues, research, analysis and case studies presented by various community development and finance experts. Added to the dialogue were current legislative, regulatory and financial issues, latest CRA developments, evolving predatory products, fundraising, reaching underserved communities. Keynote speakers included Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan and Senator (D-NY) Hilary Clinton.
NGO-ECOSOC Consultative Status, May 2005 – NCRC was recommended by the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations at its 2005 resumed session on the 5th-20th of May to receive Special NGO Consultative Status.
NCRC has now gained access to and has capacity to disseminate information about “Freedom From Want” issues that the UN is involved in. This status allows NCRC invitation and access to key NGO briefings; communications workshops, orientation programs and conferences at the UN level, allowing us to network with other NGOs with similar issues.
Creation of European Coalition for Responsible Credit, Fall 2005 -Following a fruitful international strategy meeting at NCRC’s Annual Conference in Washington DC this past March, the European Allies of NCRC have embarked on the creation of the ECRC – the European Coalition for Responsible Credit. A series of national conferences have been scheduled between this fall and early spring next year in the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Brussels to discuss country specific economic justice issues. Details of the locations and dates of conference are contained in Economic Justice Globetrotting on our Global home page.
Economic Justice Globetrotting - Welcome to NCRC's International Calendar of Events. Follow NCRC's footprints around the world. Also keep up to date on current and future conferences we are planning and co-sponsoring along with NGOs involved in Global Fair Ban
United Kingdom – Responsible Lending Conference, London 14-15th November 2005. Visit the Debt on our Doorstep (DOOD) Homepage www.church-poverty.org for more information.
Hamburg - German Responsible Lending Conference Berlin 24th October 2005. Visit Institute for Financial Services (IFF) Homepage www.responsible-credit.net for more information.
France, 2006 - INC and FINANSOL sponsored conference Finance at Solidarite in March 2006. Visit www.finansol.org for more information
Italy, 2006 - ADICONSUM sponsored conference March 3-4, 2006 Visit www.adiconsum.org for more information.
Malta, 2006: Fair Lending Conferece, March 17-18, 2006
United States, 2006: NCRC Annual Conference 2006, “Economic Injustice: The Ongoing Hurricane ” March 22nd-25th 2006, Washington D.C. visit www.ncrc.org for more information.
Brussels, 2006 – NCRC and IFF sponsored Responsible Lending Conference: Responsible Lending in an Uncertain Age, April 2006. See home page for conference offerings.
NCRC International Fellows
NCRC welcomes International Experts from around the world to our conferences. Meet current International fellows.
News from Around the World
NCRC has collected current articles from around the world.
We would like to thank our various news sources that support
our mission, including Charles Klingman of the U.S. Treasury
and many of our International allies who also contribute
current new articles on International Banking and Finance.
NCRC Global Fair Banking List
serve:
Interested parties can join the GFBI list serve. This is
our online dialogue resource for interested practitioners
in the field of international economic justice. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalFairBanking/
for more information.
Latest Finance News from Eldis
NCRC Announces Launch of the Global Community Reinvestment Coalition (GCRC)
In 2006, the GFBI and its global partners birthed a new coalition to promote cooperation on global fair lending issues: The Global Community Reinvestment Coalition (GlobalCRC). Though the GlobalCRC is new and, in many ways, still evolving in response to its international networks, it nonetheless carries the same commitment to principles of "Global Fair Banking", "Global Fair Lending" and "Global Fair Finance" at the core of the Global Fair Banking Initiative from the very beginning. See www.globalfairfinance.net for more.
Dates Set for 2nd Annual International Conference on Responsible Credit 2007
Building on the success of the 2006 annual conference, which brought nearly 200 representatives from 28 nations, the GlobalCRC and its partners, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the European Coalition for Responsible Credit are pleased to announce the 2007 international conference “Regulation, Education and Cooperation in Responsible Financial Services.” The conference will be held September 14-15, 2007 in Brussels. For more information, see the conference program here, or contact Jesse Van Tol, at jvantol@ncrc.org.
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