| Affiliation with other organizations: |
Interamerican Development Bank (IDB; International Finance Corporation (IFC); Oikocredit Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society; Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America (Spanish Government); Interamerican Bank-FOMIN; Iberoamerican Estate Organization (IED); Whole Planet Foundation; United Nation Enviroment Programme (UNEP); The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); ONU Women |
| Publications: |
-“Progreso: Finance for Inclusion and Development”. It was created in 2013, it is a quarterly newsletter with legal news on the microfinance sector that discusses the industry’s most relevant legislative and regulatory news and developments in corporate governance around the world. (Link: http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/revistaprogreso/en/numero/25m-en/)
- Annual Performance Reports: contains a summary of the activities of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) in the five Latin American countries, where it works with vulnerable people to help them rise out of poverty by supporting their small businesses. (Link:http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/report-2020/)
- “Universal Code of corporate governance for microfinance institutions” and “Guide to adopting good governance principles in microfinance institutions” (Link: http://mfbbva.org/en/sector-development/corporate-governance/) |
| Purpose of the organization: |
The purpose of BBVAMF is to promote the sustainable development of financially excluded and low-income entrepreneurs, favoring inclusion, the empowerment of women and the environment by providing access to financial products and services. BBVAMF’s Productive Finance model provides development opportunities by reducing poverty, improving their financial health, and generating social well-being for their families and communities. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
Chair of the Board of Trustees: Anna Escobedo Cabral(USA). She served as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States of America. She was Executive Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Republican Conference Task Force on Hispanic Affairs, Deputy Staff Director of U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senior Principal Advisor of External Relations at the Inter-American Development Bank, and has also led the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility and the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Latino Initiatives. Members of the Board of Trustees: - Tomás Alfaro Drake (Spain). Director of graduate studies in Business Administration and Management at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria. - María Begoña Susana Rodríguez Vidarte (Spain). University Professor of Corporate Economics and Management Control, teaching undergraduate and graduate programs at La Comercial, University of Deusto, in Spain, Argentina and Chile. - Jose Andres Barreiro Hernandez (Spain). Previously responsible for BBVA Group’s Wholesale Banking & Asset Management and Corporate & Investment Banking areas, former Vice-President of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles. Economics degree from Complutense University. Diploma in Tax and Fiscal Law from Instituto de Estudios Financieros. - Nancy Barry (USA). Former President of the Women`s World Bank. - Claudio González Vega (Costa Rica). Expert in Microfinance and Professor at Ohio State University. - Ana Revenga Shanklin (Spain). Senior Researcher at the Brookings Institution and assistant professor in Economics at Brown University. Former Deputy Chief Economist and Senior Director for the Global Poverty & Equity Practice in the World Bank Group. - Cristina de Parias (Spain). She was director of BBVA Spain and named Best Director by the Great Place to Work consultancy.
Javier M. Flores Moreno (Spain) Chief Executive Officer (Non-voting Member) |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
The Foundation is member of the Spanish Association of Foundations (SAF) |
| Affiliation with other organizations: |
ONU Women; Global Corporation for Women in Colombia; ONG Adopem (Dominican Association for Women Development); Women National Service (Chile); EQUALS Partnership |
| Publications: |
-“Progreso: Finance for Inclusion and Development”. It was created in 2013, it is a quarterly newsletter with legal news on the microfinance sector that discusses the industry’s most relevant legislative and regulatory news and developments in corporate governance around the world. (Link: http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/revistaprogreso/en/numero/25m-en/)
- Annual Performance Reports: contains a summary of the activities of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) in the five Latin American countries, where it works with vulnerable people to help them rise out of poverty by supporting their small businesses. |
Statements or documents submitted
to the Commission on the Status of Women:
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62nd CSW. Provided an oral and written statement, “Financial Inclusion of Rural Women in Latin America. The work of BBVA Microfinance Foundation” (E/CN.6/2018/NGO/52), New York, USA, 12-13 March 2018. |
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