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Birgit Weinbrenner, Program Manager - Oikocredit - NetherlandsTRANSCRIPT
TBLI Conference Paris
10th November 2006
AFRICA, Ivory Coast
Gbmamblé Lou Zamblé Philomène
“When my husband lost his job after the problems in 1993 our life became a nightmare. I had to take the lead and that’s why I decided to join the COCOVIVO market. I sell tomatoes and what I earn I could send my son to school and we have
managed to build a house.”
ASIA, The Philippines
Gilda Ponte
CARD helped her to develop a small stall in the markets of Davao City. “Now my earnings have truly improved,I can afford to send my children to school and I can even save moneyin case of an emergency”
LATIN AMERICA, Nicaragua
Alba Leticia and Megri Felipe Cardenas
“When we lost our house, we thought we had reached the very end andwould not be able to start again. But we heard of ASODENIC and since theneverything has changed for the better.”
Andor Fejer
“I decided to move back to what I knew best: being a tailor. I approached OMRO and they trusted me and my wife enough to help us invest in a new sewing machine”
EASTERN EUROPE, Romania
Oikocredit’s Mission
Oikocredit, as a worldwide cooperative society, promotes global
justice by challenging people, churches and others to share their
resources through socially responsible investments and by
empowering disadvantaged people with credit
What is Oikocredit?
• Cooperative Society - one member one vote
• International Development Finance Institution established in 1975 by Churches (WCC)
• Operates with member capital (EUR 242 m) from churches, private individuals and institutions from all over the world
• Finances income generating projects and financial intermediaries among marginalized and disadvantaged people in the South and Eastern Europe
• For profit, but not for profit maximization
What makes Oikocredit unique?
• From pioneer to leading expert
- Pioneer in SRI- Investments used as credits for development- Capital comes from private sector exclusively- Largest private financiers of the microfinance sector
worldwide- Local presence and tailor-made financial services- Development financing in both hard and local
currencies
What makes Oikocredit unique?
• A global movement
- Focus on initiatives of people in developing countries that usually do not have access to conventional financing
- Member share holders are spread across the continents
- A support network of 37 volunteer – based Support Associations in Europe, North America and several developing countries
Capital sources (per 31/12/05)
• 514 Churches and church organisations
• 26 000 individuals and local congregations through 37 Support Associations in 319 countries
• 54 Banks, Development organisations and other non-church institutional investors
• 41 Project members
Africa19%Asia
14%
Australia and the Pacific
4%
Central America and the Caribbean
6%
Central and Eastern Europe
2%
North America11%
South America8%
Western Europe30%
International organisations
5%
Middle East1%
Members by region
Percentages refer to the number of members by region as of 31 December 2005 (582)
International Share Foundation/Project
members4%
Churches and church-related organisations
15%
Support Associations (incl. local churches and
church-related organisations)
81%
Sources of share capital
Percentages refer to the total of share capital as of 31 December 2005 (241.8 million euros)
37 Support Associations(repr. 26.000 individual investors)
:Eur ope
( 8)Ge r many ( 5)Fr anc e
( 2) Spai n ( 2)The Ne t he r l ands
Be l gi um ( 2)Swi t z e r l and
Aus t r i aDe nmar kSwe de nI t al yUK
Nor t h:Ame r i c a
( 3)Canada ( 3)USA
Lat i n:Ame r i c a
Me xi c o Cos t a Ri c a
Ur uguay
:As i a
Phi l i ppi ne sJapanKor e a
Share capital inflow
Actual and MBO target inflow Members' Capital 2006 vs '03/'04/'05
-5,000,000
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
35,000,000
40,000,000
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
Months
EURO-Amounts
2006
2003
MBO Target 2006
2004
2005
Socially Responsible Investment
• High social return
� Financial return usually 2%
� Ethically sound (Ethibel Labels)
� Safe investment
Safe Investment
• Long Term Investment Portfolio
• Risk management
• Governance Structure
Safe Investment
Loan loss provisions: 18.1% as a percentage of total
outstanding project portfolio (incl. provision for general risks)
Project financing write-offs:In 2005 0.3% of the total outstanding was written off.
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Regional offices
Uruguay (RDC) Costa Rica (RDC)
Peru India
Philippines Kenya
Ghana Ivory Coast
South Africa Europe (RDC)
Global Credits
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Ecuador
Mexico El Salvador Nicaragua Guatemala
Tanzania Senegal Uganda Mali
Bulgaria Romania Slovak Rep. Ukraine
Country offices
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Oikocredit worldwide
June 2006
Project Partners Products Profiles
Oikocredit loans are directed at groups of disadvantaged people:
� Cooperatives in agriculture, trade or services;
� SMEs who provide jobs at fair conditions for their employees;
� Microfinance institutions extending micro- finance services and retailing the Oikocredit loan into small loans to micro enterprises of poor people;
� Alternative trade organizations in the North and South, who provide handicraft and food producers with a fair market for their products
Project Partners Products Profiles
Financing
• Financing considered irrespective of faith, culture or age
• Normally long term 2 – 10 years
• Amount: 50,000 – 2 million euros
• Interest rate related to market
• Partnership ‘walking a second mile’
• Loans in local currencies
Local Currency Loans
Local Currency Loans
In EUR ,000(approved plus outstanding)
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,000
31/12/200131/12/200231/12/200331/12/200431/12/200530/04/200631/08/2006
Project Partners Products Profiles
Financing criteria: • Feasibility
• Preferably cooperative structure
• Participation of women
• Respect for environment
• Impact on community
Oikocredit and Microfinance
Microfinance portfolio outstanding per December 2005
436106, 330219Tot al
4263, 99812Ot her
52658, 58895Lat i n Amer i ca
48813, 68231East ern Europe
28215, 11944Asi a
33814, 94337Af r i ca
Average(EUR , 000)
Out st andi ng(EUR , 000)
Fi nanci ng(no. )
Regi on
Facts and Figures
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Eur 000s YTD
2004 2005Total assets 245,305 289,316Total investment portfolio 235,392 278,416Share Capital 203,520
241,843Investment grade bonds / shares 120,950 120,031Total project funding 114,339 158,385Number of projects invested 398 467Microfinance funding 60,866 106,330Number of MFI’s invested 169 219
Agriculture, livestock and
fishery10%
Agricultural processing and food
production7%
Financial services (including MFI's)
66%
Health care and education
5%
Housing and real estate
1%
Other2%
Trade6%
Manufacturing of durable
goods3%
Project funding outstanding by sectorPercentages refer to total amounts outstanding
as of 31 December 2005 (163 million euros)
Project funding outstanding
Latin America49%
Other2% Africa
18%
Asia 14%
Central & Eastern Europe
17%
Project funding outstanding
Project funding outstanding by regionPercentages refer to total amounts outstanding
as of 31 December 2005 (163 million euros)
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OIKOCREDIT
Presented byBirgit Weinbrenner
EventTBLI Conference
Date9th – 10th November 2006