Responsible Microfinance Facility
Application Form
SPI4 Auditor Training
Overview of the Training
· Background information: The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) funds the Responsible Microfinance Facility (RMF), which launched operations in January 2015 and is working to build capacity and improve practice in social performance management (SPM) in the Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East North Africa Regions. The Social Performance Task Force is managing the RMF, in collaboration with the Smart Campaign. One type of activity that the RMF will implement is SPI4 Auditor Trainings.
· Training Curriculum: The SPI4 social audit tool is fully aligned to the Universal Standards for SPM. It is free, in order to promote widespread use of the tool and social performance assessment. But to ensure high quality results, CERISE strongly encourages SPI4 users to get trained on how to use the tool efficiently. Training is a two phase process: 1) theoretical training (two days) and 2) practical application of the SPI4, with results validation by CERISE. The SPI4 Auditor Training funded by the RMF is phase one of this process - the two-day theoretical training. Training participants will get familiar with the SPI4 tool through a series of case studies. The training also covers how to use results, define priorities, draft an action plan, and support implementation through a mentoring process. After the training, participants are expected to complete and submit a SPI4 using fictitious data provided to them by CERISE.
· Duration: Two days
· Eligibility: All are welcome to apply. The qualification process is valuable for people who want to use SPI4 to work with different financial institutions or to use it internally in their own organization.
· Language of instruction: This training may be offered in English or French. Specify your preferred language in the application form.
· Cost: Registration for this training is free. Additionally, the training will provide lunch at no cost each day to participants. However, all applicants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the training site, and for their own lodging. Participants will not receive a per diem allowance or be remunerated for their time.
· Required materials: All participants must bring a laptop to this training.
· Date of the training: The RMF is not able to schedule the trainings in advance of reviewing the applications. The form below asks for your preferred timing for the training. If you are selected to attend the training, the RMF will do its best to accommodate your request.
· Location of the training: To be determined. The RMF will not decide in which country to hold SPI4 Auditor Trainings until it receives applications and therefore knows the countries of residents of interested parties. RMF will do its best to hold the trainings either in trainees' countries of residence, or in a country to which travel is relatively easy.
· Deadline to submit application: None. RMF accepts applications on a rolling basis.
Questions for the Applicant
1. Please provide the following information:
o First name:
o Last name:
o Your email address:
o Your Skype name (optional):
o Your phone number, with country code (optional):
o Language in which you would like to have this training (options are English, French. You may list more than one):
o Your country of residence:
o Organization you work for:
o How many years have you worked in the microfinance sector?
o Briefly describe your responsibilities at your current job (1-2 sentences):
2. If you are applying for this training on behalf of a group, please list the names, organizations, and email addresses of all the people in the group who would like to attend the training. Otherwise, write "not applicable."
o List the names, organizations, and email addresses of everyone in your group:
3. Why are you, (or your group), interested in this training? Please include details on what specifically you would like to learn during this training.
4. How do you (and other members of your group) plan to apply the knowledge of the SPI4 that you will acquire during this training to your future work?
5. When would you like to attend this training? Please indicate your preferred month(s) and year.
6. Are there any weeks or months in the upcoming twelve months when you would not be available to participate this training? Please explain:
7. Please write your initials at the end of each of the following statements, to confirm you understand them.
o I understand that there is no registration cost to the training. [Your initials]:
o I understand that the Responsible Microfinance Facility will not make payments to me of any kind. I am responsible for my own lodging and my own transportation to and from the training venue. [Your initials]:
o I confirm that I will be able to bring a laptop to the training for my own personal use during all three days of the training. [Your initials]:
8. Please provide a letter from your employer, signed and written on your organization's letterhead, that confirms that your employer understands that this will be a two-day training and is willing to allow you to attend it. Please scan the letter and email it to the RMF () along with your completed application forms. Please also write below the name, organization, and title of the person who signed your letter. If you are an independent consultant, please write "n/a" below, as this is not applicable to you.
o Name of the person signing your letter:
o Organization:
o Title:
9. Instructions for submitting the application:
o Please type (preferred) or write neatly answers to all questions in this application.
o Once you have completed the application, please email the following three documents to and put "Application to RMF" as your subject line:
§ your application form, filled out
§ your CV (or CVs of all members of the group for which you are applying)
§ letter from your employer confirming that you are allowed to participate in this training (not required for independent consultants; for an application on behalf of a group, submit one letter for each member in the group)
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Please note that RMF will reply to you upon receipt of your application, to confirm that we have received it. The RMF steering committee meets quarterly to review applications. Therefore, you will receive notice of whether you application was approved no later than three months after the date when you submitted it. Thank you for your interest.
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