Opportunity International collaborates with other microfinance networks and participate in many industry initiatives. The following industry bodies and reports provide good resources for microfinance professionals:

• The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) is a group of microfinance practitioners that created the Universal Standards for social Performance Management (The Universal Standards).
• The SMART Campaign has developed the 7 Client Protection Principles that make up responsible microfinance
• Progress out of Poverty website has resources and information to guide organisations to start collecting PPI data
• The Financial Inclusion 2020 Progress Report is an interactive report examining five major areas of financial inclusion.
• MicroSave is an international financial inclusion consulting firm which provides consulting services, detailed reports and analysis on the growth of microfinance on a local and global level.
• Opportunity’s Social Performance Management Report is an annual report created by the SPM team. It is a good resource to gain an overview of SPM in practice and see some of the social data already collected by our partners.

Resources for the Board

• Technical Material – SPM Reporting Template for Board Meetings (468 kb)

• Social Performance Management Handbook for the Board of Directors