Around 300 representing practitioners from various microfinance institutions and developmental organizations rounded together in observance of the 2016 Annual Conference of the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI) held from July 28 to 29 at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.

A total of 24 representatives from KMBI were in attendance to the event, with President and Vice Chairman Eduardo C. Jimenez as one of the resource speakers and MCPI Board.

The two-day conference, dubbed with the theme "Realizing Sustainable Development Goals through Microfinance", aims to emphasize the role of the microfinance sector in achieving the sustainable development targets of water and sanitation, resilient human settlements, clean energy, and health and well-being, through a series of discussions.

It also seeks to highlight the prospective impact of aforementioned targets on lessening the hazards of climate change by means of adaptation and vulnerability reduction, among other things.

The topics discussed in the conference play a significant role for KMBI as a microfinance institution in determining and formulating new policies that are augmentative to the needs of clients, staff, and the environment, the objective of which is patterned after the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

In addition, the discussions are crucial to the organization in seeking innovative ways to carry out its business of holistic transformation.

The conference is MCPI's yearly event that brings together microfinance actors from NGOs, banks and cooperatives, funders, government institutions, donors, investors, and other support organizations.