Agribusiness And Microfinance Expert

About the Program The Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) LIM Program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the International Executive Service Corps (IESC). The Lebanon Investment in Microfinance (LIM) partnered with seven of the leading Microfinance Institutions (MFI) to maximize access of finance to micro enterprises and small businesses operating in the Agribusiness, Tourism and Information and Communication (ICT) value chains. The provision of loans to small and medium enterprises is accompanied by tailored technical assistance provided by financial and technical experts to Microfinance Institutions disbursing loans across the rural and peri urban areas in Lebanese. Through increased access to finance, the LIM Program enhances sustainability and helps expand services of businesses in rural and peri-urban communities. Microfinance institutions need to continually build and expand their unique capabilities especially their team of managers and loan officers, in order to stay competitive and realize higher levels of performance. Investing in and developing the MFI talent is a key need that needs to be squarely addressed in order to achieve high performance and efficient operations, which creates sustainable value and measurable impact. LIM program is supporting its partner Microfinance Institutes (MFIs) through provision of technical assistance, training and capacity building  The LIM program aims to provide support and technical assistance to its partners through providing training and assessment and booklet tool to the MFI partners’ staff and management, in order to build the human capacities, expand the line of product offered and enhance the productivity of our partner’s organizations.   Project  Objective:  Provide Training workshops and technical assistance in the form of “Agribusiness loan product for Microfinance institutions” to MFI partners. The LIM program is currently working on developing the microfinance institutes to provide more SME Agribusiness loans tailored to the Microfinance Sector, which will help expend our partners Loan portfolio and outreach to rural agribusinesses. An agribusiness loan usually requires higher loan amounts than the average Microfinance loan product, a grace period and seasonal payments can also better serve the particular needs of the farmers’ community. The Training will be offered to all program partner MFI in one day workshop.   Agribusiness Training Workshops and Technical Assistance ; Training to MFI Partners Agribusiness TA    Training Agenda The SME Agribusiness training workshops are targeted to help MFIs address the following issues:         Introduction to Agricultural Microfinance and success stories Risk in Agricultural Lending: The risks factors related to agribusiness The understanding of the agribusiness market potential and risk The dynamic agribusiness loan structure to consider: Character Lending, Grace period, Seasonal repayments The assessment of a loan application for Agribusinesses Case studies of various agribusinesses Other Financial Services and Products Expert/Facilitator Qualifications Direct work experience 5+ years in the Microfinance Sector Experience in Microfinance Agribusiness Loans Experience as trainer/facilitator in providing Training for MFIs   Deliverables Collaborate with LIM team on needs of the Microfinance Institutes Tailor the training materials, provide one training workshops and a training report Perform Assessment for agribusiness micro-lending and provide Assessment Report on Micro Lending for Agricultural Businesses (provided to funders and partners) and Microfinance Agribusiness booklet