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Update from the MicroInsurance Network: steady progress in Insurance Education and Impact Assessment
14 Apr 2010
The Microinsurance Network's (MiN) Working Groups on Insurance Education and Impact Assessment, both led by the MIA, have recently made significant strides to advance knowledge-sharing in the field of microinsurance.
- Impact Assessment
The Impact Working Group was created in an effort to increase the quality and quantity of impact assessments in the microinsurance sector. As part of this unique effort, the Impact Working Group officially launched an interactive website in December 2009, which takes stock of ongoing microinsurance impact assessments worldwide.
The Impact Working Group has also secured donors and authors for the Practical Guide project. The project aims to consolidate expert knowledge on global microinsurance impact assessments and to convey this knowledge to non-academic audiences. In addition, after the recent departure of ILO Fellow, Theresa Chen, whose excellent work contributed greatly to the execution of the Impact Working Group, the Microinsurance Network is finalizing the selection of a new Fellow. Up-to-date news on the ILO fellowship and more can be found on the Impact Working Group website, so please visit!
- Insurance Education
As for MiN's Insurance Education Working Group, which seeks to promote microinsurance through the collection, design and distribution of insurance educational materials, analysis has been completed for its report on the “Landscape of Insurance Education". After receiving an overwhelming number of survey responses, the Insurance Education Working Group expanded its report to include over 100 in-depth interviews with global organizations that utilize insurance education in their microinsurance schemes. The Working Group is currently refining the report through an extensive peer-review process.
Lastly, the Working Group has started developing a framework for a virtual library that features a multilingual collection of insurance education tools. The virtual endeavor will allow for greater collaboration among microinsurance organizations and will highlight “best practices" being used in the field.
