The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) was formed in March 2005 by CGAP, the Argidius Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. It consists of over one thousand professionals from all over the world and every microfinance stakeholder group: practitioners, donors and investors, national and regional networks, technical assistance providers, rating agencies, academics and researchers, and others. SPTF is governed by a Steering Committee composed of leaders from a variety of stakeholder organizations (e.g., MFIs, investors, networks). Its mission is to engage with microfinance stakeholders to develop, disseminate and promote standards and good practices for social performance management and reporting.

SPTF pursues the following activities:

• Providing a platform for dialogue, learning and collaboration;
• Facilitating engagement and advocacy across the industry at all levels – practitioners, networks, support agencies, donors, investors, regulatory authorities;
• Working toward setting industry standards for social performance management, measurement, monitoring, reporting and training;
• Promoting good practices and demonstrated success of MFIs engaged in social performance management;
• Gathering quality evidence and research to demonstrate the business case for social performance management.