Social Performance Task Force

Created in March 2005, the Social Performance Task Force has been charged with clearly defining social performance and addressing questions about measuring and managing social performance. Read the common statement of principles and sign on to the initiative.

In this section: • Role & Objectives • Sign On Letter • Meeting Minutes & Presentations • Draft Indicators

Background

In March 2005, CGAP, the Argidius Foundation, and the Ford Foundation brought together leaders from various social performance initiatives in the microfinance industry to come to agreement on a common social performance framework and to develop an action plan to move social performance forward. Two working groups were formed as a result of this meeting: a Social Performance Task Force (“SP Task Force”) and a CGAP Donor Working Group on Social Performance.

The SP Task Force is working to better communicate with the industry what is meant by social performance and address the diverse range of questions relating to social performance measurement and management. They are working with the CGAP Donor Working Group on Social Performance to keep this site current.

Common Action Plan

The SP Task Force developed a common action plan that takes advantage of the synergies between the different groups who are carrying out social performance initiatives–primarily the Imp-Act Consortium, the CERISE group, CGAP-Ford Social Performance Indicators Project, the Social Performance Working Group (SPWG) of the SEEP Network, the Council of Microfinance Equity Funds and M-CRIL. The members of the SP Task Force are collaborating to come to agreement on terminology, increase learning, disseminate findings, build industry-wide support, and create a common calendar around social performance activities.

For more information on the task force and/or to join, please contact Laura Foose at lfoose@alternative-credit.com or Syed Hashemi at: shashemi@worldbank.org.

Task Force Members