---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:35:51 -0500 From: Maryellen Lewis Reply-To: NonProfit and Voluntary Action Discussion Group

To: ARNOVA-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU Subject: new international listserv on "Social Banking"

Hello ARNOVA:

I thought some of you might be interested in this new international listserv. There are a growing number of listservs on "nonprofit capital"/"community capital" issues -- this is the latest. best, Maryellen Lewis. ***************************************** NEW SOCIAL BANKING LIST

The list has three main objectives:

Firstly, to facilitate discussion and communication around upscaling social banking, community development finance and financing the social economy

Secondly, to do this in a European context. As you will know, most of the lists on social banking issues are based in the US and have a strong US focus. We do, of course, welcome US and other Third Countries to advise us in our efforts.

Thirdly, to launch specific topics over the coming months on the barriers to social investment finance.

Proposed topics range from the practical to the policy level, on: - legal barriers to social investment - bank transparency - towards a European community reinvestment act - developing partnerships with mainstream banks and corporations - back office systems and new technologies - local development organisations and social investment - social economy finance and a new welfare model

Current participants are from the social banking field, community development, mainstream banks and academics. Languages mostly understood on the list are English and French.

To subscribe to this new list:

Send a message to : listserv@globenet.org

Write in the body of the message : subscribe social-banking YourEmail FirstName Surname

OR

Send an email asking to be added to the list, to: Danyal Sattar International Association of Investors in the Social Economy Rue d'Arlon 40, Brussels 1000, Belgium Tel: +32 2 234 5793 Fax +32 2 234 5798 Web: www.inaise.org

Archives of the early introductions are available on the web at http://www.globenet.org/archives/social-banking/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------