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Announcements, speaker reveals, partner updates and field notes from the organising committee — posted here in the months leading up to the conference, and again in the days after.
Women account for a third of business owners in the EU and access to finance is one of their main barriers. How new financing models, and MicroBalkans 26, can help close the gap.
MicroBalkans Organising Committee
For a small business, access to capital decides whether an idea stays on paper. Why microfinance, digital tools and financial capability belong together, and why they are on the MicroBalkans 26 agenda.
MicroBalkans Organising Committee
Ahead of MicroBalkans 26, the President of the NBFI Group talks to Denar about the sector’s next phase, trust, artificial intelligence in lending and why regional cooperation matters.
Denar
Why the Skopje Aqueduct is the symbol of MicroBalkans 26: the financial sector, like an aqueduct, has to build channels that carry capital, knowledge and innovation to the people and businesses that drive the economy.
MicroBalkans Organising Committee
The third edition of MicroBalkans comes to the Holiday Inn Skopje on 24 and 25 September 2026 under the theme Lending Reimagined, with more than 200 participants from 15 European countries.
MicroBalkans Organising Committee
Seven panels, a keynote, two fireside chats, lunch tables and regional research: how the 2026 programme is built around the everyday questions of lending in the Western Balkans.
MicroBalkans Organising Committee
After Sarajevo and Dubrovnik, the third edition of MicroBalkans heads to Skopje, North Macedonia, on 24 and 25 September 2026 under the theme Lending Reimagined.
MicroBalkans Organising Committee