RMGM Assessment Toolkit: A Guide for Contracting Parties and Assessors

The Risk Management Graduation Model (RMGM) is a scalable and comprehensive best practices risk management framework tailored to the microfinance sector. It is intended to be dynamic, adapting over time to changes in the microfinance industry. It provides a view of commonly accepted risk terminology, policies, limits, and risk management and monitoring tools tailored to different MFI tier levels, representing stages of organizational development.

This Assessment Toolkit is a step-by-step guide for the contracting party and the assessors implementing the RMGM Assessment process within a microfinance institution. The toolkit is divided into three distinct sections, each with a specific intended audience.

• Overview, intended for RMGM assessors and contracting parties;
• Administrative Guide, intended for RMGM assessors and contracting parties;
• Technical Guide, intended for RMGM assessors.