Post-conflict Microfinance Project This three-year DFID-funded action research project is a collaboration between the international NGO, Concern Worldwide and a research, training and consultancy organisation, The Springfield Centre for Business in Development. The foundations of this project are based upon the assumption that sustainable and effective microfinance service delivery mechanisms can be established in post conflict situations, and that they do have a role to play in post conflict reconstruction and recovery. However in practice, this potential is rarely realised and research has failed to investigate the reasons behind this. The goal of this project is to increase the provision of sustainable microfinance services in post conflict situations. Towards this goal, the project purpose is to enhance the awareness, skills and knowledge available to implement successful post conflict microfinance (PCM) projects for the poor. In the first phase, starting in January 2001, qualitative research was conducted in Angola, Cambodia, Mozambique and Rwanda. This culminated in the production of a report synthesising the research findings, draft principles for better practice and draft market research tools for the design of microfinance products in post conflict situations. In the second phase, beginning in January 2002, a pilot project has been established in Rwanda that will test the results from the first phase. Our materials can be downloaded from this website or ordered from Concern. Over the course of the project, there will be workshops to disseminate findings and to explain how the materials can be used. Up until now workshops have been held in Angola, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda and London. On 5^th July 2002 a workshop to present research findings, implications and tools for designing microfinance products in post conflict situations will be held in Dublin and a similar workshop is planned for the United States later on in the year. In addition, a paper will be written for submission to the Small Enterprise Development Journal.