In seeking to ensure that the content posted to the site is fresh, updated and relevant, the Gateway leverages the expertise of select microfinance content management partners. These include the following:
| ADA (French Language Microfinance Gateway Partner) The Microfinance Gateway partners with ADA to develop and manage the Portail Microfinance (www.lamicrofinance.org), the affiliate French language
Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA), a non-profit organization based in Luxembourg, works with microfinance institutions by offering them a unique combination of financial support and customized technical services. These MFIs gain access to a valuable network of public and private support organizations, alternative financial institutions, microfinance rating agencies and international development agencies. Since its launch in 1994, ADA has developed a viable network of different specialists in microfinance and come up with creative ways to support the sustainability and credibility in microfinance. ADA seeks to promote support sustainable mechanisms for microfinance by implementing two complementary programs that combine finance support through LUXMINT and non-financial and analytical support through CEREM.
For more information, visit ADA's website at: http://www.microfinance.lu/ |
| GRET (French Language Microfinance Gateway Partner)
The Microfinance Gateway also partners with GRET to develop and manage the Portail Microfinance, the affiliate French language site.
GRET (Research and Technological Exchange Group) is a France-based development support organization that works at the interface between research and development in dialogue with government authorities. In microfinance, GRET aims to support or create microfinance institutions. GRET is thus active either as practitioner or by providing support to local institutions in South-East Asia, Africa and Central America. GRET also disseminates technical and support tools for local practitioners. With CIRAD, French Agriculture Center for International Development, for example, GRET co-moderates a thematic French-speaking discussion forum, called “Espace Finance.” |
| Intellecap (Content Management Microfinance Gateway Partner)
Intellecap is the Microfinance Gateway's partner on the website content management. This partnership makes possible that the MFG readers have timely
Intellectual Capital Advisory Services, or Intellecap, is a growing organization in the international development sector. It has undertaken pioneering initiatives in strategic and consulting support services such as capital advisory and growth management in microfinance and sustainable enterprises, knowledge management services for microfinance institutions, and Investment activities in micro and SME. The primary objective of Intellecap, which operates from India, is to accelerate the growth of upcoming MFIs and micro and small enterprises by coordinating markets, people and capital internationally. For more information, visit Intellecap's website at: http://www.intellecap.net |
| Sanabel -- The Microfinance Network of the Arab Countries (Arabic Microfinance Gateway Partner)
The Microfinance Gateway has developed a partnership with Sanabel Network to create an affiliate Arabic language site to serve practitioners across the
Sanabel is a membership-driven network for microfinance institutions in the Arab countries. Its members serve 80% of the active microfinance clients – 775,000 microentrepreneurs – in the region. It aims to maximize outreach to microentrepreneurs by providing microfinance institutions with a forum for mutual learning and exchange, capacity building services, and advocacy for good practice microfinance. Sanabel's focus on information exchange has three main objectives: provide a regular forum where practitioners can debate major issues and work together to push the industry forward, develop a central web-based resource in Arabic that can provide for discussion, dissemination of microfinance literature and other information, and disseminate information about microfinance in the Arab world. For more information, visit Sanabel's website at: http://www.sanabelnetwork.org |
