Posts Tagged ‘ILO’

By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Jan 30, 2010: Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) has announced that its Z Zurich Foundation will support the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility with a contribution of CHF 3 million (US$2.83 million) to facilitate innovative approaches to provide better insurance cover to low-income people. The facility will provide grants to organizations involved in microinsurance. The grant applications will be reviewed ... Full story

By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Jan. 22, 2010: Tricur-based ESAF Microfinance and Hyderabad-based BASIX have been selected by the International Labour Organization for conducting an Action Research Program on Decent Work Deficit in India, to be known as “Shram Jyothi” program. At a Press Conference organized in Trichur, ESAF Managing Director K. Paul Thomas said, “In developing countries like India this study holds significance as Decent work ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Jan. 14, 2010: Grameen Trust has signed an agreeement with the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide microcredit to refugees displaced by war and natural disaster, the UNHCR announced on Thursday. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed recently by Professor Muhammad Yunus and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, the Grameen Trust will set up programmes to provide micro-loans to ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 05, 2009: The 5th International Microinsurance Conference in Dakar, Senegal, has been taking place this week with the aim of unlocking the full potential of microinsurance by addressing the most challenging topics such as health, access and product design. Microinsurance has been growing and expanding rapidly in recent ... Full story

Microfinance Focus , Nov. o5, 2009  : The Access to Insurance Initiative announced that  Jonathon Dixon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Financial Services Board, South  Africa and Ramesh Rai Bhattrai, Executive Director of Beema Samiti (Insurance  Board), Nepal have been elected as the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Governing Board.  The board ... Full story