Posts Tagged ‘PlaNet Finance’

By Attuel-Mendes Laurence, Microfinance Focus, September 28, 2010: Paris based PlaNet Finance held a conference on September 23 presenting the results of the T2 Teaching Tutoring - Intelligent Agents to customize lifelong learning pathways in the microfinance sector” project funded by the European Union. The conference was marked by the presence of different project partners, namely USGM (Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi”) Rome, UNED (Universidad Nacional ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug 13, 2010: PlaNet Finance India is inviting applications for its 4th Microfinance Process Excellence Award to reward process excellence in microfinance institutions (MFIs), and to establish industry benchmarks and elevate the standards of process- and institutional management across MFIs in India. Governance and Price Transparency were introduced in MPEA 2010 in order to spread awareness on the importance of good corporate governance standards ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, July 8, 2010: PlaNet Finance an international non-governmental organization aiming to alleviate poverty worldwide through microfinance has renewed its partnership with energy company GDF SUEZ and extended it to 2013. Teamed up in 2002, GDF SUEZ is currently involved in three of PlaNet Finance’s programs, Entreprendre en Banlieue, FinanCités and Microfinance & Energy. Entreprendre en Banlieue is an initiative promoting microbusinesses in rundown outer ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, June 16, 2010: PlaNet Finance Group has recently creates a subsidiary company from PlaNIS in partnership with Natixis Asset Management and finaréa networks. PlaNIS was earlier a department which advised on microfinance investments. Currently with a team of 13 permanent staff, PlaNIS manages a portfolio of 165 million USD, spread over 77 Microfinance Institutions (MFI) in 30 countries, with various European microfinance funds. This ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, April 23, 2010: Paris based, PlaNet Finance and its partners are launching the FREEME project with the support of the European Union and the Microfinance Program of the Global Environmental Fund, Morocco. The project aims to promote energy efficiency and renewable energies in Morocco and Egypt through microfinance. It will support the development, access and sustainable use of renewable energies and energy efficiency ... Full story

By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Jan. 28, 2010: PlaNet Finance, the Banque Populaire Group and Sogeti will organize the Second Global Conference on Microfinance and New Technologies on March 11 and 12, 2010 in Marrakech. "New technology represents a key driver for the evolution of the microfinance sector: its use could result in doubling the number of ... Full story