Mixmarket
The Mixmarket is a global web-based microfinance information platform. It provides data on 709 MFIs that were selected around the world, 79 investors and 132 partners of the sector.
CGAP
Created in 1995, CGAP is a support programme that was designed by multilateral and bilateral donors. It provides assistance to microfinance institutions and aims at improving the know-how of microfinance institutions.
The Microfinance Gateway
This new website was designed to provide French-speaking microfinance players with information about the sector. The Microfinance Gateway is the most comprehensive online resource for the microfinance sector, with links to relevant information.
AFD
The French Development Agency (AFD) is an important body of the French official development assistance system for poor countries. Its mission is to take part in the financing for development.
Adie
Adie is an association that provides assistance to people who are excluded from both the labour market and the standard banking system. It helps those who wish to set up their own business by providing them with financial assistance thanks to microcredit.
DIRECTORIES AND PORTALS
Veosearch
"Veosearch is the first solidarity search engine. It allows Internet users to provide financial support to associations by surfing the web. Advertising revenues generated by search queries are transferred to community projects linked to sustainable development issues, such as PlaNet Finance's project ""support to female microentrepreneurs in Benin""."
Soliland
Soliland is a young company whose objective is to provide each citizen with the opportunity to use their spending power in order to contribute to a greater good: protecting childhood, saving the environment, health, international unity. Solliland allows Net Surfers to purchase from around 400 stores, via the internet, while supporting the association of their choice, at no extra cost.
Who's who des ONG
This Website has a database of NGOs. It was designed in order to facilitate partnerships between NGOs and companies. It also provides with information about the evolution of the relations between these two players.
Novethic
Novethic is a resource and expertise centre. It focuses on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).
MSN action solidaire
MSN aims at giving the associations and foundations the benefit of its expertise and traffic density to disseminate the actions and needs of those who are conducting field missions .
Development Gateway Sénégal
The Senegal development web portal is a project lead by PlaNet Finance Sénégal, Development Gateway and the Ministry of Finance. It is a special place for exchange of experience in the field of development in Senegal.
COMMUNITY
PlaNet SciencesPo
PlaNet SciencesPo is a group project set up by Sciences Po. It aims at increasing students’ awareness about microfinance as well as collecting funds to provide financial assistance to microfinance institutions.
www.geocities.com/planetsciencespo/liens.htm
Objectif Développement Durable
For the 2006 edition, 4 students in Engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Paris will travel in several countries of South America from September 2006 until August 2007 to conduct their project of microfinance for local initiatives.
perso.campus.ecp.fr/~objectifdd/
Etudiants & développement
Etudiants et développement, réseau d'associations étudiantes de solidarité internationale.
www.etudiantsetdeveloppement.org
Talents des Cités
Created in 2002, the contest "Talents des Cités" aims at stimulating the creation of activities and employments in French neighbourhoods. The goal is to support men and women's initiatives who have created their enterprise or who are planning to. The contest is open to applicants under 40 and located in a priority neighbourhood of the city policy and/or in urban free trade zone (ZFU).
SPECIFIC MEDIA
Actualités solidarité
Actualité Solidarité aims at providing information to companies, schools, public bodies and individuals about solidarity activities: actions, projects, news, but also needs of the societies and associations.
Direct 8
“nord sud”, the TV programme of channel Direct 8 (free channel on TNT) deals with the economy of solidarity and the actions conducted for international cooperation. Every day, a development aid oriented project is studied. People that are involved in the project are interviewed ? the players, the beneficiaries and the partners ? but also biologists, historians, etc...
Planète humanitaire
Planète Humanitaire gives news and testimonies about the state of poverty around the world. This magazine encourages solidarity among peoples whatever the ethnic origins and religious beliefs to help disadvantaged people.
redaction@planetehumanitaire.com
La Revue Durable
La Revue Durable is the first magazine on sustainable development for French speaking readers. It provides a stringent and interdisciplinary approach of the topic that arouses interest, raises questions and encourages criticism.
Planète le journal
"Two new web daily newspapers of quality appeared on the network: the newspaper Planète www.developpementdurablelejournal.com and www.innovationlejournal.com Planète le journal offers a free subscription to both daily newspapers, thematic of information, multimedia, interactive and general topic."
Private Sector and Development
Private Sector and Development is a bimonthly and free magazine recently launched by Proparco, an AFD subsidiary. It provides a platform for debate between experts with different and complementary views (development financial institutions, researchers, private companies) on the private sector’s role in the development of southern countries. The three first issues focused on topics such as access to drinking water, SME financing and microfinance with contributions from well-known authors such as Paul Collier, Esther Duflo, or Jacques Attali. The fourth and last issue, which has just been published, concentrates on the economic and social impacts of mobile telephone expansion in poor countries.
www.proparco.fr/jahia/Jahia/Accueil_PROPARCO/secteur-prive-developpement
NGOs AND SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATIONs
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie engages political action to promote peace, democracy and Human Rights. It also encourages the cooperation among its members whatever the field.
Unicef
The Unicef (the United Nations Children’s Fund ) is a UN body aiming at addressing children's needs, including primary health care, education, equality and protection. It takes action in 157 countries and territories and is represented by 37 national committees in industrialized countries, including Unicef France.
La Croix-Rouge française
The French Red Cross, a non profit making association, is a reference when dealing with the humanitarian issues. It wages a constant fight to reduce human sufferings.
Planète urgence
Planète Urgence aims at promoting the initiatives launched by people from developing countries. The objective is to provide them with the know-how, not to replace them.
Aide et action
Aide et Action is involved in education sector: the building and equipment of classroom, the implementation of teaching material and school supplies. It also provide teacher training and organizes sportive and cultural activities.
LuxFLAG
The Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) is an independent, non profit making, association created in Luxembourg in July 2006 by seven founding partners who are the Charter Members. The Agency aims to promote the raising of capital for microfinance by awarding a recognisable label to eligible Microfinance Investment Vehicles (MIV). Its objective is to reassure investors that the MIV actually invests, directly or indirectly, in the microfinance sector. The MIV may be domiciled in any jurisdiction that is subject to a level of national supervision equivalent to that available in European Union countries. PlaNet Finance is partner with LuxFLAG.