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Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
Organisation general information
Organisation name: 
Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
Founding year: 
2008
Country: 
Luxembourg
Total number of staff: 
22
Resources dedicated to microfinance: 
18
Percentage of microfinance activities: 
Between 70 and 100%
Type of organisation: 
Non profit
 
NGO, Foundation/trust
Organisation's contact person
Contact person: 
Ms. Philippe Guichandut
Address: 
5 Allée Scheffer
L-2520
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Email:
philippe.guichandut@credit-agricole-sa.fr
Website:
http://gca-foundation.org/home
Phone: 
Tel: +33 (0)1 57 72 56 64
Organisation summary
Mission: 

Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation’s mission is to contribute to the fight against poverty by financing and supporting microfinance institutions (MFIs), social enterprises and projects that promote inclusive finance and rural economy development all around the world.

The Foundation offers suitable financing, in the form of loans, guarantees or equity investment, as well as technical assistance to support them organisations in their development.

Type of intervention: 
  • Equity
  • Loans
  • Guarantees
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. technical assistance/capacity building, evaluation)
Countries of intervention: 
Africa
Asia
Europe
Areas of intervention: 
  • Intermediate level: Rural finance, Microfinance sector, social entrepreneurship, social performance evaluation
Main competences: 

Solid expertise in working with different types of MFIs, mainly Tiers 2 and 3 institutions in rural areas

Technical assistance coordination

Expertise on social performance evaluation

Expertise in agricultural micro-insurance

Please indicate any innovations in your microfinance program planned for the coming year: 

Reinforcing technical assistance, developing and supporting the creation of investment funds

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