Microfinance

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.

www.mixmarket.com

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.

www.cgap.org

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.

www.microfinancegateway.org

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.

www.afd.fr

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.

www.adie.org

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".

www.veosearch.com

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.

www.soliland.fr

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.

www.wwo.fr

Novethic

Novethic is a resource and expertise centre. It focuses on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).

www.novethic.fr

Coordination sud

Coordination SUD is an association that brings together French NGOs of international solidarity. It has two main objectives: provide French NGOs with support and reinforcement through missions; disseminate values that are defended by the NGOs and their current state in order to be known by public/private institutions in France and abroad.

www.coordinationsud.org

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 .

actionssolidaires.msn.fr

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.

www.francophonie.org

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.

www.unicef.fr

Médecins Sans Frontières

The association Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to endangered populations when catastrophes occur. The association has gained experience in medical and sanitary assistance when operating in precarious situations; it has developed several humanitarian programmes around the world.

www.msf.fr

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.

www.croix-rouge.fr

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.

www.planete-urgence.org

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.

www.aide-et-action.org

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.

www.actualitesolidarite.com

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...

www.direct8.fr

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.

www.larevuedurable.com

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.

www.planetelejournal.com

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.

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Etudiants & développement

Etudiants et développement, réseau d'associations étudiantes de solidarité internationale.

www.etudiantsetdeveloppement.org

Human village

The objective of the association is to attach importance to the humanity in every action. It aims at changing the world into a pleasant place; fostering the exchanges and bridging every initiatives promoting solidarity or ecology.

www.humanvillage.com

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).

www.talentsdescites.com