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France : microcredit supported by banks
Some years ago, financial institutions were reluctant to commit themselves in microcredit. Its no more the case, thanks to the pioneering association ADIE
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After the recent partnership with BNP, one of the leading French banks, ADIE ? the main non profit microcredit organisation ? signed an innovative agreement with the group ?Banque populaire ” in December 2006. The President and founder of this association, Maria Nowak, now very much involved at the European level, has quite realized her dream : pushing financial institutions, included the European Bank for Investment, to finance the cost of accompaniment techniques provided to micro entrepreneurs. The Banque populaire, a big French banking network stemming from the social economy, will make available volunteeering staff to ADIE in order to alleviate its running costs, but also to spur a new culture of partnership between different actors on entrepreneurship. As stated by the January press communniqué, ?this essential contribution will allow the reinforcing of synergies … around two common values : solidarity and proximity ?. www.adie.org
