The Foundation coordinates support programmes and technical assistance missions aimed at strengthening the operational functioning of the partners it finances.

6
technical assistance programmes
74
missions managed in 2022
44
supported organisations

Calls for tenders

Please find hereafter the calls for tender published within the framework of the missions proposed by the Foundation. For more information, click on the title of the mission.

In progress
Institution Opening date Closing date Country Mission Nature of the offer Language
SMICO SA 23/06/2023 21/07/2023 Democratic Republic of Congo Improving the supply of financial and non-financial services in the agricultural sector Open French
Assilassimé Solidarité 16/06/2023 07/07/2023 Togo Développement d'une stratégie de mobilisation de l'épargne Open French
Assilassimé Solidarité 16/05/2023 06/06/2023 Togo Improvement of the client complaints management system - Phase 2 : development of a digital solution Open French
Assilassimé Solidarité 16/05/2023 06/06/2023 Togo Improvement of the client complaints management system - Phase 1 : diagnosis and policy Open French
CAURIE MF 16/05/2023 06/06/2023 Sénégal Elaboration of a development strategy for health insurance products Open French
PEBCo-BETHESDA 12/05/2023 02/06/2023 Bénin Support in the development of a green financing strategy and the development of green credit products Open French
VisionFund Sénégal 12/05/2023 02/06/2023 Sénégal Implementation of a digital financial education program - Phase 1: study of training needs and solutions for the digitalization of distribution channels Open French
COOPEC SIFA 10/05/2023 31/05/2023 Togo Improvement of social performance management Open French
BERENDINA MICRO INVESTMENTS COMPANY 09/05/2023 11/06/2023 Sri Lanka Assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of Berendina over the past five years. Open English
Assilassimé Solidarité 19/04/2023 10/05/2023 Togo Training on Climate Change Risks Open French
NEoT Offgrid Africa 07/02/2023 26/02/2023 Various Review of Environmental & Social Risks and Impacts associated to the project “Financing of Solar Home Systems receivables in Ivory Coast and Senegal Restricted English
PMBF 03/02/2023 24/02/2023 Burkina Faso Development of green microfinance Open French
NEoT Offgrid Africa 30/12/2022 23/01/2023 Various Review of Environmental & Social Risks and Impacts associated to the project “Financing of Solar Home Systems receivables in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Ghana Restricted English
ILO 28/12/2022 15/01/2023 Various Analyzing the risks of child labour within households using a microcredit through the 60 dB Microfinance Index Open English
ACEP Burkina SA 26/12/2022 16/01/2023 Burkina Faso Training on IT audit Open French
CAURIE-MF 01/12/2022 22/12/2022 Sénégal Amélioration de la Gestion de la performance sociale Open French
ASSILASSIME 02/09/2022 23/09/2022 Togo Improvement of human resources management Open French
RENACA 17/08/2022 07/09/2022 Bénin Improving the supply of financial and non-financial services for smallholder farmers Open French
PAIDEK 12/08/2022 02/09/2022 Democratic Republic of Congo Development of digital distribution channels of financial services for smallholders farmers Open French
ACEP Burkina & Niger 29/06/2022 13/07/2022 Burkina Faso & Niger Training on innovation and digital strategy Restricted French
ACEP Niger 02/06/2022 17/06/2022 Niger Strengthening internal audit capacities Restricted French
COOPEC SIFA 12/07/2022 02/08/2022 Togo Development of financial litteracy trainings to improve women economic empowerment Open French
COOPEC SIFA 07/07/2022 18/07/2022 Togo Training on members of governance bodies Restricted French
ACEP Burkina SA 02/06/2022 17/06/2022 Burkina Faso Training on digital internal audit Open French
Assilassimé Solidarité 03/06/2022 24/06/2022 Togo Training on voice IP systems Open French
ACEP Burkina SA & ACEP Niger 30/05/2022 20/06/2022 Burkina Faso & Niger Training on customer service Restricted French
Baobab Mali 13/05/2022 03/06/2022 Mali Customer satisfaction survey Open French
PMBF-SA 12/05/2022 02/06/2022 Burkina Faso Skills improvement : creation of initial and continuous trainings for PMBF's operational staff Open French
ACEP Cameroun 09/05/2022 30/05/2022 Cameroun Implementation of a "flash" credit product based on a scoring system Open French
Cofina Mali 06/05/2022 27/05/2022 Mali Study on the digitalization of savings collection Open French
ACEP Cameroun 07/04/2022 28/04/2022 Cameroun Implementation of a "flash" credit product based on a scoring system Restricted French
Baobab Mali 01/03/2022 22/03/2022 Mali Strengthening the position of Baobab Mali in the field of agricultural funding Open French
Baobab Mali 16/02/2022 09/03/2022 Mali Capacity building: creation of a team of internal trainers Open French
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VIDEO
We take you behind the scenes of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation with an interview of Victoire Binson, Technical Assistance Officer, who tells us about her job and its impact.
Our technical assistance offer
In 2021, the Foundation published it's report "Our Technical Assistance Offer" which presents its offer as a technical assistance coordinator, the assessment of its activity since 2013 and ways to improve the management of technical assistance and increase its impact.

New type of volunteer missions abroad offered to Crédit Agricole Group employees on behalf of microfinance institutions or impact businesses, partners of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation.

Solidarity bankers

Financial inclusion of refugees with UNHCR and Swedish cooperation

The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) have joined forces to develop a programme that promotes access to credit for refugees and host communities.

The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation won 3 calls for tenders in 2019, 2020 and 2021 from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Government of Luxembourg for a total grant amount of €853,545 in order to support with missions technical assistance for microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

TA programme in West Africa

SSNUP - STRENGTHENING AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS

Programme coordinated by ADA, together with 5 impact investors oriented towards social and ecological sustainability among which Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, to improve the resilience of smallholder households in developing countries.

Developing microinsurance in rural areas and facilitating access for vulnerable people to better risk management solutions. A program launched in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) ,supported by PROPARCO.

Training microfinance institutions in microinsurance

Supporting ACEP’s digital transformation

In 2022, the Foundation, a partner of 3 ACEP Group subsidiaries since 2016, was asked by ACEP Conseil as part of their digital transformation plan. A programme of 10.6 million euros, of which 6.3 million are co-financed by their subsidiaries and 4.3 million whose research is entrusted to the Foundation.

Finished program

African facility with the French Development Agency

Programme set up in 2013 by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), to support a greater number of rural microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.