In 2020, the Foundation strengthened its technical assistance activity

By Violette Cubier, AT Manager, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation

In 2020, we continued to develop our third core business: technical assistance for our partners. Our technical assistance missions have contributed to institutional strengthening and the resilience of our partners during this time of crisis.

The Foundation supports its partners through various technical assistance programs. This support covers a variety of topics, including operations and human resources management, governance, financial management, strategic planning, the digitalization of operations and products, the launch of new services, risk management, and social and environmental performance management.

The Foundation mobilized throughout 2020 to provide close support to its partners. Technical assistance missions were thus adapted to respond to the priorities and emergencies that partners had to face (liquidity management and portfolio quality, business continuity plans), but also to support them in their business recovery, their strategic thinking, and the transitions necessary to face the crisis (digitalization, strengthening activities in rural areas). We also implemented joint actions with other actors such as SIDI and the Fefisol Fund, with which we organized training for around fifty organizations in Africa.

The year 2020 also saw a significant expansion of our technical assistance activities, with a ramp-up of existing programs and the launch of new ones. Thanks to the new programs, the Foundation expanded the geographical areas of technical assistance intervention and more actively addressed key issues such as the development of rural economies, adaptation to climate change, and the financial inclusion of refugees.

The coordination of technical assistance activities now constitutes a major area of intervention for the Foundation, to contribute to the institutional strengthening of its partners and to support them in their economic, ecological and digital transitions and thus multiply their impact on the ground.

More information: //www.gca-foundation.org/technical-assistance

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