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150 participants came for the First Dubai Microfinance Forum from 20 countries, the MENA region (Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan) and also from France, USA, Indonesia…
Different group of delegates were present :
MFIs around 20, among them half were from Palestine
Foundations and Trusts : Portland Trust, Evens Foundationm Grameen Foundationm Zayed Foundation and Emirates Foundation
Development Funds : Saudi Fund for Development, Kuwait Fund for Arabic and Economic Development, Islamic Development Bank
Banks : Visa, Citigroup, BankMuscat, Bank Al Maghrib, Bank Melli Investment, BLC Bank
Public Agencies : IFC, UNDP, AFD Jordan, UNRWA
Microfinance Providers, Companies…

The event had also an excellent coverage (TV and Press) and several interviews have been made by Jacques Attali and several Key Speakers form the Conference.

We all thank you for your participation!

A final special thank to The Portland Trust that has supported our initiative through the sponsorship of the Palestinian Microfinance Network.


Participants' organisations :
Sanabel, CGAP, IFC, UNRWA, Al Amana, The National Microfinance Bank (NMB in Jordan), Microfinance Fund for Women (MFW in Jordan), Bank Muscat, VISA, QFI, Aramex, Portland Trust, The Grameen Foundation, Citigroup, MicroCred, PlaNet Rating, Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Establishment for young Business Leaders, Bank Misr, Abdul Latif Jameel Company (Saudi Arabia), No Borders (USA), French Senate(France),The French Embassy (UAE), The Saudi Fund for Development (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Social Fund for Develoment (Egypt), Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (Kuwait), Banque Misr (Egypt),The Portland Trust (Palestine), Middle East Microcredit Co. (Jordan), Development and Employment Fund (Jordan), KEWEL (Mauritania), Human Relief Foundation (U.K), UNRWA (Palestine), CIGA (Senegal), PAME/AGETIP (Senegal), Al Amal Express General Trading (UAE), Agricultural Development Association (PARC, Palestine), New Life (India), ANERA (Palestine), Crédit Agricole du Maroc, EQI (Egypt), AHLI (Microfinance Cie, Jordan), Projet de réduction de la pauvreté (Mauritania), Palestinian Business Women’s Association (Palestine), CHF WBG (Palestine), Graduates Employment Fund (Sudan), Palestinian Development Fund (Palestine), YMCA (Palestine), GTZ-Palestine, Calyon Bank (Yemen), Coopérative Libanaise pour le Développement (Lebanon), Uganda Finance Trust (Uganda), Kitaganda Purpose (Uganda), CFERD (Democratic Republic of Congo)…

 


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