Partners
PlaNet Finance
PlaNet Finance is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to alleviate poverty worldwide through the development of microfinance
By providing financial access to the poorest populations, financial intermediaries, among which banks, cooperatives, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have been proving for thirty years that they constitute one of the most effective tools to fight poverty.
PlaNet Finance supports these financial intermediaries and increases their growth by federating them and providing operational services which enable them to strengthen their technical capacities and financial resources. PlaNet Finance also works with the private sector (banks and financial institutions), governments and international organizations in order to increase microfinance sustainability.
PlaNet Finance, based in Paris (France), has developed operations in more than 60 countries and has established an international network of affiliated offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Arab World. PlaNet Finance supports the development of microfinance through a number of activities to strengthen the whole sector, governments and policy makers, or directly MFIs.
IT Power
IT Power's head office is located in Basingstoke, Hampshire, with a second UK office in Bristol. A further 40 staff are based at overseas offices in Australia, China, India, Kenya, Mongolia and South Africa.
In the UK, IT Power has undertaken projects for a large number of housing associations, local authorities and developers, as well as for the British Council, the Department for International Development (DfID), the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), Environment Agency and the Carbon Trust. These projects, range across delivering training, providing expert advice, conducting high-quality research and successfully managing renewable energy and sustainable development projects. The company also has significant experience of working with local authorities, regional government, housing associations and developers.
IT Power has worked on projects for the World Bank and various Agencies of the United Nations (UNDP, UNIDO, UNEP), plus most bilateral organisations. The company has participated in collaborative research and demonstration programmes of the European Union, as well as projects of the European Development Fund.
IT Power's project experience includes:
- Pre project assessments
- Project management
- Research and Development
- Training, Information dissemination
- Energy policy and government action plans
- Market research and analysis
Transenergie
Transenergie is a leading consulting firm specializing in renewable energy (RE), Energy Efficiency (EE) and Demand Side Management (DSM). The company develops a global offer orientated toward sustainable development goals.
Since 1992, Transenergie has undertaken more than 1000 projects over 50 countries, for institutional and private clients. Transenergie is based in France, with headquarters in Lyon and a regional office in Nice (Southern France) and in Fiji, it operates in France, in the EU and worldwide.
Nowadays, Transénergie is recognized as French consultant of the first international level to carry out projects and programmes based on the use of new and renewable sources of energy. His studies include so much the technical aspects as like socioeconomic, institutional, financial and commercial, in order to propose concrete and sustainable solutions based on the experience of his consultants in the emergent countries. Its core fields of expertise include the technical, socio-economical, financial and institutional engineering.
SEEP
The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network, the leading international network and promoter of best practices in enterprise development and financial services, is a global organization whose membership is committed to reducing poverty through the power of enterprise.
Since its inception in 1985, the SEEP Network has been a leader in the development of the international microfinance and enterprise development fields through its contributions to the documentation of best practice, through its capacity to convene key stakeholders, and through its well-regarded methodology for lateral learning which offers a platform for inclusive and productive dialogue. The SEEP Network :
- Provides collective examination from which lessons are learnt that advance professional development ;
- Increases program impact on poverty reduction ;
- Fosters continuing innovation in program design ; and
- Informs the policy arena.
For more information see the SEEP website at :
GVEP
The Global Village Energy Partnership International (GVEP) aims :
- to work in coordination and partnership with other development actors ;
- to provide a range of products and services to our partners on the ground, including :
- access to finance ;
- training and technical assistance ;
- the development of knowledge and skills through information sharing ;
- support for adaptation within the context of climate change.
- to work with stakeholders to promote an enabling working environment for GVEP International Partners ;
- to strengthen and promote energy SMEs, enabling wider market outreach by building local energy supply chains ;
- to achieve measurable and quantifiable results and to communicate these to all partners.
For more information see the GVEP website at :