{"id":21855,"date":"2023-12-08T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gca-foundation.org\/?p=21855"},"modified":"2024-07-05T16:38:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:38:31","slug":"retour-en-images-celebration-des-15-ans-de-la-fondation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gca-foundation.org\/en\/retour-en-images-celebration-des-15-ans-de-la-fondation\/","title":{"rendered":"A look back in pictures: celebrating the Foundation\u2019s 15th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On November 28, 2023, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole SA and the Grameen Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Foundation celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Foundation by organizing a Night of Inclusion <\/em><\/strong>at the Philanthro-Lab in Paris, and brought together 150 guests. After 15 years of action, the Foundation and its co-founders reaffirmed their commitment to inclusive and sustainable finance, alongside the Foundation's directors and partners. Foundation President Rapha\u00ebl Appert opened the evening by recalling the Foundation's origins and taking stock of these 15 years.<\/p>\n

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The evening was introduced by Rapha\u00ebl Appert, President, and V\u00e9ronique Faujour, General Delegate of the Grameen Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Foundation.<\/p><\/div>\n

V\u00e9ronique Faujour, the Foundation's Executive Director, then unveiled the Foundation's ambitions and its roadmap for at least the next 15 years. The evening then focused on the theme of inclusion, with various speakers:<\/p>\n

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Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and member of the Board of Directors of<\/span>The Grameen Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Foundation and Bertrand Badr\u00e9, Managing Partner and founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital and Yann Arthus Bertrand spoke to provide the context for inclusion.<\/p>\n

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Medha Wilson, Managing Director of the MicroLoan UK Foundation, a partner of the Foundation, and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Bedos, journalist and filmmaker, spoke respectively to explain how financial inclusion and support for small farmers in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi is being implemented on the ground and how to improve the inclusion of women entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Matthew Tordeur, adventurer and speaker, member of the Society of French Explorers, concluded the conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A graphic facilitator summarized the various interventions live in drawings.<\/p>\n

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And finally, clown analysts livened up the evening!<\/p>\n

Discover the film that was shown at the opening of the conference and which takes stock of the 15 years of the Grameen Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Foundation.<\/p>\n