Centre Africain d'Etudes Superieures en Gestion (CESAG)

Mr. Lansina Bakary General Director Blvd. du General de Gaulle X, Malick Sy, BP 3802, Dakar, Senegal Tel: (221) 22 80 22 / 21 31 53 Fax: (221) 21 32 15

Primary Language: French (but plan to offer English courses too)

Courses: Finance for Non-Accountants, Tools for Management and Control, Computerized Financial Management, Management of MIS, Strategic Management for NGOs & Service Enterprises, Marketing Methods and Practices, Human Resource Management, Training of Trainers, Management & Evaluation of Projects, Creation & Management of a Micro-enterprise,

Duration: up to 3 weeks

Location: primarly at training center in Dakar, with courses throughout Africa upon request of client

Centre d'Etudes Economiques & Sociales de l'Afrique Occidentale (CESAO)

Ms. Rosalie Ouoba General Director 01 BP 305 Bobo-Dioulasso 01 Burkina Faso Tel: (226) 97 10 17 / 97 16 84 Fax: (226) 97 08 02

Primary Language: French

Courses: for field agents & village group managers especially: Organization & Management of Village Savings & Credit Groups, Village Project Management, Financial Management, Designing & Implementing Trainings in Rural Areas.

Duration: 4 to 8 weeks

Location: Bobo-Dioulasso (main center), Kaolack (Senegal), and throughout the region according to client request

Centre d'Etudes Financieres, Economiques et Bancaires (CEFEB)

Mr. Charles Andre Le Pape Project Officer 10, Place de la Joliette Atrium 103 13002 Marseille, France Tel: (33) (4) 91 13 17 66 Fax: (33) (4) 91 13 17 78

Primary Language: French

Courses: History of Micro-finance Institutions (MFIs). MFIs & the Financial/Banking System: Financial Mathemathics, Central Bank & Regulation, Institutionalization of MFIs, Monitoring & Evaluation, Product Development. Banking & Financial Techniques: Financial Math. and Analysis, Savings Mobilization & Management, Banking Accounting for MFIs, Human Resource Management, MIS, Loan Policies, Financial Analysis, Internal Control.

Duration: 45 days for the SYDEC Program Shorter courses are being considered outside of Marseille (in Africa and Asia) 1 year Banking Certificate Program

Location: Marseille

Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire (CFPB)

Mr. Alain Theze Delegue General Delegation Afrique, Ocean Indien et DOM-TOM Le CNIT, TSA84001 92919 Paris La Defense, France Tel: (33) (1) 41 02 55 14 Fax: (33) (1) 41 02 55 55

Primary Language: French

Courses: Banking & Finance Communication, Client Relations & Window Services, Audits, Legal & Regulatory Frameworks, Marketing, Training of Trainers, Evaluation in Banking & Finance, Risk Management, Internal Control, Financial Markets within the UEMOA, Credit Leasing, Rural Finance in Africa, Financial Analysis, Asset/Liability Management & Treasury Management, Human Resource Management, Banking Security & MIS.

Duration: 3 to 5 days; 1-3 years correspondence courses to prepare for Banking Certificates (CAP, BP, Technical Banking Institute).

Location: Capitals of various francophone African countries and in 7 centers in France.

Centre National d'Etudes Agronomiques des Regions Chaudes (CNEARC)

Mr. Michel Brochet Director of ESAT Program 1101, Avenue Agropolis BP 5098 34033 Montpellier Cedex 1 France Tel: (33) (4) 67 61 70 00 Fax: (33) (4) 67 41 02 32 E-mail: portal@cnearc.fr

Primary Language: French

Courses: Development of Rural Financial Systems, Rural Finance: History, Models, Case Studies, Exchange of Experience, Monitoring & Evaluation of impact, Development of MFIs & Institutionalization.

Duration: 1 month (started in April 1997)

Note: This course can be taken into account as part of the preparation of the following CNEARC postgraduate diplomas: European Master Degree VOPA (1-year training on Rural Development in Developing Countries) ESAT/EITARC Engineer Diploma (2-year program on Agronomy and Rural Development)

Location: Montpellier (France)

Eastern & Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI)

Mr. Jackson Kilimba Chief Consultant, Finance & Banking P.O. Box 3030 Arusha, Tanzania Tel: (255) 57 8383 Fax: (255) 57 8285

Primary Language: English (also French courses)

Courses: Computer Assisted Financial Management, Credit Management & Administration, Debt Management, Financial Analysis, Financial Management for Financial Institutions, Financial Management of Donor Funded Projects, Financial Planning and Control, Managing Finances in Agricultural Projects, Market Based Banking, Money & Capital Markets, Management of Credit Schemes for Rural Women Entrepreneurs

Duration: 2 to 6 weeks

Location: Headquarters in Arusha (Tanzania), and 10 regional centers (in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland)

Havard Institute for International Development (HIID)

Dr. Hatice Pehlivan Jenkins Program Director, FIPED One Eliot Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States Tel: (617) 495 4511 Fax: (617) 495 0527

Primary Language: English

Program: Financial Institutions for Private Enterprise Development

Courses: Practical Methods for Loan Assessment, Monitoring Loans and Managing Arrears, Designing Savings and Credit Instruments, Loan Pricing for Microenterprises, Management Information Systems for Microfinance Institutions, Effective Use of Guarantee Funds, Policies for Small and Microenterprise Finance,

Duration: 3 weeks (August 3 - 23, 1997)

Location: Cambridge, Massachussetts (USA)

Institut Superieur Panafricain d'Economie Cooperative (ISPEC)

Mr. Aboudou Toure Cheaka General Director BP 1236 Cotonou Benin Tel: (229) 33 06 39 Fax: (229) 33 15 06 E-mail: Ispec@bow.intnet.bj

Primary Language: French

Courses: 3-year Diploma: Management of Cooperatives, Local Development Management, Cooperative Entrepreneurship, 10-month programs focusing on these themes, Numerous short-courses on specific topics related to these themes.

Location: Cotonou (Benin) Other: PAMEF Program in Cooperation with DID Correspondence Course Program: Savings, Credits Cooperatives and Credit Unions

Duration: 34 weeks

Location: Currently being piloted as of January 1997 in 5 West and Central African countries

Other: BCEAO/PA-SMEC in collaboration with CESAG: Pilot Training of Trainers Program for Trainers within MFIs Duration: 3 sessions over the course of one year Location: CESAG training center in Dakar (Senegal) and in Cotonou

Other: Correspondence Course Program in cooperation with ACCT: Cooperative Management Duration: 6 weeks Location: Currently being delivered in 12 West and Central African Countries

Other: Graduate Program for Women Leaders in collaboration with Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft: Cooperatives and Based Organizations Management Duration: 10 months Location: Cotonou (Benin)

Other: International Training Workshop for Women Advisers in cooperation with CEFAME: Management & Entrepreuneurship Duration: 4 weeks, twice per year Location: Cotonou (Benin)

Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)

Mr. Mwangi Ngumo Executive Director College House, 4th Floor Koinange Street P.O. Box 43706 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254) (2) 226 789/332 507 Fax: (254) (2) 333 255

Primary Language: English

Courses: Managing Income Generating Projects, Small Enterprise Consultancy and Training, Small Enterprise Promotion Programme, Small Enterprise Extension Monitoring and Evaluation, Small Business Rehabilitation, In-house Course custom-made to suit individual organizational needs, General Business Management for Small Enterprises, Financial, Production, Personnel, Marketing, Micro-finance Training for NGOs

Duration: 1 week to 1 month

Other: International Conference on the Future Imperatives of Business Development Services in the SME Sector in Africa (tentatively scheduled for October-November 1997) Location: Nairobi (Kenya)

Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme (K-REP)

Mr. Kamau Kabbucho Consulting Services Manager Ring Road Kilimani Opp. Yaya Centre P.O. Box 39312 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254) (2) 572 422/718 301/2 Fax: (254) (2) 711 645

Primary Language: English

Courses: Microcredit Operations, Microcredit Management, Microbanking System, Training of Trainers, Exchange Training Program, Visitor Study Program.

Duration: 1 to 3 weeks plus 3-month attachments (for some courses)

Location: Nairobi (Kenya), and on-site programs

Programme d'Appui aux Mutuelles d'Epargne et de Credit au Senegal (PAMECAS) / Developpement international Desjardins (DID)

Mr. Mamadou Toure Training Coordinator Route de Ouakam, Km 7,5 BP 15354 Dakar, Fann Senegal Tel: (221) 20 33 95 Fax: (221) 20 33 94

Primary Language: French, Wolof and other national languages

Courses: Training of Trainers (within MFIs, in collaboration with CONGAD)

Duration: Short courses offered throughout 3 projects (training/ follow up/support)

Other: Specific courses on request: Establishing Accounting Systems, Practical Technical Training, Reporting & Legal Requirements of the PARMEC Law, Starting a Savings and Credit Bank, Planning and Setting up a Network of Savings and Credit Banks, Democratic Management of a Savings and Credit Bank, Study Visits and Exchanges.

Location: Throughout Senegal, although primarly in Dakar

Regional Enterprise Development Institute (REDI)

Mr. Smuts P. Bomani Director - REDI P.O. Box 14391 Arusha Tanzania Tel: (255) 57 4037 Fax: (255) 57 4050 E-mail: redi@users.africaonline.co.ke

Primary Language: English

Courses: Introductory Course for Extension/Field Officers in Micro- enterprise Credit, Microfinance Service Delivery Methodologies, Information Systems for Microcredit Management, Loan Portfolio Management in Microcredit, Determining Interest Rates for Sustainable Operations, Designing and Managing a Sustainable Micreoenterprise Finance Program, Training of Trainers in Microenterprise Finance, Strategic Aspects in Microfinance Management, Financial Management for Non-finance Managers, Project Management for Microenterprise Programs.

Duration: 5 to 25 days

Location: Arusha and Dar es Salam (Tanzania), Kampala (Uganda), Nairobi (Kenya) and also in country training

The International Institute (HISTADRUT - Israel)

Mr. Zvi Galor Head of Division Africa, Asia & Pacific Levinson College Bet Berl, Kfar-Saba 44905 Israel Tel: (972) 9 748 7382 Fax: (972) 9 742 1868

Primary Language: English, French (but some courses also in Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Arabic)

Courses: Cooperative Support Systems for Rural Industrialization, Economic & Financial Planning for Rural Development through Computers, Training of Managers and Leaders of Cooperatives, The Contribution of Women to the Development of the Urban Informal Sector, Women Empowerment Through Cooperatives, Banking and Credit Institutions for Civil Society, Gestion et Administration Financiere des Cooperatives, Les Cooperatives d'Epargne et de Credit.

Duration: 3 to 6 weeks

Other: Special Courses on Request on Topics Related to Microfinance and Rural & Urban Development Location: mainly at Bet Berl (Israel), but also overseas training programmes in a large number of countries