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CERISE

CERISE's offer includes innovation for the public good and consultancy services to build local capacities and guide actors to strenghten responsible and inclusive organizations.
Social innovator: setting standards and developing tools
- CERISE leads working groups to define social standards collaboratively with the concerned stakeholders.
- CERISE then operationalizes the standards into easy-to-use self-assessment tools, freely accessible from our websites along with guidelines and technical resources for improvement.

Service provider: helping organizations reach their social mission
- CERISE coaches young organizations.
- CERISE also works with more mature organizations to identify gaps, prioritize actions, define monitoring systems, and ultimately improve their social performance.

In 2021, Cerise+SPTF formalized their collaboration, already a decade in practice, via a memorandum of understanding. Since then, Cerise+SPTF has operated as a joint venture of two leading global organizations dedicated to social and environmental performance management—a way of doing business that puts people and the planet at the center of every decision.

DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIVERSAL SOCIAL ASSESSMENT TOOL ALIGNED WITH THE SECTORS STANDARDS AND INITIATIVES, USABLE BY ANY TYPE OF STAKEHOLDER (SELF ASSESSMENT FOR MFIS, EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT BY NETWORKS/INVESTORS/TA PROVIDERS/ETC.) RESEARCH ON SOCIAL IMPACT AND SOCIAL BUSINESS

Strengthening national/regional microfinance support sector (e.g. credit bureaus, consultants, rating)

Capacity building (focused on all MFI\u2019s)

Sector mapping

Academic research

MFI operations (e.g. general management, governance, finance and accounting, staff, training, recruiting)

Performance (financial and social)

Governance and responsible investment in microfinance

Evaluation

Impact and performances studies

Strategic planning

Ratings and external audits

Environmental microfinance

General information
Organisation name :

CERISE

Founding year: 

1998

Country:

France

Total number of staff: :

5

Resources dedicated to microfinance:

4

Percentage of microfinance activities: 

Between 70 and 100%

Type of organisation: 

Non profit

Contact
Contact person:

Cécile

Lapenu

First name:
Last Name:
Adress:
Street:
N°:

cours Anatole France

71

City:
Country:

Bordeaux

France

Email:
Website:
Phone:

+33 (140) 36 9292

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