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Microfinancing is efficient. Countless people in the South are willing to work hard, but could use an extra financial boost. It is not always easy for them to buy raw materials or seeds, or find starting capital to start their own business. But there’s good news! A microcredit enables them to change course. 

Being poor means being vulnerable. A minor setback has huge consequences for someone without any reserves.
Tailor-made microinsurance offers people a safety net.  

Self-organisation and cooperation form the basic principles of cooperative banking, whereby the members are collectively responsible for the capital.
Or when customers are co-owners and vice versa. 

With its Microfinance Lunch Breaks, BRS brings current themes from the world of microfinancing and microinsurance to Brussels. Well-known guest speakers share their insights with anyone who is interested in international topics with a special focus on participants from the financial world, NGO employees, students and government employees.