MICROCAPITAL STORY: Quick Centre Launches Website to Help Microfinance Institutions Handle Disasters, Funded by the German Development Agency (GTZ) and Bank Indonesia

The Quick Centre, a knowledge sharing platform for microfinance practitioners, went live in February 2008 with support from Bank Indonesia and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German development agency. The organizers of the Quick Centre were motivated by the difficulty of responding to the May 2006 earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Their aim is to serve the larger development community by facilitating the exchange of existing documentation and organizational experiences related to the practice of microfinance in disaster situations. The site advertises best practices on post-disaster microfinance support measures, microfinance as a disaster preparedness tool and disaster management for microfinance institutions.

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