Grameen Trust is committed to the cause of poverty alleviation. It uses microcredit as a tool for fighting
poverty and follows Grameen Bank Approach for the purpose. It was established by Professor Muhammad Yunus in 1989. It is a
non-profit and non-government organisation. Under its Grameen Bank Replication Program (GBRP) program,
Grameen Trust (GT) supports and promotes poverty focused microcredit programs all over the world. It organises Dialogue Programs
for potential replicators and provides training and technical assistance to replication projects. It provides funding to selected
projects and monitors their performance. Till date it has provided support to 141 replication partners in 38 countries of
the world. In special circumstances, where there is the need for immediate and rapid implementation
of poverty focused microfinance programs, GT directly implements the projects under its “Build, Operate and Transfer
(BOT)" and
" Build, Operate and Own (BOO)" programs. Grameen Trust hosts the Grameen
Global Network (GGN) and publishes the Grameen Dialogue Newsletter to promote the cause of microcredit movement. Grameen
Trust Programs for 2008
Dialogue and Training
Dialogue and Training
| Grameen Trust in collaboration with Grameen Bank and the Grameen
network partners will organize the following Grameen Dialogue Programs and International Training programs for microcredit
practitioners worldwide for 2008. Interested organizations or individuals that wish to participate are requested to write
to Grameen Trust, Grameen Bank Bhaban, Mirpur - 2, Dhaka- 1216, Bangladesh; Fax & Telephone: 880-2-8016319; E-mail: gtagmt@grameen.com
or gt_repli@grameen.com | | 1. Grameen
International Dialogue Programs | Date | Country | | 53rd Dialogue | April
19-30, 2008 | Bangladesh | | 54th Dialogue | Aug. 9-20, 2008 | Bangladesh | | 55th
Dialogue | Nov. 22- Dec. 3, 2008 | Bangladesh | | 2. Grameen International Training programs | Date | Country
| | Grameen Generalised System | January 26-27, 2008 | Nepal | | Grameen Basics | Feb.
23-24 , 2008 | India | | Grameen Generalised System | June 15-16, 2008 | Indonesia | | Grameen
Generalised System | July19-20, 2008 | India | | Grameen Generalised System | Sept. 21-25,
2008 | China | | Grameen Basics: | Oct. 25-26 , 2008 | Costa Rica |
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