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<p class=MsoNormal><b>MicroEnsure </b>(UK) and <b>ParaLife Group </b>(Switzerland),
two Microinsurance Network members, have been shortlisted for the 2009 Financial
Times Sustainable Banking Awards, in the category Achievement for Basic Needs
Financing. The Financial Times and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have
announced the shortlists for the 2009 FT Sustainable Banking Awards. The
Awards, now in their fourth year, were created to recognise banks and other
financial institutions that have shown leadership and innovation in integrating
social, environmental and corporate governance considerations into their
operations. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>ADA</b> (Luxembourg) and <b>BRS</b> (Belgium) have launched
microfact.org, an online platform which aims to strengthen performances of
Microfinance and Microinsurance Institutions by promoting tools, including the
ones developped with the <b>GTZ</b> (Germany) and the <b>Performance Indicators
Working group</b>.¨<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Read complete news at <a
href="http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/membernews.php">http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/membernews.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Other news:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>About the network - <a
href="http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/networknews.php">http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/networknews.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CH>About microinsurance – </span><a
href="http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/microinsurancenews.php"><span
lang=FR-CH>http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/microinsurancenews.php</span></a><span
lang=FR-CH><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>About publications - <a
href="http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/publicationnews.php">http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/publicationnews.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>These pages are also available as RSS feeds. More
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Véronique
Faber, </span><span lang=FR><a href="mailto:veronique.ada@microfinance.lu"
target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>veronique.ada@microfinance.lu</span></a></span><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Microinsurance
Network</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>c/o
ADA asbl. 21-25 Allée Scheffer, L-2520 Luxembourg - Tél.:+352/45.68.68.25;
Fax.:+352/45.68.68.68</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><a href="http://www.microinsurancenetwork.org/"
target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>www.microinsurancenetwork.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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lang=FR style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P </span><i><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:green'>Before
printing, think about the environment </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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