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Strategic Alliances

Nirdhan Utthan Bank has established strategic alliances with the following international and national organizations:

• Grameen Trust, Bangladesh.
• Credit & Saving for Hard-core Poor in Asia & Pacific (CASHPOR) a Philippines based Network
• Save The Children Federation-USA working closely with Nirdhan/NUBL since July 1997.
• PLAN International began working with Nirdhan/NUBL in October 1998. The partnership continues in capacity building and outreach expansion areas
• Centre for Micro-Finance (CMF), Nepal
• The Micro-finance Association of Nepal (MIFAN)
• The Rural Micro-Finance Development Centre (RMDC), an apex second tier institution promoted by the Asian Development Bank.
• Nirdhan Utthan Bank contributes to the MicroBanking Bulletin and participant in The MIX (microfinance information exchange).
• The consultative group to assist the poor (CGAP) began to work in April 2001 to strengthen internal capacity and systems of Nirdhan Utthan Bank.
• The International Labor Organization (ILO) and NUBL had worked jointly for providing microfinance services to ex-Kamaiyas (bonded labor) in Banke and Dang districts
• Mercy Corps and Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited are working together for "Access to finance in the remote eastern hills of Nepal" and "Global food crisis response project in farwestern part of Nepal"