PARSEGD (Congo)

Project Date: August 2009 + December 2010

Equipment: 280 PCs and 280 flat screen monitors and 200 printers

The PARSEGD (Programme for Socioeconomic Reinsertion of Underprivileged Groups) is responsible for setting up funds for guarantee and refinancing purposes, as well as capacity building of microfinance institutions in both training and equipment to better serve disadvantaged populations. The programme has been set up by UNDP in Congo-Brazzaville.  In the summer of 2009 Close the Gap helped to equip several microfinance institutions and social action centres in the Republic of Congo with computer hardware.