Current MIA Partners

Grassroots partners


BAIF Development Research Foundation
is running a microinsurance pilot since 2003. BAIF is a research
partner of MIA and obtains technical assistance from MIA on an ad-hoc
basis.

The MIA and Indian Grameen Services (the non-profit arm of BASIX) are collaborating to launch mutual & self-help based health insurance in Bihar.  In this collaboration, the MIA will steward the creation, promotion and management of micro insurance schemes through training, technical assistance and on-the-ground partnerships.   

Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF), also known as Sahavikasa, promotes an environment in which cooperatives flourish as decentralized, democratic, self-help and mutual-aid organizations effectively harnessing and fostering local resources in consonance with the universally accepted Principles of Cooperation. CDF and MIA have joined forces to introduce cooperative-based micro health innsurance to its affiliated Swakrushi membership of over 500,000 vulnerable people in Andhra Pradesh.
 
Madhyam Foundation is a state level development support organisation which works with different stakeholders such as NGOs, MFIs, Financial institutions, Donors and Government Departments for the promotion of microfinance and livelihoods initiatives in Orissa. It specializes in working with small and second tier NGOs and MFIs in improving their governance, management practises, and information systems while increasing their outreach and their portfolio.  The MIA and Madhyam Foundation have joined hands with AWO International to promote a project that will help reduce the vulnerability of tribal communities in Orissa, and which will introduce over 100,000 people to community based micro health insurance in Kalahandi, Khurda and Malkangiri districts by 2010.

 

Technical Assistance Agencies & Network Institutions


GTZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit, is the German Technical Assistance Agency. GTZ is involved in numerous microinsurance projects around the globe and MIA provides consultancy services to GTZ.  GTZ and MIA are currently running a joint research programme on collective action.


FICCI, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, runs an insurance team that also engages microinsurance research. FICCI was a partner in the project Strengtheninig Micro Health Insurance Units for the Poor in India, MIA's predecessor project in India.



PlaNet Finance is dedicated to the development of microfinance and information and communications technology. MIA and PlaNet Finance collaborate in the domain of microinsurance, with particular focus on South Asia.



Sa-Dhan is the umbrella organization of Indian microfinance institutions. Sa-Dhan works on advocacy and shaping policy, also in microinsurance. Sa-Dhan sponsored the international conference on microinsurance, which was organized by MIA's predecessor project in India and MIA staff delivered speeches on Sa-Dhan events.

 

Research Institutes & Universities


Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Institute of Health Policy & Management, is a partner in research and funding proposals. The University was also a partner in MIA's predecessor project in India.

Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, is a partner in research and funding proposals.


National Institutes of Health, USA, are partners of MIA in CHAT, Choosing Healthpans All Together. CHAT, which originally stems from the USA, was jointly modified for rural India.


University of Cologne Germany, Department for Cooperative Studies, is a partner in research and funding proposals. The University was also a partner in MIA's predecessor project in India.


Utkal University Bhubaneswar, Dpt. for Sociology, is a partner in research and funding proposals.