Gamelan Council

The Gamelan Council^W – Asia-Pacific Microfinance, Public Health & Development Centre (Gamelan Council) is an international non-government organization^W addressing the microfinance^W, public health^W, and international development^W needs of communities around the Pacific Rim^W, making up around 65% of the world's population.

The Gamelan Council is an offshoot of the Global Consulting Group (GCG), a non-profit, non-partisan consulting firm focused on supporting international development^W efforts which has since been disbanded.^[1] As GCG's efforts became more geographically focused on the Asia-Pacific region and thematically focused on microfinance^W and public health^W developmental issues, the Gamelan Council formed to focus specifically on these areas.^[2]

The Gamelan Council operates in 73 states^W and territories^W on, near, and around the Pacific Rim^W, including every jurisdiction with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean^W and several other, significant population centres adjacent to or closely linked to the Pacific Rim (e.g., India^W, Nepal^W, and Pakistan^W).

The Gamelan Council focuses on three main sets of activities addressing microfinance^W, public health^W, and international development^W issues. These include (a) research (e.g., conducting targeted studies of trends in the microfinance^W, public health^W, and international development^W sectors); (b) investment (e.g., raising capital to support successful Asia-Pacific microfinance^W providers and assisting entrepreneurs developing new technologies addressing basic needs throughout the Asia-Pacific region); and (c) education and advice (e.g., developing seminars, providing consulting services to social entrepreneurs, and coordinating conferences on microfinance^W, public health^W, and international development^W in the Asia-Pacific region).^[3]

• Social entrepreneurship^W

• Gamelan Council – Asia-Pacific Microfinance, Public Health & Development Centre