{"id":17220,"key":"Gamelan_Council","title":"Gamelan Council","latest":{"id":1208434,"timestamp":"2025-11-28T00:08:34Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Organization data\n| type = Non-governmental organization\n}}\n\nThe '''Gamelan Council{{W|Gamelan Council}} – Asia-Pacific Microfinance, Public Health & Development Centre''' ('''Gamelan Council''') is an international non-government organization{{W|non-government organization}} addressing the [[microfinance]]{{W|microfinance}}, [[public health]]{{W|public health}}, and [[international development]]{{W|international development}} needs of communities around the Pacific Rim{{W|Pacific Rim}}, making up around 65% of the world's population.\n\n== History ==\n\nThe Gamelan Council is an offshoot of the Global Consulting Group (GCG), a non-profit, non-partisan consulting firm focused on supporting [[international development]]{{W|international development}} efforts which has since been disbanded.<ref>[http://gamelancouncil.org/history.html Gamelan Council website referencing 'history and background']</ref> As GCG's efforts became more geographically focused on the Asia-Pacific region and thematically focused on [[microfinance]]{{W|microfinance}} and [[public health]]{{W|public health}} developmental issues, the Gamelan Council formed to focus specifically on these areas.<ref>[http://gamelancouncil.org/history.html Gamelan Council website referencing 'history and background']</ref>\n\n== Areas covered ==\n\nThe Gamelan Council operates in 73 states{{W|states}} and territories{{W|territories}} on, near, and around the Pacific Rim{{W|Pacific Rim}}, including every jurisdiction with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean{{W|Pacific Ocean}} and several other, significant population centres adjacent to or closely linked to the Pacific Rim (e.g., [[India]]{{W|India}}, Nepal{{W|Nepal}}, and Pakistan{{W|Pakistan}}).\n\n== Key activities ==\n\nThe Gamelan Council focuses on three main sets of activities addressing [[microfinance]]{{W|microfinance}}, [[public health]]{{W|public health}}, and [[international development]]{{W|international development}} issues. These include (a) research (e.g., conducting targeted studies of trends in the [[microfinance]]{{W|microfinance}}, [[public health]]{{W|public health}}, and [[international development]]{{W|international development}} sectors); (b) investment (e.g., raising capital to support successful Asia-Pacific [[microfinance]]{{W|microfinance}} 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|microfinance}}, [[public health]]{{W|public health}}, and [[international development]]{{W|international development}} in the Asia-Pacific region).<ref>[http://gamelancouncil.org/whatwedo.html Gamelan Council website referencing 'what we do']</ref>\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Social entrepreneurship]]{{W|Social entrepreneurship}}\n\n== Notes ==\n\n<references />\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [http://www.gamelancouncil.org/ Gamelan Council – Asia-Pacific Microfinance, Public Health & Development Centre]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| ported-from = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan_Council\n| keywords = International organizations, Non-governmental organizations, Microfinance, Health organizations, Public health, International development, International development agencies\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being\n}}\n\n[[Category:International organizations]]\n[[Category:Non-governmental organizations]]\n[[Category:Microfinance]]\n[[Category:Public health]]\n[[Category:International development]]"}