By country: Colombia

Government programmes

• Banco de la República en las aulas, Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia)

Civil society programmes

• Programa Global de Educación Financiera, Banca de las Oportunidades, in partnership with Microfinance Opportunities, the Citigroup Foundation and Freedom from Hunger: http://www.bancadelasoportunidades.gov.co/contenido/contenido.aspx?conID=693&catID=301&pagID=381
  La Banca de las Oportunidades is an investment programme managed by Banco de Comercio Exterior – Bancoldex (www.bancoldex.com). Its aim is to promote the access to credit and other financial services for low-income families, SMEs as well as entrepreneurs. It is framed under the long term policy of the National Government, directed at making the access to financial services for the low income poulation a success, in order to reduce poverty, promote social equality as well as stimulate the economic development in Colombia.

Private sector

• Asobancaria, www.www.asobancaria.com: The Asociación Bancaria y de Entidades Financieras de Colombia, Asobancaria, is the representative union of the Colombian financial sector. It has produced a report with geographical and regional descriptions of the unbanked in Colombia: Balance de la Bancarización en Colombia, Semana Económica, Asobancaria, November 2008.