Founded in 1899, Burgundy School of Business is a leading teaching and research school belonging to the network of top French academic institutions in management. This Business School's mission is to develop entrepreneurial management skills in students. It offers several courses in microfinance. It collaborates with the following organizations for this purpose: ADIE (Association for the Right to Economic Initiative), PlanetFinance, Babyloan, CERMI (European Center for Research in Microfinance) and Banque Populaire.