54 4.3. Access to credit and micro-finance, notably by the youth and women Achievements in this sector include notably the adoption of the national micro-finance strategy and its action plan, as well as the creation of a permanent micro-finance secretariat. In 2012 and in the framework of job creation through the funding of microprojects, the Informal Sector Support Fund (FASI) financed 1,523 promoters of the informal sector, which helped to create 372 new jobs and consolidate 3,340 other jobs, for a total amount of CFAF 612,007,900. As for the Employment Promotion Support Fund (FAPE), its contribution to the creation and consolidation of jobs was translated by the financing of micro-projects. Hence, in 2012, the FAPE received an allocation of CFAF 385,000,000 for funding micro-projects. To that end, 52 promoters benefitted from it, representing an equivalent of 156 consolidated jobs. In its mission of granting authorization to promoters, the FAPE pre-financed 6 promoters for an amount of CFAF 20,960,000, which contributed to the consolidation of 30 jobs. The FAPE also financed 13 projects for the youth, distributed in 13 regions out of a total of 32 funding requests. The action of the Fonds d’appui aux initiatives des jeunes (FAIJ) helped in financing 79 young promoters, thereby creating 79 direct jobs. It should be noted that all these employment promotion funds are represented at the regional level by one-stop systems, which unfortunately do not have the capacity to approve the granting of credit. Their role is only limited to the receipt of applications at the regional level. It is therefore necessary to strengthen the capacities of one-stop shops for employment promotion to approve and grant loans.