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 India Economic Summit 
World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World
 Summit on the Global Agenda
 Annual Meeting of the New Champions
 World Economic Forum on East Asia
 World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia
 World Economic Forum on Africa
 World Economic Forum on Latin America 
 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

India Economic Summit 2011
 Mumbai, India, 12-14 November 2011

India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Awarded 
Neelam Chhiber
Industree Crafts Foundation 
Bangalore

 Industree connects rural producers to urban consumer markets. Its partly producer-owned retail brand, Mother Earth, focuses on home furnishings, fashion, and food. Industree to date has trained over 10,000 artisans to invest their own working capital, and to develop into enterprising self-help groups. 

   The Finalists
   News Release  

 

Dharavi -  Today, I had the opportunity to accompany 10  World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders  on a  Dharavi  slum visit. With over 80,000 household units, Dharavi used to be one of the largest slums in Mumbai.  But now, there are other informal settlements with over 100,000 household units. In fact, 60% of Mumbai's population of 18 million people lives in slums.... read more






13 Social Entrepreneurs at the India Economic Summit Mumbai, India, 12-14 November 2011

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World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World
22 - 23 October 2011 - Dead Sea, Jordan
The Social Entrepreneurs of the Year in the Arab Region



News Release



Curt Rhodes
Questscope
Jordan

Questscope provides peer-to-peer mentoring and educational alternatives to help reintegrate marginalized and at-risk youth into mainstream entrepreneurial and social opportunities
Blog - My First 24 Hours as a Schwab Social Entrepreneur
Sameh Seif Ghali
Together Association for Development and the Environment
Egypt

Working in five governates in Upper Egypt, the Together Association has brought innovative and low-cost sanitation technologies to some of the region’s most isolated villages 


9 Social Entrepreneurs at theWorld Economic Forum'sSpecial Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World
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Summit on the Global Agenda 2011
 10-11 October 2011 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 

14, the number of Social Entrepreneurs (short profiles)  participating along with other global experts from over 80 countries – thought leaders from academia, business, government and civil society – to identify key issues, explore risks and unmet opportunities, and elaborate mitigation strategies in a series of interactive sessions and uniquely designed conversations across councils and relevant themes. 

Over the coming two days, 800 leading experts from around the world are descending on Abu Dhabi for intense discussions (Summit on the Global Agenda 2011) on everything from the future of governance to energy security to migration and human rights. Among them are a number of Schwab Foundation social entrepreneurs – such as Wendy Kopp, Co-Founder of Teach for America and Teach for All, who is a member of the Council on Education Systems; Juliana Rotich of Ushahidi in Kenya, who is contributing to the Council on Informed Societies, and Helio Mattar of the Akatu Institute in Brazil, a long-time member of the Council on Sustainable Consumption. (For a full list of social entrepreneurs attending the Summit on the Global Agenda this week, click here) ......... Read More
  
Global Agenda Council on
Social Innovation
Special Blog Series on "social  innovation at an inflection point."
This reflects the Council’s view that the time is ripe to move beyond awareness-raising and hero worship    action in developing the sector’s full potential.
   
Go to Mirjam Schöning's blog on policy for the field of social innovation
  
Go to Nick O’Donohoe's blog on new models of Social and Economic Progress
Go to Johanna Mair's blog on impact investing
 

Go to Katherine Milligan's blog on social innovators as the new models
Go to the Council's article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review

full list of the members of the Global Agenda Council on Social Innovation
Annual Meeting of the New Champions 
14-16 September, 2011 - Dalian, People's Republic of China

 Blog - by Abigail Noble, Head of Africa at the Schwab Foundation: "Social Entrepreneurs in Dalian"
Guest Bloggers 
Asher Hasan
Naya Jeevan
Pakistan
All roads lead to Empress Xi Lingshi & Bombyx Mori


Sebastien Marot
Friends-International
Cambodia
So what do I take away from Dalian 2011?
Preparing for the World Economic Forum in Dalian 

Daniel Viederman
Verité
USA
Finding the link to excellence


Mel Young
Homeless WorldCup
United Kingdom
Reflections from the New Champions Meeting Dalian
Summer Davos Solutions

 ASIA Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2011 announced

Press Release (English) Blog   
Press Release (Chinese)
Bam Aquino &
Mark Ruiz
Hapinoy 



Lo Chay
1001 fontaines pour demain 



Asher Hasan
Naya Jeevan 



Masa Kogure
Table for Two (TFT) 




Social Entrepreneurs Private Event
On Tuesday 13 September, 2011, over 40 social entrepreneurs (Short profiles)
 of the Schwab Foundation global community convened in Dalian, China for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions.



Woven into the fabric of several conversations among social entrepreneurs was the higher calling to serve underserved populations, the feeling of a greater responsibility to provide intellectual leadership for public policy in their particular issue area, and a commitment to each other to ensure that the social enterprise space was delivering the greatest possible good. There are two sessions of note from Tuesday afternoon where these themes surfaced...... Read More

World Economic Forum on East Asia
 12 - 13 June 2011 - Jakarta, Indonesia
















Twelve Social Entrepreneurs attended the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, 12-13 June 2011.  They represent regional and global social enterprises working in diverse fields, including but not limited to education, health, agriculture, renewable energy, financial inclusion, environmental sustainability, as well as housing and infrastructure. Read More

"Reflections from the World Economic Forum on East Asia"
 by Tony Meloto, Gawad Kalinga (GK), Philippines

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World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia 2011
 Vienna, Austria, 8-9 June 2011

The Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2011 - Europe   
News Release
Juergen Griesbeck, Streetfootballworld, Germany

 Millions of young people around the world are born into a cycle of social injustice with little opportunity to break out. Through the love of football, streetfootballworld brings individuals and organizations together behind a common goal: empowering young people to rise above their circumstances. The streetfootballworld network unites over 80 organizations that use football to tackle social challenges like HIV/AIDS and homelessness. In 2010 alone they helped over 400,000 young people around the world harness their passion for the game to overcome local challenges. streetfootballworld drives an international coalition of private and public sector bodies to strengthen network members through capacity development programmes, opportunities to share expertise, partnerships and advocacy work because stronger network members mean better opportunities for the young people who need them most.

A Unique Opportunity  Read Blog
Norbert Kunz, iq consult, Germany

 Iq consult seeks to lower unemployment, especially in the eastern parts of Germany, by training, mentoring and funding unemployed and disadvantaged people who are looking to become self-employed. iq consult started operations in 1994 by modularizing job training for long-term unemployed and young people lacking training. This service prepared 150 people for their qualified job diplomas. In 1998, the company started its most successful programme: preparing unemployed young people for self-employment. To date, over 10,000 people have been consulted, trained and mentored, leading to the creation of 1,500 new companies, with over 1.5 generated jobs per newly founded company. More than 70% of the companies survived their first three years, which is well above the average for newly created companies in Germany.
Laurent Laïk, Groupe La Varappe, France

 Groupe La Varappe creates jobs in the south of France for people who have been excluded from society. Groupe La Varappe is composed of two main organizations. One is focused on finding temporary employment for people with minimal qualifications. The other organization focuses on three environmental areas: construction and gardening, waste and renewable energies. It is also developing an environmental “self-service” that offers a number of tailored services for companies and individuals such as painting, plumbing, gardening and installation of renewable energy systems. Today, 85% of Groupe La Varappe’s income comes from the sales of its services. More than 65% of the employees who left La Varappe found a steady job in another company. Since 2010, Groupe La Varappe has created a think tank in charge of mapping out projects for the future development of the group, but also new social programmes at the national level.

Sue Riddlestone & Pooran Desai, BioRegional Development Group, United Kingdom

 BioRegional Development Group invents and delivers real-life sustainable communities and businesses. This includes the multi-award-winning BedZED eco-village in London where BioRegional have their main base and seven companies including green property developer BioRegional Quintain, kerbside recycling for SMEs, clean tech for the paper industry and local charcoal supplies to national retailers. BioRegional developed the “one planet living” sustainability design and delivery framework out of their practical experience which is now being used by manufacturers, retailers, local authorities and events such as the London 2012 Olympics and in fifty countries around the world. BioRegional have sister organizations or representative offices in North America, China, Greece, Mexico and South Africa.

 Our first World Economic Forum  Read Blog


Social Entrepreneurs at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia held in Vienna, Austria 8-9 June 2011 reply to the question: How to expand the frontiers of innovation in Europe and Central Asia?  

 


World Economic Forum on Latin America 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 27-29 April 2011

THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF THE YEAR 2011 - LATIN AMERICA

Press Release (English)
Press Release (Español)
Press Release (Português) 

Roberto Kikawa
Projeto Cies
Brazil
Roberto Kikawa is a renowned Brazilian gastroenterologist. He is also a brilliant engineer and has devised the largest mobile medical center in the world.The "hospital in a van" delivers specialized, high-technology medical care such as mammographies, endoscopy, laparascopy to remote and low-income communities in Brazil.In the last 2 years, Projecto CIES, has served more than 24,000 people in Brazil. The medical vans are also sold through a social business to other countries in Latin America and Africa.

Francesco Piazzesi
Echale a tu casa
Mexico
Echale a Tu Casa helps people in the poorest communities of Mexico to become home-owners.Echale trains individuals in construction skills, using local earth-proof materials such as compressed earth blocks and helps create micro construction industries in the communities.In addition, Echale offers financial literacy classes and partners with the government to extend mortgages to families. Nearly 26,000 homes have been built through Echale. The micro-construction industries of Echale have generated 130,000 jobs and USD 65 million of income. 

Tomás Recart
Enseña Chile
Chile
Inspired by the work of Teach for America, Recart returned to Chile after his studies in Harvard to found Enseña Chile. Enseña Chile recruits Chile`s prominent future leaders, from different professional backgrounds, to teach in public schools in low-income communities for two years. As they experience what it is to transform the lives of hundreds of kids, they become part of a movement of leaders that will advocate for educational reform. Enseña Chile is poised for fast growth: In 2009 it selected 29 teachers to work in 14 schools. Today there are more than 100 teachers reaching > 13,000 students in 40 schools."

Claudia Valladares
Banca Comunitaria Banesco 
Venezuela
Claudia Valladares started Banca Comunitaria within Banesco to bring financial services to the 40% of the Venezuelan population that is "unbanked". Banca Comunitaria provides access to savings accounts and micro-credit  to low-income individuals in Venezuela, specializing in providing business financing to small entrepreneurs. With its network of 176 retail agents, Banesco has reached more than 100,000 individuals across Venezuela.

Felipe Vergara
Lumni
Colombia
Felipe Vergara was shocked to see that his best friend in high school, a most gifted mathematician, was not able to attend university because his parents could not afford it. After leaving a consulting career, Vergara founded Lumni to provide financing for underprivileged students. Lumni creates capital funds that invest in high-potential students across various disciplines, including teaching and nursing. After graduation, students pay back a fixed percentage of their income during a fixed number of months, and on average earn 3x to 6x more than they would without a university degree.To date, Lumni has financed 2,000 students across Colombia, Chile, Mexico and the US.


The presentation of the Social Entrepreneurs of the Year in Latin America
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Site Visit
Mirjam Schöning, Head of the Schwab Foundation and Abigail Noble,
Head of Latin America, visiting Roberto Kikawaand his Projecto Cies in Rio de Janeiro.






Projeto Cies takes specialized, humanized and high-technology preventive medical care to communities in need through the largest mobile medical centre in the world.

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19, the number of Social Entrepreneursparticipating in the World Economic Forum on Latin America- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 27-29 April 2011 Download their short profiles What can we expect from the World Economic Forum on Latin America? -


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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland  26-30 January 2011

29 January 2011 
Sheryl Sandberg and Randi Zuckerberg interview social entrepreneurs Anne Hastings,Fonkoze, Haiti and Naif Al Mutawa,The99, Kuwait

 


28 January 2011 
It was a big day for social entrepreneursin the public programme here in Davos. First, Anne Hastings, the Schwab Foundation’s 2010 Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Latin America, kicked off the morning presentations in the Haiti IdeasLab session. She shared her experiences of “accompanying women out of poverty” over the past fifteen years at the helm of Fonkoze, Haiti’s largest microfinance institution.

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and micro credit promoter Professor Muhammad Yunus sends a message to the Annual Meeting in Davos.
He draws a distinction between 'selfish', traditional business and 'social' business, that seeks to maximize benefits other than profit. He says both types of business are positive in their own rights and can co-exist. Muhammad Yunus is on the Board of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Video 


26 January 2011 
Social Entrepreneurs andTechnology Pioneerskicked off the first day full day of Davos with a Dynamic Duo workspace.  Many participants braved the snow to get to the WorkStudio at 8am this morning – a testament to the enthusiasm that both communities share in discussing new ideas
and potential partnerships......

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26 January 2011
Yesterday afternoonthe Schwab Foundation team welcomed all the social entrepreneurs to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2011. One by one they trudged into the Post Hotel – some of them weary from long flights and days of travel, others laden down with their luggage, but all of them sporting the thick, heavy boots we recommended they wear. The heavy gear required to navigate the snowy, icy streets of Davos and average nighttime temperatures of -15° C is a far cry from the usual garb of many of our social entrepreneurs, such as Victoria Kisyombeof SELFINA in Tanzania and Brij Kothariof PlanetRead in India, who said they bought special boots for the occasion...........

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For the 10th consecutiveWorld Economic Forum's Annual Meeting (26-30 January 2011, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland) Social Entrepreneursof the Schwab Foundation community will be full participants and represent the “voice from the ground”.

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