Social entrepreneurship research conference to be held in Shanghai during the GEW
Social entrepreneurship will be front and center in Shanghai, China during the Global Entrepreneurship Week, with a five-day research conference planned from November 19 – 23. The conference will define social entrepreneurship broadly, welcoming participants from all backgrounds: “Social entrepreneurship is recognized as encompassing a wide range of activities: enterprising individuals devoted to making a [...]
Outlook Business and Ashoka promote social entrepreneurship in India
It is not often that business magazines focus on Social Entrepreneurship. So when an magazine publishes an entire issue dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship then it is time to celebrate. Ashoka India has succeeded to bring 50 social entrepreneurs into a special edition of the Indian magazine Outlook Business. The Outlook Business September 5 issue is [...]
Distance Learning Diploma in Social Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India has launched a new 6-month distance course on social entrepreneurship. The main objective of this diploma is to create social enterprises which are essentially addressing the issues related to social development through distance learning and personal counseling. This Diploma is mainly focused on various aspects of starting and managing [...]
ClearlySo: Social Business in Bangladesh
ClearlySo highlighted in an recent article that there is a great opportunity in Bangladesh to reduce poverty the income generating activities of more than 20,000 NGOs can be mobilized into successful social businesses. The have highlighted some common threads and problems; some clear reasons why those 20,000 NGOs are not migrating into social businesses: commercial [...]
Social Enterpreneurs in Bangladesh: Waste Concern
Bangladesh has a garbage problem. Dhaka, a city of about 10 million has a particularly big garbage problem. Of the 3,500 tons of trash dumped each day, only half is picked up by the city. The rest is left to lie in the open streets of slums, marketplaces, vacant lots and riverbanks, attracting rats, clogging [...]
Job Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship
Deputy Country Director – Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) (India) Based in New Delhi, the Deputy Country Director (DCD) will work with the Country Director and country staff to ensure the overall success of the India program. The DCD will help coordinate and support the Foundation’s team on the ground to achieve the program’s objectives, [...]
METI Announces 55 Leading Japanese Social Businesses
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on February 17, 2009, that it has selected 55 leading social businesses among applicants from around Japan. With emergency employment measures being taken by the Japanese government, expectations for social businesses, which strive to resolve social and local issues while generating profits, are being raised. [...]
Sandbox Fellowship – Vidya Poshak (India)
This year-long fellowship program by Vidya Poshak for dynamic professionals or post-graduate school candidates who have experience working in on- the-ground development and/or social entrepreneurship and are seeking an extended experience working on these issues. The Fellows work to address challenges at NGOs working the in the fields of Agriculture, Livelihood, Education and Health. Ideal [...]
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