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World Economic Forum Events 2010
 India Economic Summit
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Annual Meeting of New Champions
Global Redesign Summit
World Economic Forum on Europe
World Economic Forum on Africa
World Economic Forum on Latin America
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
India Economic Summit
New Delhi, India 14-16 November 2010
 Rajiv Khandelwal and Krishnavtar Sharma Awarded Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2010 for India.
Award conferred by Indian Education, Science and Technology Minister at celebration in Delhi. The winners are Rajiv Khandelwal and Krish Sharma, founders of Aajevika. Aajevika provides ID cards, financial and legal services to migrant workers in India.The jury (link to press release listing jury members), including Shobhna Bhartia (Chair Hindustan Times), Sudha Pillai (Planning COmmission) and YC Deveshwar (Chairman ITC) faced a difficult task selecting the winners among four outstanding finalist (link to finalists). More than 200 participants, including Indian and international business leaders, participated in the gala event on November 13 in Delhi.
 Award Celebration Brochure
News Release
 The Finalists of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010
HindustanTimes
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 Other Social Entrepreneurs attending the
World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit
Short Descriptions
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Marrakech, Morocco, 26-28 October 2010
 Middle East and North Africa “Social Entrepreneurs of the Year” Awarded
Two Social Entrepreneurs – one from Morocco and one from Tunisia – were recognized as leading social innovators during a plenary session at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, Marrakech, Morocco on 26 October. The awards were conferred by Hilde Schwab, Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
Social Entrepreneurs provide innovative, cost-effective, scalable solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges – a critical resource in today’s economic climate. They blend business acumen with social objectives to address poverty and environmental challenges, and can, with limited resources, have transformative effects – not just on marginalized communities and populations where they often work, but also on entire sectors and economies.
Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi
Al Jisr
Morocco
Al Jisr has mobilized all parts of Moroccan society which have a vested interest in improving educational outcomes. He has succeeded in fostering true public-private partnerships in the education sector. With support from the Moroccan Ministry of Education, over 100 of Morocco’s leading companies have adopted 300 Moroccan schools. Business executives volunteer their time, resources and management expertise to join forces with parents, teachers and administrators on “school support councils” that improve key indicators of each school’s performance. Al Jisr’s efforts have already impacted the quality of education and school facilities for 150,000 students in 300 schools. Mr Andaloussi aims to reach 1,000 schools across Morocco by 2014.
 Hamida Essma Ben Hamida
enda inter-arabe
Tunisia
Enda inter arabe was co-founded by Essma Ben Hamida and her husband, Michael Cracknell, in 1990. Today it is the first and only best-practice microfinance institution in Tunisia with a staff of 750 across 60 branches. Enda serves 140,000 active clients with a US$ 48 million loan portfolio and a repayment rate above 99%. In addition to issuing traditional lines of credit, enda has developed specialized products including education loans, housing loans and agricultural products. Now expanding rapidly in rural areas, enda aims to have 100 branches across Tunisia by 2012. Ms Ben Hamida is also a founding member and former chair of Sanabel, the Arabic Microfinance Network, with 78 member MFIs in 12 Arab countries.
Short Descriptions (pdf)
News Release
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OutstandingSocial Entrepreneurs attending the
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
Short Profiles
Annual Meeting of New Champions
Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 13-15 September
 Accomplishing Great Things Together
DSC_6846 (Large) As the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China draws to an end, the 29 participating Social Entrepreneurs can look back on four intense days. They were among the 1,500 participants contributing to the official sessions focusing on a wide range of topics under the theme of "Driving Growth through Sustainability". In addition, we set up a series of meetings that particularly focused on collaborative action. The first of these meetings just brought together the Social Entrepreneurs of the Schwab Foundation community. At the meeting, a number of task forces were kickstarted, looking at issues of common interest among Social Entrepreneurs (i.e. finding talent and a successor and “The Social Entrepreneur's Guide on Working with Social Investors”) as well as issues with a cross-cutting approach to other World Economic Forum initiatives (“Renewable Energy” and “New Visions for Agriculture”).
 The next private session was designed to increase the interaction between Social Entrepreneurs and Young Global Leaders. They met in small groups around topics such as employment, financial inclusion and water. Another winning combination proved to be the combination of Technology Pioneers and Social Entrepreneurs in a second WorkSpace meeting. The challenge posed to the group was to identify technical solutions to enhance and scale the innovations of the Social Entrepreneurs and to identify how high tech could be brought to the base of the pyramid.
All three sessions provided a glimpse of what can be achieved when Social Entrepreneurs and other action-oriented visionaries come together. Paul Jeremaes, facilitator of the joint Technology Pioneer session and Director of Innovations Center at Hewlett Packard quoted Anatole France: “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe". At this meeting, Social Entrepreneurs, Young Global Leaders and Technology Pioneers have started to act, dream and believe together!
 The Asia Social Entrepreneurs of the Year
Three Social Entrepreneurs have been recognized as leading social innovators in Asia during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 13-15 September.
The Asia Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards have been conferred by Hilde Schwab, Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. “With Asia driving much of today’s economic progress, it is even more important that people are not left behind in the development process. Social entrepreneurship plays a key role in ensuring inclusive growth.” said Schwab.
Social entrepreneurs have an important lesson to share in today’s economic climate. They emphasize long-term sustainability instead of short-term gain. Their primary focus is to maximize benefits for society and the environment through innovative and effective business models. Their approach to entrepreneurship is one of sustainable economic growth across sectors and industries, from renewable energy and education to waste management, health and rural development.
The Winners:
 Gemma Bulos – A Single Drop for Safe Water, Philippines
ASDSW’s key innovation is teaching communities to create and run their own clean water systems. At the same time, ASDSW facilitates the transfer of affordable technologies to these communities through water supply, treatment, testing and sanitation. ASDSW also conducts “train the trainer” hygiene and sanitation seminars for local NGOs and government agencies.
www.asdforsafewater.org
 Andy Schroeter – Sunlabob Renewable Energy, Laos PDR
Through public-private partnerships, Sunlabob brings renewable energy technologies to off-grid areas by installing solar stations, solar home systems and village hybrid grids. To encourage local enterprise development and ownership, Sunlabob trains village technicians and village committees to maintain, recharge and rent out the lanterns. In addition, Sunlabob provides consultancy services, expanding internationally into Uganda, Cambodia and Afghanistan through franchise agreements.
www.sunlabob.com
 Sakena Yacoobi – Afghan Institute of Learning, Afghanistan
AIL provides health and education services to Afghan women and children so that, amid decades of war and civil strife, they can rebuild their identities, lives, society and, ultimately, their country. In addition to operating rural health clinics, AIL provides primary and secondary education, university classes, as well as teacher training and human rights workshops – altogether benefiting more than 3.5 million people to date. AIL requires active community participation and contribution to all projects so, in the long run, these communities become self-sufficient in providing for their educational and health needs.
www.afghaninstituteoflearning.org
Press release
 29, the number of Social Entrepreneurs
participating in the next World Economic Forum's
Annual Meeting of New Champions
Short profiles
Global
Redesign Summit 2010
Doha, Qatar 30-31 May
Social entrepreneurs are shaping ideas to redesign international collaboration together with more than 400 of the world's foremost experts on a range of topics such as nutrition, renewable energies, financial education and intellectual property. Social entrepreneurs have developed recommendations to advance social innovation and social entrepreneurship.
The essential recommendations of the proposal are the following
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The creation of a Consultative Group to Advance Social Entrepreneurship, a body analogous to CGAP in the microfinance world, armed with the specific mission to conduct research and promote policies that maximize the benefits of social entrepreneurship to society, including: drafting legal forms of organization and tax policies, building more appropriate financial services and markets for social entrepreneurs, and creating mechanisms to facilitate partnerships between social entrepreneurs and governments, multilaterals, and/or corporations.
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The endorsement by national governments to sponsor a UN resolution to designate 2011 or an upcoming year as the "UN Year of Social Enterprise" and host a series of high-profile global events.
The Social Entrepreneurs attending the Summit:
Helmy Abouleish, José Ignacio Avalos, Jeroo Billimoria, Andrea Coleman, James R. Fruchterman, Harish Hande, Richard A. Jefferson, David Kuria, Soraya Salti
World Economic Forum on Europe
Brussels, Belgium 10-11 May 2010
The Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Central and Eastern Europe
 Zoran Puljić
Mozaik Foundation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zoran Puljić was announced as the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” in Central and Eastern Europe at the World Economic Forum meeting on Europe. He received the official recognition from the Chair of the Foundation, Hilde Schwab, during a meeting with leading social entrepreneurs from across Europe, gathered in Brussels.
 Press Release
Full Profile-Zoran Puljić
 The Social Entrepreneur of the Year Competition in Central and Eastern Europe is an initiative of the Schwab Foundation in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group
 15 Social Entrepreneurs attending the World Economic Forum on Europe, Brussels, Belgium 10-11 May 2010
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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs attending the meeting
World Economic Forum on Africa
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 5-7 May 2010
 Schwab Foundation announced the winners of the Africa Social Entrepreneurs 2010 Award ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa
Award presented during the Opening Plenary in the presence of President Kikwete of Tanzania
Nigerian, South African and Tanzanian winners among group of leading social entrepreneurs who provide insights on sustainability and social innovation to the meeting’s theme.
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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs attending the meeting
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Activities involving social entrepreneurs
Wednesday May 5
Social Entrepreneur Award – Regional Social Entrepreneurs of the Year Africa 2010
Thursday May 6
MDG:3 Empowering Africa’s Women
Women represent the majority of SME entrepreneurs in Africa and are a powerful driving force behind economic development. Significant opportunities exist to finance and empower women as both business owners and a growing consumer market. How can multinational and African businesses adjust their traditional business models to finance, support and benefit from the creative entrepreneurial spirit of women.
Among panellist - Schwab Social Entrepreneur Bruce McNamer, President and Chief Executive Officer, TechnoServe, USA.
Thursday May 6
The Business of Social Change
Join Social Entrepreneurs in the IdeasLab to discover creative business solutions designed to address society’s most pressing needs including:
- increasing productivity and the income of small farmers
- involving the disabled in productive lives
- addressing water and sanitation in overcrowded urban areas
- creating opportunity through export quality crafts
Among discussion leaders - Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Shona McDonald, Founder, Shonaquip, South Africa and Nick Moon, Co-Founder and Managing Director, KickStart, Kenya
Friday May 7
Innovations in Health: Shaping a New Landscape
There is a plethora of new actors and innovative healthcare delivery models incorporating new financing and delivery methods to some of the most remote areas in the world. How can these innovations be scaled and replicated to grant affordable health access to both urban and rural populations across Africa?
Among panellist - Schwab Social Entrepreneur Gene Falk, Co-Founder and President, mothers2mothers, South Africa
Other interesting sessions
Thursday May 6
The Mobile Multiplier Effect
Innovations in ICT infrastructure and mobile applications have dramatically altered the business environment in Africa, as both an economic driver and mechanism for social empowerment. How can next generation ICT applications and capacity be scaled across the continent? How can new business models and partnerships in innovation enable Africa to leapfrog in critical areas such as financial services, health and education?
E-Africa
New social and media networks provide people with a platform to relay information free of censorship, enabling greater public and global dialogue. With the decline of traditional print media, what implications does this new form communication have for society, particularly as a powerful mechanism for holding government and business accountable?
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World Economic Forum on Latin America
Cartagena, Colombia 6-8 April 2010
 Latin American Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2010 Awarded
Six social entrepreneurs have been recognized as Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 in Latin America during the Presidents Plenary session of the World Economic Forum on Latin America, held in Cartagena, Colombia, on 8 April. Suzana and Claudio Padua, founders of Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, had previously been recognized as Social Entrepreneur of the Year Brazil. The other four winners are David Gaus from Ecuador, Vladimir Delagneau from Nicargua, and Joseph Philippe and Anne Hastings from Haiti. They received their awards in the presence of President Uribe from Colombia and President Martinelli from Panama.
Six social entrepreneurs recognized Webcast
Press Release (English)
Press Release (Portoguese)
Press Release (Spanish)
 17 Outstanding Schwab Social Entrepreneurs attending the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cartagena, Colombia 6-8 April 2010
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 27 - 31 January
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary and a decade of social entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum
The 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting also marks the 10th anniversary of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. For a decade, the Schwab Foundation has brought visionary
social entrepreneurs together with global business and government leaders at the World Economic Forum. This year, 31 leading social entrepreneurs will share their compelling ideas for sustainable solutions for the
benefit of society and the environment in 160 sessions under the Annual Meeting theme of Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild. Download Press Release
 
 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Social Entrepreneurs’ Welcome Dinner
To help drive the World Economic Forum’s
Global Redesign Initiative
efforts forward, social entrepreneurs discussed the unique contribution that the social entrepreneurs can make. Interactive discussions followed at the respective dinner tables, inspired by Global Redesign Initiatives proposals submitted by social entrepreneurs.
 Business Solutions to Rural Poverty
Wednesday 27 January, 14.00 - 16.30, Congress Centre, Fluela WorkSpace Over fifty high-level Davos participants assembled to understand the leading game-changing proposals by social entrepreneurs in the session “Business Solutions to Rural Poverty”. Read More
Social Entrepreneurs IdeasLab
Thursday 28 January, 09.00 - 10.15, Congress Centre, Jackobshorn IdeasLab Social Entrepreneurs in the IdeasLab share creative solutions designed to address society's most pressing needs with business leaders.
  
Discussion Leaders
• Iftekhar Enayetullah, Co-Founder and Director, Waste Concern, Bangladesh; Social Entrepreneur; Global Agenda Council on Social Entrepreneurship
• Gene Falk, Co-Founder and President, mothers2mothers, South Africa; Social Entrepreneur
• Naif Al Mutawa, Founder and Chairman, Teshkeel Media Group, Kuwait; Social Entrepreneur
• Reed Paget, Chief Executive Officer, Belu Water, United Kingdom; Social Entrepreneur
• Kyle Zimmer,
Co-Founder and President, First Book, USA; Social Entrepreneur; Global Agenda Council on Social Entrepreneurship
Facilitated by
• J. Gregory Dees, Professor, Practice of Social Entrepreneurship, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA; Global Agenda Council on Social Entrepreneurship
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by Naif Al-Mutawa
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 31 Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs participated
in the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2010 (Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 27 - 31 January)
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