Global Changemakers is a vibrant community of young activists, volunteers and social entrepreneurs. It aims to empower youth to catalyse positive social change through Learning, Doing and Advocacy. With that in mind, they are organising a summit this summer focused on Africa and Africa-related issues. Where? Brussels, Belgium When? June 2012 (exact dates to be announced) [...]

5th Annual Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition Technology is constantly revolutionizing our world. Bold new ideas speed instantaneously online as portable devices such as smart phones and tablets connect us to people and resources across the globe in real-time. The way we communicate, work, and play in our daily lives has been transformed. But how [...]

This column by Anand Giridharadas appeared in the Saturday-Sunday, July 16-17, 2011 edition of the International Herald Tribune under the title “Doing good by picking a few fights”. Every now and then, a new career path seizes the imagination of the global elite. Today it is social enterprise, in which earnest, problem-solving elites devote themselves [...]

World Challenge 2011 is a competition organised by BBC World News and Newsweek, aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grassroots level. We want to hear from our viewers about the social entrepreneurs who are making a difference without costing the earth. It [...]

Change is happening in Europe When? 16-23 June 2011 Where? Paris, France How much? Free – but you need to register by sending an email to inscription.city@gmail.com. The week is divided into two parts: the Changemakers’ City and the Changemakers’ Campus. Changemakers’ City 3 days of events and exhibitions open to all organized throughout Paris [...]

UnLtdWorld is a platform for social entrepreneurs and the people that support them to: build community, do business, get insight, and find resources. In particular, be sure to check out their social entrepreneurship awards toolkit, which has great resources divided into themes and life-cycle stages! This toolkit is designed to provide you, the social entrepreneur, [...]

Forum for Action on Sustainability, Intrapreneurship and Innovation On Tuesday, Generation Europe Foundation spoke in Workshop 2: “My Sustainable Business Models: Enhancing, Incubating and Fostering Sustainable Entrepreneurship”. And on the second day of the conference, we brought together representatives of “Generation Y – Millennials & Nexters”, including Tobias and Nike, during the final plenary session [...]

A Great Transition to a future of enriched lives, human solidarity, and environmental sustainability is possible. The Great Transition Initiative is a growing international network of scholars and activists that analyzes alternative scenarios and charts a path to a hopeful future. At once rigorous and inspiring, the Great Transition story brings the message that we [...]

Interesting meetings and talks are happening at the moment. Let me share what has happened since my last time agenda setting and share some of the entrepreneurial thinking around GEF and nice people you meet on the way: # Next week I am going to pitch the idea of the Social Business Startup Camp (SBSC) [...]

On 19 May, a one-day forum will be organised in Brussels with a focus on youth entrepreneurship. Up to 200 participants from the EU and China are expected in this event. In parallel, an EU-China conference on multilingualism will take place on the same day in Brussels. 50 Chinese delegates will be invited to attend [...]