WORKSHOP “SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE”

Nurit Weitz, participant of  2007 SABF,  shared with me the information about the workshop “SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE” that will be held on October 16th as part of the activities related to the World Congress and Exhibition “ENGINEERING 2010–ARGENTINA“.

The workshop is organized by CAI (Argentine Center of Engineers), CARI (Argentine Council for International Relations), ISTIC (UNESCO International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre), WFEO (World Federation of Engineering Organizations), UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS of the Republic of Argentina, and coordinated by Pablo Bereciartua (President of YPEB Forum).

Published by Georgina Becciu

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Leveraging Business for Social Change

Bruce Cahan, speaker of 2009 SABF, sent us this exciting event to share with you. It’s a competition organized by Ashoka Changemakers and Artemisia with the aim to search for global model initiatives and ideas that help build the emerging field of social business. Both organizations believe social business is a powerful engine for serving vulnerable and low-income communities by delivering the critical goods and services they need to improve their lives and lift themselves from poverty.

In order to participate, you must submit a social business models that sparks profound transformation in the way social businesses achieve financial viability and scale up the reach and impact of social business initiatives. They are looking for initiatives that can scale up to improve millions of people´s quality of life. The Jury will evaluate innovation, social impact and sustainability.

By registering your initiative in the challenge’s website you will compete for a financial support of U$S 5000. Besides the cash award, this challenge provides very interesting opportunities as: to be visible to many stakeholders related to the theme, receive feedback about your initiative, learn about others, connect with colleagues who are developing social businesses around the world and vote for your favorites.

You have time until June 9th to send your application. For further information, you may visit the challenge’s website.

Published by Georgina Becciu under artemisia, ashoka, bruce cahan, social business

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Wendy Kopp in Argentina

Wendy Kopp will be in Argentina the coming april 19th and we want you to have the possibility of participating
at the speech she will deliver in the Aula Magna of the ITBA at 21.30 (GMT + 0:00)
In case you cannot attend it, Follow it via live stream.

Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach For America, comes to Argentina to tell us how her undergraduate thesis, since 20 years, is changing the education system all around the world.

Teach For America is a nonprofit organization compromised with education and works in order to become a particular path where, in the future, every single child could receive good quality education

Today, this organization in the United States, reaches more than 450.000 students where the best students of the world become leaders in education and social reform.

Wendy Kopp is recognized as one of the 100 most influential people of 2008 by the Times Magazine, together with, numerous awards, thanks to the foundation Teach For All, which brings support in order to develop the model of Teach For America in other countries of the world.

In this opportunity, the local headquarters Enseñá Por Argentina, and the South American Business Forum (SABF), invite all of you to listen to this dazzling history from one of the most important NGOs of the United States.

See you there!

Published by Daniel Lobo under conferences, Teach for America, wendy kopp

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