3 of enterprises working to ensure gender equality have recently completed our Incubation Program. They will be sharing their progress with us on November 17. We will also get to know social enterprises’ crowdfunding campaigns designed under the supervision of imece and UNDP Alternative Finance Lab. Please use the form in the event description to register.
Together with Alternative Finance Lab (AltFinLab) and Crowdfunding Academy we are preparing 8 of our Incubation Program teams for their crowdfunding campaign in order to raise funds for their social enterprises. Alternative Finance Expert Marina Petrovic from AltFinLab team talks about innovative financial mechanisms and their importance for entrepreneurs.
We have compiled inspiring and stimulating social initiatives from around the world that aim to achieve gender equality. These initiatives, which create an economic and social impact with the business models they have developed, set good examples for social entrepreneurs who will apply for imece’s second Support Program.
Salman Khan talks about how and why he founded the Khan Academy. He demonstrates the power of interactive examples and calls on teachers to switch from classical classroom lessons to a system where the student will study videos at home and then do the homework with the teacher in the classroom.
An unusual school in the Rajasthan region of India trains villager men and women, many of whom are illiterate, to become solar engineers, craftsmen, dentists, and doctors of their village. Bunker Roy, founder of the “Barefoot College”, explains how the school works.