The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Georgetown University, and the Society for International Development will host a panel on social entrepreneurship as a catalyst for reducing poverty and strengthening economies in the developing world. This discussion, featuring experts from the White House and the Brookings Institution, along with six social entrepreneurs from the Arab World Social Innovations program, will explore how budding projects can reach scale and sustainability to make lasting impacts on their communities.
Titled “Social Entrepreneurship: Putting Powerful Ideas to Work,” the event will take place September 24, 2009 in the Georgetown University Lohrfink Auditorium from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Register here.
The public event is the fourth in the Development (+) Seminar Series, which highlights innovative approaches, new research, and sustainable business models that bring about new thinking to development challenges. The featured entrepreneurs — from West Bank/Gaza, Lebanon, Egypt, and Morocco — will highlight their work connecting job seekers to potential employers through text messaging on mobile phones, bringing education to the garbage collectors of Cairo, and mobilizing the disaffected youth of Casablanca from apathy to action. The event will also explore how partnerships between governments, donors, recipients, and business leaders can play a role in catalyzing and replicating successful social entrepreneurship programs.
Others speaking at the event will include Ms. Sonal Shah, Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation; Anne Aarnes, USAID’s Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Middle East; Mr. Ehaab Abdou, Advisor to the Middle East Youth Initiative, Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings Institution; Mr. George Khalaf, Director of the Arab World Social Innovators program at the Synergos Institute; and Dr. Carol Lancaster, Dean of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
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