UN recognition of the social economy builds on progress in many countries, from Senegal to South Korea. The next step is widespread implementation, say Victorine Anquediche Ndeye, Marlène Schiappa, Chantal Line Carpentier, Frédéric Bailly and Francois Bonnici.
How can cities of the future innovate to improve the lives of their citizens? Social Labs are testing and developing local solutions to big problems – and prompting surprising enthusiasm from civil servants.
When it comes to impact investment, we’re at risk of getting too obsessed with the means, rather than the end, warns CEO of Social Enterprise UK and chair of the Social Enterprise World Forum Peter Holbrook CBE.
Traditional Korean drums, radical visions of the global social enterprise landscape and a grand social sector selfie help to make the 2014 Social Enterprise World Forum go off with a bang in Seoul, South Korea.
In just a week's time the Social Enterprise World Forum will bring together social innovators, business leaders and policy-makers from all over the world. This year the Forum will be hosted by South Korea in their bustling capital Seoul.
