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By Loïc Comolli, NESsT Co-CEO The World Economic Forum on Latin America Social Innovation Summit, held in Lima, Peru, gathered one hundred public, corporate, and social leaders to debate social innovation as a tool for poverty alleviation in the region. This blog provides a summary of the highly interactive event, which focused on practical recommendations for growing and scaling social innovations. In the last 10 years Latin America has seen a staggering [...] More ›
Research Assistant NESsT Brazil temporary position NESsT develops sustainable social enterprises that solve critical social problems in emerging market economies. Through financing and capacity building, NESsT blends business acumen with non-profit values and mission to serve as a social enterprise catalyst. Please visit our website at www.nesst.org. The NESsT Research Assistant will be based in São Paulo, Brazil, and will support the research development, focusing on a Project related to Early Childhood and Social Business in Brazil, [...] More ›
Em comemoração aos 6 meses da realização do Fórum Mundial de Negócios Sociais 2012 (SEWF2012), a NESsT lançou em seu website o relatório Social Enterprise in Brazil, sintetizando cinco sessões da sala temática “Negócios Sociais no Brasil”. O documento, produzido pela NESsT em parceria com o Projeto Brasil27 e patrocinado pelo Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial (ICE), tem o objetivo de compartilhar algumas das ricas discussões e debates que surgiram durante o evento. “Um dos [...] More ›
By Mónica Vásquez del Solar NESsT Peru Country Director (www.nesst.org/peru) Versión en español aquí Peru is a country with the lowest levels of investment in science, technology and innovation (STI): not only is Peru behind the most advanced countries, but also from other Latin American countries. The country spends only 0.15% of its GDP for science and technology, which is well below the regional average, which is 0.54% of GDP[1]. The most serious analysis on [...] More ›
On April 3rd, one of NESsT Europe’s portfolio members, Kek Madar Foundation, held the inauguration event of their new office building in Szekszard. At the event, Miklos Soltesz, the State Secretary of Social, Family and Youth Affairs of the Human Resources Ministry, Istvan Horvath, the mayor of Szekszard, and Éva Varga, Director of Portfolio Perfomance at NESsT greeted the guests and the colleagues of the Foundation. Furthermore, Nicole Etchart, [...] More ›
By Nicole Etchart Thirty six years have passed since the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to mark March 8 as a day to celebrate women and world peace. The establishment of this day was the culmination of similar national celebrations that began in the United States in 1909 and later spread to other countries. Little did world leaders know about what the world would look like 36 years from that date,but I would [...] More ›
Budapest, Hungary, February 19, 2013: EVPA on site visit at NESsT Hungary We are now resting after a successful EVPA site visit hosted by NESsT in Budapest, crowned with very good feedback from our guests. They let us know that they loved our presentations about NESsT by asking lots of brilliant questions and by being immersed 100% in the experience. They found certain elements of our methodology especially attractive and logical, something [...] More ›
Over 15 years ago, NESsT set out to use social enterprise as a way for nonprofit organizations in Central Europe and Latin America to sustain their mission and long-term impact. Fast forward to today, where the social enterprise space has become a burgeoning sector, NESsT has built on its experience and assessment of the changing environment, adapting its approach to respond to the new needs of its portfolio and to further increase its impact. [...] More ›
Cea de-a noua editie din suita de evenimente Business Days isi va deschide portile in mai putin de doua zile si se va desfasura in perioada 12-13 decembrie, fiind gazduita de Hotel Howard Johson Grand Plaza. La Bucuresti, Business Days aduce 100 de speakeri, antreprenori in serie, un multipu campion mondial si olimpic, un exemplu viu de leadership, business angels, manageri din companii de top, antreprenori de success din Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Sibiu, Bucuresti si [...] More ›
