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Joe Schull talks to The Deal

Board member Joe Schull of Warburg Pincus tells The Deal why he supports NESsT.

Társadalmi Vállalkozások Napja 2012, Magyarország / Social Enterprise Day 2012, Hungary

FOR ENGLISH PLEASE SCROLL DOWN HU / A NESsT 2012-ben is, immáron második alkalommal rendezi meg Magyarországon a Társadalmi Vállalkozások Napját! A szakmai konferencia és a Társadalmi Vállalkozások Kiállítása és Vására 2012. június 8-án kerül megrendezésre az Oxygen Rendezvényközpontban. A 2011-es első Társadalmi Vállalkozások Napjának sikeres fogadtatásán felbuzdulva elhatároztuk, hogy folytatjuk a hagyományt, és hívunk minden új és régi érdeklődőt a tavaly felmerült kérdések továbbgondolására. Mi a második Társadalmi Vállalkozások Napjának célja? Ismertség. A társadalmi [...] More ›

Dan društvenih poduzeća 2012, Hrvatska / Social Enterprise Day 2012, Croatia

FOR ENGLISH PLEASE SCROLL DOWN Agenda in English Agenda in Croatian HR / Jeste li strastveni prema društvenim poduzećima kao poduzetnik? Jeste li strastveni prema društvenoj misiji svoje udruge? Jeste li strastveni prema ljudima i mogućnosti jačanja njihovih potencijala da riješe društvene probleme, kao ključnog motora samih zajednica i to na duge staze? Mi jesmo. Iz tog razloga NESsT organizira PRVI Dan društvenih poduzeća u Hrvatskoj, otvoreni [...] More ›

Providing At-Risk Argentine Youth a Way Out of Poverty

While Argentina excels beyond its LatAm neighbors in many areas, it falls behind in offering a truly democratic and accessible educational system to its youth.The national high school dropout rate is close to 20% and 1 in 3 of the unemployed is a young adult between the ages of 18 and 24 and of immigrant or low-income status.

Roxana Damaschin-Ţecu of NESsT Romania Receives Prestigious 2012 Eisenhower Fellowship

March 23, 2012 (Timisoara, Romania) – NESsT Romania announces that Roxana Damaschin-Ţecu, Enterprise Development Director for Europe, is the recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship and will be one of 20 young leaders from around the world who will take part in the exceptional program offered in 2012. Every year, the Eisenhower Fellowships select up to 25 young leaders from around the world to take part in [...] More ›

NESsT’s Lee Davis interviewed in The Independent special supplement on social enterprise

Lee Davis, NESsT Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer appears today in the special supplement on social enterprise distributed across the UK in the leading newspaper, The Independent. Davis was interviewed as a member of a panel of experts giving perspective on key trends in social enterprise leading up to the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) that NESsT will host in Rio de Janeiro, October 16-18, 2012.

NESsT launches Social Enterprise Development Programme 2012 in Slovakia

We are pleased to announce the NESsT Social Enterprise Development Programme 2012 with the aim of supporting the development of social enterprises in Slovakia. To this end, we are inviting the participation of the following entities from Slovakia that are interested in assessing the viability of their business idea, launching social enterprise activities or expanding an existing social enterprise: • Civil society organizations • Entrepreneurs and for profit organizations with a social focus (including cooperatives) • Municipalities considering to run or [...] More ›

The Importance of Investing in Technology in Peru

We believe in the power of Peru, and explain why in this month’s Alternative Latin Investor. Peru is a country rich in ecological diversity and natural resources, but remains behind other Latin American countries due to a lack of foreign investment in innovative technology. In recent years, Peru has been rated as one of the strongest economies on the continent, stemming mainly from an increase in the production of exportable products.

Management for Everyone’s Benefit

Lee Davis talks to Revista B+ in Brazil about the importance of encouraging dialogue in support of social enterprise – business that is ethically, socially and environmentally responsible. “We need to redefine the concept of how markets work,” say Lee, co-founder of NESsT. (Portuguese)

The Potential of Impact Investing in Chile

NESsT details to Alternative Latin Investor the many reasons why Chile is a safe, profitable and prosperous place for impact investments to thrive. Highlights Chilean portfolio of social enterprises. ALI is the first digital and print publication to offer highly coveted information and actionable analysis regarding alternative investments in Latin America. Topics include Wealth Advisory, Commodities, Forex, Private Equity, Wine, Art, Regulation, Philanthropy, Hedge Funds, Agribusiness, Renewable Energy, Emerging Markets and Real Estate. Free and [...] More ›