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2011 warfen mit erstmals einen systematischen Blick auf die Branche Social Entrepreneurship und fragten uns: Vor welchen Hürden stehen soziale Problemlöser*innen heute? Die im Sommer 2011 durchgeführte Expertenbefragung zeigt zentrale Hürden für soziale Innovation in Deutschland auf und präsentiert...

What does it mean to have the world’s sixteenth largest economy (which is growing rapidly), a population where 60 percent of people are under the age of 30, and an undeveloped citizen sector? For Turkey, it means having a huge potential for citizen- and youth-led social change. For the first time...

Earlier this month, Ashoka President Diana Wells was recognized for her role as an innovation champion by winning the first Social Innovation Champion Award at the fourth annual Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship (ASE) conference. Wells—together with Marion Morino, co-founder and chairman of...

Ashoka Fellow Albina Ruiz is not afraid of cleaning up garbage. Many of us take efficient waste removal for granted. Yet, in some parts of the world, refuse is not effectively managed. This has long been the case in Lima, Peru. The problem was particularly severe in Lima’s northern district. In 1995...

For the first time in the magazine’s 94-year history, Forbes has assembled a list of the top 30 social entrepreneurs tackling the world’s most intractable problems — and 10 Ashoka Fellows made the list. The unwavering innovators recognized as members of the Forbes Impact 30 are an impressive bunch...

No one ever said taking your venture from the white board to the global marketplace was easy. For a college student dreaming of entrepreneurship, the prospect might seem daunting. That’s exactly why Ashoka U partnered with Arizona State University (ASU) to build Changemaker Central. It's a hub where...

Social businesses make up just 10 percent of European ventures. The European Commission wants to see more. Through the new Social Business Initiative, the Commission plans to create an ecosystem conducive to social businesses, in part by facilitating access to funding. The belief is that more...

The first time I heard about Ashoka in 1998, it sounded to me like fantasy. I liked very much the introductory discussions with Ashoka coordinators, long, deep, going to details... These discussions raised my confidence in Ashoka principles and their viability. At that time my country (Slovakia) was...

Never before have financial indicators dominated news like today, but perhaps the most important indicator for competitiveness of our societies remains human: How many changemakers are there? At Ashoka, we talk about making a world where Everyone is a Changemaker—empowering people to engineer social...