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AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012

AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012. Social Entrepreneurship in North Africa. (speaker / department). AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012. What is Social Entrepreneurship ? Find innovative solutions to pressing problems of society Balancing economic considerations and social objectives

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AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012

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  1. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 Social Entrepreneurship in North Africa (speaker / department)

  2. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 • Whatis Social Entrepreneurship? • Find innovative solutions to pressing problems of society • Balancing economic considerations and social objectives • Aims at transformational systems change that tackles the root causes of poverty, marginalization, environmental deterioration and accompanying loss of human dignity (speaker / department)

  3. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 • Social entrepreneurship in NorthAfrica • A recentidea • Initiatives by developmentagencies: WB in Egypt, AFD in Tunisia and Morocco, etc. • It takes larger dimensions after the revolution • Focused mainly on the youth and unemployed (speaker / department)

  4. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 • The Souk At-tanmia in Tunisia • Souk At-tanmia as a tool of encouraging social entreprise: a new form of boosting social entrepreneurship (Multilateral, Bilateral, etc.) • Tunisia’s pressing socio-economic problems • Response to the revolution expectations • Quest for new instruments for emerging civil society and social entrepreneurship • Interest to identify ways to coordinate with new partners, namely private sector and academic (speaker / department)

  5. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 • The Souk At-tanmia in Tunisia • Objectives: • Support more equitable growth in the country through innovation • Encourage coordination and reducing transaction costs of aid towards the identification and support to small projects • Follow up to ensure transparency and accountability on the use of funds (speaker / department)

  6. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 • The Souk At-tanmia in Tunisia • Target group: • Young entrepreneurs • Civil society associations • Start-Up • Cooperatives (speaker / department)

  7. AfDB Partnership Forum April 2012 The Souk At-tanmia in Tunisia Concept: (speaker / department)

  8. Jacob Kolster Regional Director (Egypt, Libya & Tunisia) African Development Bank 13 rue de Ghana B.P. 323 Tunis - Belvedere, TUNISIA Phone:  (+216) 7110 2065 Cell:     (+216) 9870 0527 Fax:      (+216) 7183 1346 Email:    j.kolster@afdb.org

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