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September 2, 2009I have been inspired by a list (!)…of entrepreneurial profiles and exploits. Social enterprise at its inspirational best will be up for discussion 6-8 October 2009 at the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF), Melbourne, co-hosted by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Social Traders.
Overview
Building on the success of the inaugural 2008 SEWF in Scotland, the 2009 Forum aims to support the emerging Australian social enterprise movement, and explore the role social enterprises play in encouraging/facilitating social inclusion, including creating sustainable employment opportunities for those disadvantaged in the labour market.
Key Topics
- Building sustainable, market-oriented social enterprises, particularly those that create employment for people seriously disadvantaged in the labour market
- Exploring the role of social enterprise in enabling social inclusion and community building
- Encouraging effective collaboration and strategic alliances with social enterprises
- Engaging businesses and social investors in the support and development of social enterprises
- New ways of engaging, collaborating and partnering with disadvantaged communities in social enterprise development
- Proving the impact and measuring the outcomes of social enterprises
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Facilitating social enterprise development to enable social inclusion, with a focus on targeted communities such as
-Indigenous communities
-People with a mental illness or disabilities
-People who have a history of homelessness
-People who have drug or alcohol problems
-Young people disadvantaged in the labour market
-People with ex-offending backgrounds
-Environmental enterprises
Just SOME Of The Presenters
The SEWF line up contains some of the world’s leading authorities in social enterprise and sustainability including:
Patrick Dodson, The Kimberley Institute
Jeremy Nicholls, Social Return On Investment Network, (SROI) UK
Margaret Elliot, Sunderland Home Care Associates, UK
Andy Kuper, Leapfrog
Laurie Russell, The Wise Group, UK
Kevin Fong, Goolarri Media
Nir Tsuk, Ashoka Israel
Confirmed presenters are being added to the program on a daily basis.
Check out the most up to date list here.
Forum Details
Date 6-8 October 2009
Venue The Sebel, 65 Queens Road, Albert Park, Melbourne
Cost
Social Enterprise and Non-profit Organisation delegate rate: $655 (including GST)
Corporate and Government delegate rate: $985 (including GST)
SEWF Annual Dinner: $110 (including GST) This subsidised ticket price includes food and beverages and is available to all delegates. Included in the ticket price is an invitation to the SEWF Opening Ceremony on 6 October (details to be advised at a later date).
Registration www.sewf09.com/
1 Comment
It is good to see that Melbourne has been chosen as the venue for the Social Enterprise World Forum from 6-8 October.
Give us all the details of the outcomes of this upcoming forum. Sounds like a worthy agenda.
Impacts of public policy on social infrastructure as an essential component of the economy are grossly under-estimated and the time is ripe for proactive measures to redress the balance.
Triple bottom line policies are included in many educational curricular but more needs to be done to encourage practical applications in business.
David Adams has had much to say about Poverty as a Precarious Public Policy – but his insights can be extrapolated to many other social infrastructure arenas. I will speak of his award-winning essay another time.
My direct experience of maintaining connections with marginalized groups of one kind or another has taught me much and I know how many gaps there are in meeting the social inclusion and other needs of numerous subsets of the community who are left at barely survivable parameters because of lack of funding and resources.
There really needs to be more done to engage, support and facilitate inclusion or rehabilitation for those at risk of exclusion and marginalization for a range of circumstantial reasons.
Madeleine