The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled
platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance
leading models of sustainable social innovation. It identifies a select
community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global,
regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the world in
close collaboration with the other stakeholders of the World Economic
Forum.
We are now accepting nominations for the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015!
The Search and Selection process was established to recognize
outstanding social entrepreneurs around the globe, an initiative of the
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
The Global Selection is open to all organizations based in
- ASIA / ASIA Pacific (except India)
- AFRICA
- EUROPE (except France)
- LATIN AMERICA (except Brazil, Chile, Venezuela)
- MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AFRICA
- NORTH AMERICA
The social enterprise achieves transformative social and/or
environmental change through the application of innovative and practical
approaches to benefit society in general, with an emphasis on
underserved populations.
The innovation can take the form of:
- A new product or service;
- A new production or distribution method;
- A new labour supply;
- The reformulation of an existing product for an underserved population; and/or
- New organizational structures or funding models.