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Housing the Poor by Engaging the Private and Citizen Sectors: Social Innovations and "Hybrid Value Chains"
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Wednesday, June 21st
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13:30 - 15:30
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MR14
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| Event Description |
This panel will lay out the opportunities, challenges and required building blocks for the business and social sectors to combine their assets and skills to co-design and implement large-scale housing solutions for low-income populations in developing countries. A framework of practical innovations from social entrepreneurs and effective ways in which private players can engage in finding sustainable solutions to housing challenges by establishing a new type of relationships with Citizen Sector Organizations will be presented and discussed with the audience. It will include a set of principles emerging from the work of social entrepreneurs engaged in housing or related issues in different parts of the world, to guide the most appropriate form of private sector involvement in low-income market segments with which they are often unfamiliar.
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Session Language |
English
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Speakers
(information as provided by host
organization) |
Dr Darin Gunesekera, Founder & CEO (Capital Markets for the Marginalized, Sri Lanka)
Tasneem Siddiqui, CEO and Founder (Saiban, Pakistan)
Stephanie Schmidt, Program Director (Ashoka, Global)
Panelist 4: Dr. Edmundo Werna, Coordinator, Construction Action Programme (ILO, Switzerland)
Facilitator: Eric Anderson, Partner (Urban Green Builders, US)
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| Contact |
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| Related Documents (in
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| Host Organization |
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
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Organization Description |
For the past 25 years, Ashoka has invested in more than 1,700 leading social entrepreneurs with system-changing ideas from 62 countries. These Ashoka Fellows are selected for their innovative and practical ideas to address social needs, including housing and urban development. Based on the innovations of the Ashoka community, the Full Economic Citizenship initiative focuses on spreading life-changing solutions for low-income populations, harnessing the potential of commercial business-social partnerships. |
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Website
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www.ashoka.org
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