About Ashoka Belgium
What we do 1. WE SUPPORT LEADING SOCIAL INNOVATORS OUR SCOPE OF ACTION Ashoka is a catalyst for social change. It is the world’s leading network of social entrepreneurs with more than 3,600 Ashoka Fellows spanning over 90 countries. Amongst the Fellowship there are two Nobel Peace Prize winners. For...
Ashoka Belgium Nominator Network
THE SELECTION PROCESS, THE WAY FORWARD FOR CANDIDATES 72% of social entrepreneurs supported by Ashoka have evaluated that the selection process represented an essential or significant part of their project. Ashoka Belgium is constantly looking for social entrepreneurs who transform the world of...
J.P. Morgan Mentoring Program: “Experiencing Social Entrepreneurship”
Launched in 2016, “Experiencing Social Entrepreneurship” is an annual program that matches social entrepreneurs from Ashoka’s network of Fellows with teams of mentors from J.P. Morgan. This program is aimed on one side at supporting leading innovators to tackle their most pressing organization...
UBS Social Innovators: Meet the Winners
Choba Choba are the winners from the Switzerland region From the refugee crisis, to healthcare access to exploitation in global food chains, complex social problems are embedded in interconnected systems. Enter a new model of solution: social enterprise. Social entrepreneurs have the agility to...
Ashoka kicks off Africa’s first Social Investment Accelerator!
The global social innovation network Ashoka has launched its Social Investment Accelerator to help 12 ventures unlock investment and grow their solution on the continent.
How Companies Prepare Their Employees for the World of Work 4.0
Automation not only boosts demand for digital skills but also for social skills. Learning how to develop further education and skills training from social entrepreneurs.
Systems Change: A High-Level Summary
We use the term system change to describe an outcome as well as an approach to social change. In terms of an outcome , we describe a change as systemic if the way a system operates shifted and as a result produces a more positive outcome itself . A system change follows a change in the root causes...
Vision - A Social Entrepreneur's Starting Point
A vision is the starting point of any enterprise - social or otherwise. It is a dream, but with a plan to make it happen. A social entrepreneur has a vision of what society would look like if the problem they have identified has been solved. That might be a society where the oceans are clear of...
Purpose - The Guiding Star
The journey of any social entrepreneur can be difficult, both emotionally and physically, and problems can sometimes seem insurmountable. They constantly need to revisit their purpose and reconnect with the reason that they committed their lives to solving the problem they identified. Our Fellows...
Problem - Observation of a Systemic Gap
We are all aware that society is by no means perfect, and that it leaves many behind. All social entrepreneurs have identified a particular problem that they feel needs to be fixed in order for society to work better for all. It could be within their field of expertise - such as a farmer who sees...