anis 2012 - asia social innovation tour)_singapore
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Quick Tour of Social Innovation in Singapore 12 June 2012
Little Red Dot, But Growing
Population Growth Also
City of Sharp Divides
Increasing Income Inequality
Government Has Always Played a Key Role
‘Many Helping Hands’ Approach
However Many Are Still Being Left Behind
Last GE Was a Wake Up Call
Many New Groups Working in Social Innovation
Inflow of International Organisations
Social Enterprises Increasing in Prominence
Rise of Socially Innovative Co-Working Spaces
Some Recent Projects and Programmes
Efforts on End of Life Care
Rail Corridor Competition – ‘Journey of Ideas’
Lien i3 Challenge
Numerous Social Innovation Events
Global Social Innovators Forum, Dec 2010: An initiative spearheaded by Social Innovation Park Ltd (SIP) launched in 2006, it serves as a platform for social entrepreneurs and key leaders to share their innovative ideas and experiences to a global audience.
Qi Global, Oct 2011: Touted as the meeting of Asia’s best minds on innovation, the event is organised annually by Qi Global, a network of innovators creating human progress in harmony with nature.
Social iCon, Nov 2011: A biennial social innovation conference by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation, it shares insights on why and how cross-sector collaboration must work.
GIA Pathfinder, Nov 2011: A two day social innovation training event co-organised by the Global Innovation Academy of the Young Foundation and the Lien Centre
Social Business Week, Feb 2012: The annual event is organised by the Grameen Creative Lab@NUS (National University of Singapore) to inspire, connect, and engage an audience ranging from social entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, social venture investors, academia, government, civil society and youth.
And Many Social Conversations
Looking For New Ways To Promote and Support Social Innovation