In 2021, IRIS launched a questionnaire to the social innovation and entrepreneurship community to map the main characteristics of this growing ecosystem.
Every January, the World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in Davos, where leaders in politics from over 100 governments, more than 1000 partners from different business sectors, civil society leaders, up-and-coming leaders, the foremost experts in a range of areas, entrepreneurs, academia, and members of the media, come together to discuss important global issues.
Having worked for 20 years in the field of homelessness, as a volunteer, in various inclusion projects, with companies, public bodies and organisations that support and try to transform their lives, I know, interact with and recognise an enormous desire to help people experiencing this scourge to walk the path to a life of dignity and full citizenship.
If there's one thing that life constantly reminds us of, it's that it changes! And my path has been paved with so many changes that I've ended up becoming a fan of change.
Despite all the demands that active agents of transformation have to meet, monitoring and evaluating impact is now essential. And this is one of the focuses of Transforma.aí's work.
The source of danger for 2024 is not economic but geo-political, with dark clouds in the horizon at all levels – national, regional and global. It will be a dangerous year for sustainability and prosperity at a global level and a key challenge is that sustainability will only be achieved though cooperation and solidarity.
Some people think that working collaboratively is much easier in the field of social entrepreneurship than in the corporate world. They're wrong. There are reasons for this, and some of them are presented here.
Overwhelmed by what can be done, we move between the real world, subject to failure and mortality, and the virtual world, which tends to be immune to failure and where we can possibly find room for "better versions of ourselves", moving further and further away from the centre of ourselves. Could the ethics of AI focus more on the question of what Good we seek to fulfil through technology and the data that feeds it?
de-fora-fora invites you to write about social problems or solutions to them, about what everyone who works in non-profit organisations or companies does, directly or indirectly, on social issues. About what you learn from your successes and mistakes, and how you try to improve every day. But writing is also useful for those who write, not just for those who read.
Despite many challenges, the push for a sustainable future continued gaining momentum in 2023, with advancements in public awareness and relevant action in several fields.
There are many companies looking for sustainability officers in Portugal today. The profile requested is often unreasonable. In many cases, internal recruitment is the solution, for various reasons.
