SEMINAR SUPPORTING YOUTH IN

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ASHOKA: A PIONEER ORGANIZATION IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

❖33 years of experience in the field of social entrepreneurship worldwide (85 countries)

❖WORLD’S LARGEST SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR NETWORK

❖More than 3000 outstanding social entrepreneurs financially supported and professionally

coached, 47 in France-Belgium-Swizterland and 8 in Belgium alone

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Ashoka envisions an Everyone A Changemaker™ world:

THE VISION

Ashoka Builds Communities

of ”Changemakers”Ashoka Fellows: Seed Capital for Entrepreneurs with System-

Changing Ideas for the Good of Society

Strategic Support for Scaling their Impact

Collaborative Entrepreneurship to accelerate important

innovations/trends

Building the Market for Changemakers –supply and demand

EACH ASHOKA FELLOW MEETS 5 CRITERIA:

ASHOKA’S

RIGOROUS

PROCESS

01NOMINATION

02NATIONAL

REVIEW OF

APPLICATIONS

03SECOND

OPINION

REVIEW

04SELECTION

PANEL

05Validation

by board

members

https://www.ashoka.org/nominate

FRAMEWORK CHANGE

PATTERN CHANGE

DIRECT SERVICE AT

SCALE

DIRECT SERVICE

Society/key groups change

how they see the world

>>triggers behavior change

What a true

entrepreneur does

# HIV patients treated,

wells dug, etc.

ASHOKA FOCUSES ON FRAMEWORK AND PATTERN CHANGE

SOME OF OUR INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS

❖ Our Fellows (social entrepreneurs) are active in many fields:

integration, education, health, environment, fight against exclusion,

economic development, etc.

MUHAMMED YUNUS

FOUNDER GRAMEEN BANK

JIMMY WALES

FOUNDER WIKIPEDIA.

DAVID GREEN

FOUNDER PROJECT IMPACT.

BART WEETJENS

FOUNDER APOPO

Their idea has been copied

They have influenced the politics of their

country

Ashoka played a significant role in their

development

Still involved in the development of

their innovation 94 %

93 %

56 %

72 %

54 %They are considered as leaders in

their field

Our impact on the Fellows worldwideFive years after their election, the Ashoka Fellows show incredible results :

8 Fellows

18 members of Ashoka Support Network

Nutrition

HealthIntegration

Environment

Education

ASHOKA BELGIUM

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Ashoka Belgium Strategy

Reshape the frontiers of Social Entrepreneurship in Belgium and create a favorable eco-

system to develop large-scale solutions, based on three levers of action :

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• identify, connect and support the world’s leading

innovative schools

• create a network of Changemaker Schools.

• showcase best practice

• inspire new ways of thinking

• transform the education

system and how it

defines success

WHY CHANGEMAKER SCHOOLS?

CMAPROGRAM PHASESBased on a proven Ashoka selection methodology

• NO TWO SCHOOLS LOOK THE SAME

• SHARE A BROAD SET OF COMMON CHARACTERISTICS

• HAVE A ‘CHANGEMAKER’ PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT’SWORKING

WHAT MAKES A CHANGEMAKER SCHOOL?

Vision: cultivates ‘Changemakers’ skills in pupils:

empathy

teamwork

leadership

creativity

Example: school in Brussels

CHANGEMAKER SCHOOL DNA

Active Learning:

• Pupils active contributors,

• Learning environment encourages participation

• Experiential learning throughout school day

Example: small elementary school that

reinvented itself.

CHANGEMAKER SCHOOL DNA

Innovation:

• demonstrated ability and willingness

• to develop and test new ideas.

• school’s leadership encourages

• culture of innovation

Example: Elementary school

that has broken down walls

CHANGEMAKER SCHOOL DNA

Influence:

• The Changemaker School – regardless of size or

location – has the capacity to inspire other

schools.

Example: secondary school

that has been copied in Chile

and Rwanda

CHANGEMAKER SCHOOL DNA

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• First elected schools in 2014 Target : 4 schools in Belgium and 27 in Europe (UK, FR, SWE etc.)

• Reiterate program annuallyTarget : create a national, European and finally global network of schools

CMACHANGEMAKER SCHOOLS STRATEGY

CMSchools Growth Plan

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CMACHANGEMAKER SCHOOLS : EVERYONE BENEFITS

Ashoka BelgiumVirginie Samyn– Representative Ashoka Belgium

vsamyn@ashoka.org