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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
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