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- 1. Social Innovation in the Southern Mediterranean SI LIVE 2014 12 – 13 November 2014, Lisbon, Portugal A. Hamid El-Zoheiry Heliopolis University Including slides courtesy of Hanan Dowidar Vice-President of FEMIA
- 3. Faced with necessity, Egyptians are capable of developing astounding solutions to everyday problems
- 4. Challenges remain, however, in harnessing creativity to become innovation
- 5. Vitality for Life The SEKEM Initiative- Egypt
- 6. Zikra: Exchange Tourism- Jordan
- 7. Rooftop Farming - Egypt
- 8. Enda: Economic empowerment of marginalized groups - Tunisia
- 9. A helping voice to Cairo’s Commuters
- 10. Protecting Rural Heritage - Lebanon
- 11. And many more across the region…
- 12. In the absence of supportive policies and instruments SI remains primarily a bottom-up approach
- 13. What more can be done to harness creativity for social innovation?
Editor's Notes
- Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen) Placed under house arrest for 10 years, Ibn Al-Haytham was given an unwelcome opportunity to create & invent Authored Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics) Invented the camera obscura Developed scientific thinking & methodology
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- The Zikra Initiative in Jordan is a modern-day treasure hunt initiative on an adventure to discover communities’ hidden gems that may be exchanged to trigger organic sustainable development. The Zikra Initiative diminishes the socio-economic gap by conducting programs where urban and marginalized community residents may engage, interact, and exchange resources. This exchange model denotes an ‘equal relationship;’ eliminating the ‘give and take’ dynamic, and replacing it with a basic exchange. After its launch in March 2007, The Zikra Initiative dubbed the term, Exchange Tourism, where city residents may provide money or workshops for the local community in exchange for a trip where the marginalized community may teach them new skills from their traditions and lifestyle. Zikra also holds a Development Through Arts and Culture program where collaboration between city and local residents stimulates the local community’s skills and creativity to widen their career opportunities. Other programs include, the Eco-Program and the Health and Lifestyle Program. The Eco-Program encourages environmental awareness, as well as allows the community to discover the value and economic potential of the resources they have around them. The Health and Lifestyle Program widens the community’s knowledge on mental and physical health issues to ensure a healthy physical and psychological lifestyle. The exchange experience bridges social gaps between the inhabitants of the rural and urban communities, thus easing ethnic and social friction, leading to a harmonious, peaceful society These programs, based on trust, accountability, creativity and participation, empower both the local and visiting community members in taking part to ‘exchange to change.
- A rooftop farming enterprise designed to empower and sustain Cairo’s low-income communities. We started with a mission to lift low-income Egyptians out of poverty by providing them with the opportunity to own profitable farms, but our vision soon evolved to spreading soil less agriculture and greenery all over the country. We truly believe in the benefit of creating more green spaces and using sustainable agriculture methods that conserve water as well as Egypt’s scarce agricultural land.
- Enda is a TUNISIAN double bottom line social enterprise serving a specific mission: “To economically empower marginalized households, and particularly women and youth, by providing a full range of high quality financial services and fostering micro-entrepreneurship” Up until today, Enda has successfully served its mission by being the pioneer micro-credit institution in Tunisia, and a trend-setter of good practices in the field. Vision Enda believes that full financial inclusion can only be achieved through a comprehensive offer of micro-finance services that responds to demand, not only of micro-credit, but also deposits, transfers and micro-insurance among other services. It will lobby for changes in the law that will make this possible. Valeus Finally, five core values guide all of Enda’s decisions and actions: People… Because people are the main purpose of our social business, and the main reason behind our success, Enda: • provides staff and clients with opportunities for advancement • fosters a sense of initiative and of community and a culture of social engagement • Promotes equal opportunity in the workplace and empowers women in society. Service Because service is what our business is all about, Enda: • Puts clients first, and at the heart of everything it does. • Provides the highest service quality, with professionalism and proximity. Integrity and Transparency… Because we owe it to our clients, to our partners, but above all, to ourselves, Enda: • Performs all operations with the highest standards of ethics and transparency . • Manages financial services with honesty, efficiency and reliability. Innovation Because leadership and pertinence are only sustainable through innovation, Enda: • Conceives financial products that are specially adapted to the clients’ needs. • Embraces technology to improve quality of service and operational effectiveness. Responsibility… Because responsibility characterizes our attitude towards our entire environment, Enda: • Is committed to the best interests of its clients, employees, partners and the natural environment. • Will lead by example and strives to meet the highest standards of best practice micro-finance.
- This app basically got created because of necessity AND opportunity that the ICT brings. So, necessity to know where to drive not to get stuck in traffic AND opportunity that the internet and the mobile apps market offers
- LEBANON Souk el Tayeb has evolved since 2004 from an experimental farmers market promoting small-scale farmers and producers, to an organization working on both, national and international projects to promote and preserve culinary traditions, rural heritage and the natural environment. Souk el Tayeb’s vision is to celebrate the food and traditions that unite communities and support small-scale farmers and producers and the culture of sustainable agriculture. Souk el Tayeb’s mission is to create environments that bring people of different regions and beliefs together – celebrating the land we love, supporting small-scale farmers and producers, encouraging organic, eco-friendly practices, contributing to local communities, leading research and educational campaigns about food traditions and heritage, and promoting organic foods and a healthy lifestyle
- See Word document with descriptions of these other social innovations.
- Lack of conductive environment means policies, tools, support programmes, instruments etc at all levels. In S Med Countries, things work bottom-up, e.g. YomKen which is a kind of KickStarter for Egypt and focuses on crowd funding but for small scale projects. YomKen in about „Yomken is about Solving problems & Crowdfunding small innovative projects“. It‘s Egyptian. Eg wind turbine challenge where people are asked to offer solutions and then get funding for their solutions. In this slide you answer to the question: Who are the major players? - What does business, government, third sector do to support social innovation if anything? What other organisations are involved in doing social innovation? AND What are the big challenges for social innovation in your country