Clinton Global Initiative 2010 - Day 2: Strengthening Market-Based Solutions. This week I'm blogging from the Clinton Global Initiative 2010 Annual Meeting.
In this post I go back in time to highlight the presentations on Strengthening Market-Based Solutions from Day 2. For links to all my CGI coverage click here. The "Action Area" focus for the first half of Day 2 was "Strengthening Market-Based Solutions. " There were three excellent breakout sessions that made me wish I could be many places at once: "Advancing Development By Design" (video; start at 07:25).
Resource: iuMAP: A Web-Based Directory to Track Social Enterprise Globally. Ayllu (pronounced 'i-u') in media partnership with NextBillion has launched a new resource for tracking social enterprise projects globally: iuMAP.
(iuMAP screenshot) According to Melissa Richer, Founder and Executive Director of Ayllu, iuMAP will be the world's largest directory of BOP social enterprises. She writes that iuMAP, in its current beta form, "lists 300 market solutions in 55 countries, and we aim to triple its size by year's end! " SELCO: Product Design Philosophy. Focus 4 - News. Adidas to make €1 trainers.