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Official Launch and discussion session on social business by Yunus Social Business Centre, Bethlehem University, Palestine.
Yunus Social Business Centre Bethlehem University, PalestineYSBC Contact:Professor Fadi Kattan, Dean of the School of Business Administration,Bethlehem University, PalestineEmail:fkattan@bethlehem.edu...
Bethlehem University set to launch the first Yunus Social Business Centre in Palestine
Timings: Dec 14, Friday 9:30-12:30 (GMT+2)Location: Furno Hall, Millennium Building, Bethlehem UniversityFacebook LIVE Link: https://www.facebook.com/ BethlehemU/videos/ 194256638185579/Following the official signing of the MOU agreements between Yunus Centre and Bethlehem University for establising a Yunus Social Business Centre in 2017, Bethlehem University and VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo are now all set for its official inauguration. The event wil...
Meeting the students from the Yunus Social Business Centre Barcelona
On the last November 17thprofessor Yunus met some of the students of the Yunus Social Business Centre Barcelona, a network formed by 9 different universities from Barcelonathat promote the studies of Social Businesses and Social Economy. Students from UniversitatPompeuFabra, Universitat de Barcelona, UniversitatAutònoma de Barcelona, UniversitatPolitècnica de Catalunya, UniversitatInternacional de Catalunya, UniversitatOberta de Catalunya, UniversitatAbat Oliva CEU, EADA Business S...
Yunus Addresses The Olympic 2024 Strategic Committee in Paris
Yunus Centre Press Release (November 25, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Paris, and Lille, France from December 19-21 to be a part of the YY ( Yunus and You) Campus tour in response to their interest in getting the updates on social businesses to redesign the economic framework.In Paris Professor Yunus went to Les Canaux, where the meeting of the Olympic 2024 Strategic Committee, which is charged with ensuring the social business content of the Paris 2024 Olympics, ...
65th YSBC - IAE Paris- Sorbonne Business School
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus signed an MOU to launch Yunus Social Business Center with IAE Paris- Sorbonne Business School on 20 November, 2018. Sorbonne’s Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) is the 65th centre around the world, and the 10th in France. IAE of Paris, the Sorbonne Graduate Business School was created in 1956. Since its inception, IAE de Paris has held an important role at the very core of business management education and research in France....
KHAZANAH ASIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2019
YayasanKhazanah, in collaboration with Yunus Centre is offering the Khazanah Asia Scholarship to deserving candidates from Bangladesh to pursue their postgraduate education at selected leading universities in Malaysia.YayasanKhazanah is a foundation established by KhazanahNasionalBerhad (KhazanahNasional) - the investment-holding arm of the Government of Malaysia. In line with Khazanah's commitment to selecting and grooming exceptional Malaysian citizens to take on high-level positions at ...
Professor Muhammad Yunus was in a meeting with students from Barcelona Universities at the University Pompeu Fabra
Professor Muhammad Yunus was in a meeting with students from Barcelona Universities at the University Pompeu Fabra. Nine universities in Barcelona have Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) their representative attended the meeting. These universities are Barcelona University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Universitat Abat Oliba, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), EADA University, La Salle Ramon Llull,Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (...
Bangladesh is better off than India, not a poor, backward neighbour anymore
Source: https://theprint.in/economy/bangladesh-is-better-off-than-india-not-a-poor-backward-neighbour-anymore/132363/PRIYAMVADA GROVER 11 October, 2018 Bangladesh has come a long way since its independence in 1971, registering impressive performance on economic and social indicators.New Delhi: India, the fastest growing major economy, is seen as the powerhouse of South Asia, but this may soon change.Having already stolen a march over India on key social indices, small neighbour Ba...
Yunus Awarded University Fellowship and launches the 63rd Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) at University of Venice
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 07, 2018)University of Venice Ca' Foscari, located in Venice, Italy, is one of the oldest university in the world. To continue the cycle of “Nobel Prizes in the Chair Project” at Ca 'Foscari that, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the University, the university brings guests of excellence to offer exceptional opportunities for students and teachers to meet. As a part of which Nobel Peace Prize winner ...
Final Presentation for the Immersion Program held at Yunus Centre.
The participants of the one month long Immersion Program presented their final presentation today at Yunus Centre in front of the Executive Director of Yunus Centre Lamiya Morshed. This month’s participant was a German-Bangladeshi Law student Named Rakhal Zaman. Born and raised in Germany, Rakhal pursued his LL.B from London Metropolitan University and LL.M from Kings College London. He is working as a legal consultant under European Commission since Oct'17. He is also working as a researc...
YSBC CUHK conducts Social Business Regional Forum 2018
The YSBC CUHK which is the 34th Yunus Social Business Centre established globally, held Social Business Regional Forum 2018 on April 13-14, 2018 in its campus aimed at exchanging learning experiences among academics engage in social business in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China. Besides CUHK, YSBC National Central University, Taiwan also partook in the forum. The forum is dedicated to promote and support social development and social entrepreneurship in the region. ...
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health provides higher studies in Social Business
One of the earliest YSBCs, Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health at Glasgow Caledonian University in UK runs a dedicated Masters titled “MSc. Social Business and Microfinance”. With 24 staff members and 14 PhD students YSBC at GCU has been at the forefront of research on social business. The YSBC has also recently secured research funding from Common Good First worth £2.2 million for a project that will explore how access to work could support migrant integration across...
73rd UNGA High-Level Side Event on Social Business, Youth and Technology
The 73rd UNGA High-Level Side Event on Social Business, Youth and Technology is starting off on September 25, 2018. The Program will be co-sponsored by The Government of France, Luxembourg, Slovenia and UAE, and lead organized by the Global Committee on Social Business, Youth and Technology.Time: 9:00am-11:00am Sep 25, 2018Location: Conference Room 4 (CR4) , UNHQ, NEW YORKThis year, UNGA High-Level Side Event on Social Business, Youth and Technology will The event will bring together Government ...
Grameen Nippon, the Japanese version of Grameen Bank, established to create a poverty-free Japan.
Yunus Centre Press Release (18 September, 2018)Tokyo: On September 13th, Grameen Nippon was launched aiming to reduce the economic gap in the society. Masahiro Kan, the founder and President of Grameen Nippon was the former Executive Director for Japan at World Bank, served as the executive director of African Development Bank and also has been working with the Ministry of Finance, Japan. He is also a Professor at Meiji Gakuin University.Grameen Nippon will address the issues of poverty an...
JAIN University becomes the 61st YSBC.
Jain University of India becomes the 61st Yunus Social Business Centre around the globe. For India, this is the 9th YSBC that has been established there. During his visit to India Nobel Laureate, Professor Muhammad Yunus signed the MoU with Jain University for establishing the YSBC. The event was organized by Dr. Chenraj Roychand, who can be seen here with Professor Muhammad Yunus signing the MoU for the YSBC. He is the founder of Jain Group of Institutions, a well-known education provider and e...