Issues/Challenges/Needs to Bolster Social Entreprenuership in the Region

Information resources - localized languages, centralized access for intermittent access, etc., trainings, navigation of bureaucracy

Academic resources - social innovation courses, cross disciplinary classes/capstones, competitions (for prestige [standing in the community], prize [funding for future development], or opportunity [position within an organization])

Financial resources - seed funding for small projects (reducing risks at small scale) in order to grow venture capital?

Foreign appeal - credibility?

Competition - identifying value: demonstrated commitment to the region, local knowledge, relationships

The role of gender?

Freelance consulting - resources (like freelancers' union) for individuals - collective support and opportunities

Hybridized models - can you be both a company and an NGO?

some links/resources:

http://www.ashoka-arab.org/ashoka/

http://www.shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1484

http://us-saudiwomensforum.blogspot.com/

http://www.entrepreneurship.gov/Summit/SummitOverview.html

http://www.therootspace.org/site/