Innovation in the Third Sector:
Sustainability and Social Impact (TSISSI)
August 16-18th, 2007
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Call for Papers
The WDI and IGESC are pleased to invite you to take part in the international conference “Third Sector Innovation: Sustainability and Social Impact” (TSISSI). The focus this year is to raise the profile of the valuable work of social enterprise leaders across Latin America, to share best practices and cases of social innovations such as Social Enterprise (Revenue Generation), Management Tools, Social Empowerment and Economic Opportunity through IT and Partnership. Sharing those experience will help NGO`s to realize the benefits of integrating some of those innovative ideas not only as a strategy to become more efficient, but also to become sustainable and mainly to enhance their social impact.
The three-day conference will offer NGO’s a opportunity to share best practice and strategies for becoming increasingly self-sustainable (less donor dependent), more efficient by integrating some appropriate management tools and independent through the creation of public-private partnerships. The conference will also provide practical training sessions for NGO leaders such as business plan writing, effective communication strategies and strategies to build social capital. The topics for the technical assistance sessions will de determine based on the indications of interest of the NGO’s at the time of registration.
The conference will include a one day floor show for NGO participants to display and sell the products they are producing through their social enterprise and also to have a opportunity to network with each other.
The conference will use a mix of keynote speakers, case studies, learning-by-sharing and showcases of current and emerging innovations, to provide participants with perspectives and current examples of innovations and best practices in the increase of sustainability and enhancement of social impact.
Opportunities to present at the conference
We invite you to submit a proposal to present at “Third Sector Innovation: Sustainability and Social Impact” (TSISSI).
What to Present
Innovation is about being creative and putting good ideas into action. It’s about the development of new products, technologies and services as well as improvements to existing products or services. We want to know what you are doing different, better and with whom. We want to hear about inspiring case studies, learn about exciting innovations which increased or initiate sustainability, see stimulating and motivating new initiatives which enhanced the social impact and find out and share the best practices in the sector in the region.
Benefits for selected cases:
Papers selected for TSISSI will be awarded:
- One-on-one feedback and editorial support by WDI and IGESC.
- Scholarships to cover travel expenses to attend the conference in Sao Paulo - Brazil, accommodation and meals.
- Regional and international promotion by WDI and IGESC.
- Inclusion in the WDI Policy Brief series: http://www.wdi.umich.edu/Publications/PolicyBriefs/
and the IGESC web page.
Deadline for Application and Abstract submission:
The closing date for all proposals is February 28th, 2007.
To submit your proposal please click here and follow the instructions.