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People’s Report as a Pedagogy Tool for University Awareness to SDGs

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:33 +0000

This session will be held with university professors and students to discuss local awareness to the SDGs and the power of the people’s report to empower people and inform government, private sector and UN. Speakers’ bios: 1. Rana Dajani: Professor of molecular cell biology, Hashemite University, Jordan, Harvard Radcliff fellow, a Fulbrighter, Eisenhower fellow, Yale and Cambridge visiting professor. Research area: refugee youth and the epigenetics of trauma across generations and world expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechan populations in Jordan. Established stem cell research ethics law in Jordan. Advocate for biological evolution and Islam, Member UN women Jordan advisory council. Established a women mentor network, and received Partnerships for enhanced engagement in research (PEER) award 2014. Organized the first gender summit for the Arab world 2017. Most influential women scientists in Islamic World, 12 among100 the most influential Arab women, Global Changemaker Award for celebrating, President of the Society for the Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Arab World. Awarded the Jordan star of science by His Majesty King Abdullah II. Developed a community-based model “We love reading” changing mindsets through reading to create changemakers, received World Innovation Summit in Education Award 2014, King Hussein Medal of Honor 2014, UNESCO International Literacy Prize 2017, World Literacy Council Award 2018 and the Jacobs social entrepreneurship award 2018, Science, Technology and Innovation Award UN 2019, Ashoka Fellow 2019, UNHCR Nansen Refugee awardee 2020, Schwab Social entrepreneur 2022. Author of the book: Five scarves, Doing the impossible: If we can reverse cell fate why can’t we redefine success, Nova Publisher 2018. Reviewed by Nature. 2. Debbi D. Brock: an internationally recognized expert on social entrepreneurship and professional trainer and social change advocate for various organizations focusing on social entrepreneurship, scaling social impact and entrepreneurship education. In 2021, she was awarded her dream job working with social change leaders around the world as the Systems Learning and Development Facilitator with Catalyst2030. In 2018 she launched the Social Change Innovators online resource platform that shares innovative teaching and experiential activities with faculty from around the world that won the USASBE Excellence in Innovative Pedagogical award. In 2011, she was awarded the “Distinguished Service to the Field of Social Entrepreneurship Education” by AshokaU and won the “Best Paper in Social Entrepreneurship” award from USASBE in 2015. 3. Dr. Saleha Khumawala: is the Robert Grinaker Professor of Accounting, Executive Director of the Center for Economic Inclusion and the Founding Director of the SURE℠ (Stimulating Urban Renewal through Entrepreneurship) Program at Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. She teaches and does research in the fields of Government and Non-Profit Accounting and Social Entrepreneurship. She has published widely, has made numerous presentations at national and international conferences and has successfully led the Study Abroad India Program since 2002. 4. Rasha Istaiteyeh: An inspiring economist who would strive to serve her community development and in helping youth to access the labour market after understanding what is required from their supply side.

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How to Conduct Research on Program Impact Under Humanitarian Conditions

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:32 +0000

This session will be a panel sharing challenges and solutions for conducting research under humanitarian conditions to evaluate impact of programs. Speaker’s bio: 1. Rana Dajani Professor of molecular cell biology, Hashemite University, Jordan, Harvard Radcliff fellow, a Fulbrighter, Eisenhower fellow, Yale and Cambridge visiting professor. Research area: refugee youth and the epigenetics of trauma across generations and world expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechan populations in Jordan. Established stem cell research ethics law in Jordan. Advocate for biological evolution and Islam, Member UN women Jordan advisory council. Established a women mentor network, and received Partnerships for enhanced engagement in research (PEER) award 2014. Organized the first gender summit for the Arab world 2017. Most influential women scientists in Islamic World, 12 among100 the most influential Arab women, Global Changemaker Award for celebrating, President of the Society for the Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Arab World. Awarded the Jordan star of science by His Majesty King Abdullah II. Developed a community-based model “We love reading” changing mindsets through reading to create changemakers, received World Innovation Summit in Education Award 2014, King Hussein Medal of Honour 2014, UNESCO International Literacy Prize 2017, World Literacy Council Award 2018 and the Jacobs social entrepreneurship award 2018, Science, Technology and Innovation Award UN 2019, Ashoka Fellow 2019, UNHCR Nansen Refugee awardee 2020, Schwab Social entrepreneur 2022. 2- Catherine Panter-Brick Catherine Panter-Brick is the Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs at Yale University. A medical anthropologist trained in human biology and the social sciences, she holds appointments in the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, the Department of Anthropology, and the School of Public Health. Professor Panter-Brick is an expert on risk and resilience, having spent three decades working with people affected by violence, poverty, and marginalization. Her work with Syrian refugee youth is an example of scientific research evaluating the extent to which interventions can alleviate stress, boost resilience, and improve lives in war-affected communities. She has integrated methods from ethnography, cross-cultural psychiatry, child development, and stress biology to learn about the impact of violence on youth mental health in Jordan, Afghanistan, and Nepal. She has also led interdisciplinary research projects in Ethiopia, the Gambia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, the UK, and just recently, the US-Mexico border. For her work in humanitarian areas, she received the Lucy Mair Medal, awarded by the Royal Anthropology Institute to honor excellence in the application of anthropology to the active recognition of human dignity. Prior to coming to Yale, she was a Professor of Anthropology at Durham University and a Fellow at St Hugh’s College, Oxford University. 3- Susanna Chui Susanna’s publications cover research areas in leadership and identity, social entrepreneurship, and social impact measurement. Her teaching encompasses leadership, social entrepreneurship, sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), business ethics, and organizational behaviour. her research experience also extends to examining social impact measurement, CSR, stakeholder management and human resources issues in organizational contexts. Appointed by the Chief Secretary of the HKSAR Government, Susanna was part of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force under the Commission of Poverty from 2012-2018. Moreover, she has been engaged in social innovation and social entrepreneurship as a Director of the Fullness Social Enterprise Society. Susanna has completed her PhD in Leadership at Durham University. Her Master of Research Degree in Leadership was accomplished with the University of Exeter. Her first Master in Mass Communications Research was obtained from the University of Leicester and she holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of York. 4- Heather Flowe: Professor Heather Flowe (School of Psychology, UoB) develops memory-enhancing, broad-reach, low-cost procedures that enable witnesses and victims to achieve their best evidence in criminal proceedings, particularly in the areas of sexual violence and criminal identification. She works with survivor organizations, legal practitioners (e.g., the CPS, the police) and governments to develop best practice guidelines for documenting and investigating incidents. With Professor Dajani, she leads the Rights for Time Research Network (https://www.rights4time.com, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Global Challenges Research Fund), which commissions community-led research on humanitarian protection in the Global South, as well as the CARE project

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Universal Data Ownership

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:27 +0000

The current discourse about data, which is being mass accumulated, aggregated and processed around the world, inevitably raises the question of what is the extent to which all this powerful information transcends the core principle of human rights, thus further widening the gap of the ever-growing challenges with inequality. It is undeniable that most of the data is nowadays being managed and controlled by developed economies, within which powerful actors have been leveraging its potential as a saleable commodity in the world economy, mostly for private wealth, often to the detriment of the billions of people and communities worldwide. We are also seeing a massive data imbalance. Data is expensive and relatively hard to obtain, thus favouring big companies and organisations to invest in a large amount of data and infrastructure for greater data control. Indeed, not complying with the established rules and guidelines about data privacy is the root cause of why such colonisation of data is possible. The Catalyst 2030 community, among many other organisations and individuals working in the social economy, relies on mass information; For people and organisations working towards a SE, the SDGs, and sustainable development, collecting and analysing data enables us to generate deep insights we need to guide our initiatives and innovation toward, thus improving our overall resource efficiency. Hence, in the silos of large multilateral organisations and on the ground through NGO and Citizen sector organisations, the sector controls much of such meaningful data, which enables us to learn about the challenges and work with people, communities, and nations worldwide proactively and collaboratively addressing these. As such, we must enact upon shared principles of data ownership, privacy and control; if not, we might become marginalised by large players in the world economy and potentially lose control of all this invaluable information.

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Technology enabling conscious consumption

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:21 +0000

Bring in stakeholders in government and senior corporates in India who work with crafts and villages to stimulate economic growth. Dialogue could involve participation of Reliance Retail, Fabindia, government advisors, master craftsmen from India, Indonesia, Italy and Belgium. The core idea is to enable a deeper dialogue that will democratize design and skilling through technological intervention, thereby reducing time and money, and bring in effective participation of cross cultural equity between its various stakeholders. Summary and closing should have a concrete takeaway enabling the 3 SDG goals targeted.

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The Privilege Framework – prototyping of a community-driven and response tool

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:20 +0000

An interactive live demonstration of The Privilege Framework – a universally applicable open source community-driven assessment tool. Social entrepreneurs are aware that people have privilege when they are able to live with dignity. Inequity is measured by the numbers and the distance between the under-privileged and the over-privileged. We want a future that has harmony and thriving for the entire ecosystem. If every life form on the planet is given the same due as humans, then we begin to assess more than just human privilege. The Privilege Framework is being trialled by WG4:People Driven Development as a universally applicable open source self-assessment and response tool for a community. We invite you to be a co-creator.

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Data Management -101: Structured Approach

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:19 +0000

The main objective of the session is to focus on giving a guide to organizations specifically not for profits, corporates, HNI institutions working in the development sector to decide on how to start on their data management journey. This includes: 1) Establishing goals for the data management exercise 2) Identifying layers and integrating them with operations 3) Importance of demographic, social and cultural embeddedness 4) Incentivizing people for data lead decision making 5) Simplifying data metrices 6) Technology adoption for data management

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Systemic Innovation and Climate Action

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:18 +0000

The workshop will present the concepts and connections of systemic innovation and climate action along with strategic thinking to build resilience systems with case studies, initiatives and solutions that will be present with us on the panel. The panel will also have a cross-cutting objective to inform and train participants in the core competencies of the future, such as digital and green skills. For this purpose, collaborative and interactive digital platforms will be used during the panel in order to foster teamwork and networking. Participants will learn about innovative programs, tools and resources to activate systemic innovation and climate action in their learning ecosystems and environments.

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Artisan Digi-preneurship – The New Formal?

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:17 +0000

The event will propose an emerging model that Creative Dignity ( CD ) is developing with Digital Empowerment Foundation ( DEF ) to nurture artisan youth at the cluster level in building digital services that link self-organised artisan units to a digital community of stakeholders. The event will draw on DEF’s experience in digital empowerment of 20 years, along with CD’s vision of building agency for artisan communities. Given that 90% of artisans are self-organised micro entrepreneurs, this could be a model to position as the new formal. The event proposes a discussion around the challenges and opportunities as well as a soft launch of this model.

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Inclusive Systems: Digital transformation, youth empowerment, & gender equality

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:01:52 +0000

How can governments, funders and the private sector work together to build more inclusive systems? An interactive roundtable discussion focused around discussions at the country level in MENA and SSA from ministers with priorities in digital transformation and ICT, youth empowerment and employment and gender equality. Moderated by DOT Jordan Country Director, Hamza Shraideh, the session will bring together funders, policymakers and implementors to co-create recommendations for systems change that help scale youth-led, community impact rooted in digital. The session will explore key themes in relationship building to re-energize the SDGs and catalyze systems change. — Panelist: Hamza Al-Shraideh is the Country Director of Digital Opportunity Trust Jordan; brings experience in developing social enterprises and supporting the creation and expansion of youth-led initiatives. Dr. Ehud is an expert on Youth Employment and Skills Development with over 20 years of professional and technical experience in youth employment programs in Kenya and abroad. He is the Director of Ajira Digital project at Kenya Private Alliance, a Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs project. Giorgia Varisco is Chief of the Youth and Adolescent Section in UNICEF Jordan, leading adolescent and youth empowerment, gender equality and supporting the digital transformation agenda to support youth with digital learning and skills for the future of work, the gig economy, and addressing the gender digital divide. Dr. Fekade Getahun is the Digital Service lead at DTP, MInT. Mr. Getahun has an extensive working experience working as ICT Project Manager, ICT advisor, digital service leader, consultant, lecturer, and researcher. Peter Ulanga is Director General for Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation, and a seasoned Telecommunications/ICT professional with over 25 years of experience in operations, regulation and provision of ICT services in rural and underserved areas.

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Alimentemos la integración

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:01:47 +0000

El modelo de integración de la Fundación Comparte por una vida Colombia, “Quédate en la Escuela”, tiene como propósito contribuir a la estabilización de los flujos migratorios mixtos y comunidades de acogida a través de un modelo integral con enfoque derechos, bienestar, inclusión e integración social en Colombia. Identificando desde la evidencia, los retos estructurales y las brechas que existen en las familias migrantes y de acogida en los procesos de integración en Colombia.

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