Today’s sessions: DAY 3: Wednesday, 11 May

9:00- 10:00 CEST 

• Voices Of Nature In Human Decision Making │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Social Empowerment In Fragile Contexts │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Empathy Project  │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Impactful Stories Of Quality Education In A City With Wealth Disparity │ Direct Zoom Session Link

10:00-11:00 CEST  

•  The Practice Of Mind Body Movement – Leaning Into Our Full Intelligence │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Teaching Tips for Social Innovation │ Direct Zoom Session Link

10:30-11:30 CEST 

• Engaging Africa’s Philanthropists In Africa’s Development │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Environment Conservation And Climate Change Mitigation │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Permaculture/ Eco-Friendly Agriculture In Nepal │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Media And Public Policy │ Direct Zoom Session Link 

• Dance Movement Therapy (Dmt) In Promoting Mental Health And Wellbeing │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Catalyst Offers And Needs Market 2022 │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Role Of Religion To Women Empowerment │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Who Is Responsible For Quality Education In India? │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Understanding Social Entrepreneurship in Asia: Appraisals and Critiques .│ Direct Zoom Session Link

11:00-12:00 CEST  

•  Catalyst 2030 Informative Session (Arabic) │ Direct Zoom Session Link

11:30- 12:30 CEST 

• Cambio Climático: Puerto Rico Y La Agenda 2030 │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Shifting The Narrative For The Social Sector │ Direct Zoom Session Link

12:00- 13:00 CEST  

• Catalyst 2030 South Africa Chapter Launch │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• 6 Elementos Para Un Enfoque Sistémico │ Direct Zoom Session Lin

12:30-13:30 CEST  

• Free Your Mind – Take A Break │ Direct Zoom Session Link

14:00-15:00 CEST 

• Catalyst 2030 Kenya Chapter Launch │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Diferentes Formas De Enfocar El Cambio De Los Sistemas │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Catalyst 2030 Nigeria Chapter Launch │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Boundaries In Networks │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Follow Up To The Future Of Education Report With Youth Empowerment Circles │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Loving Me More By The Power Of The Heels │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Exploring A Practical New Operating Model For Sustainable Development │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• How Established Companies Can Catalyse Social Change With Entrepreneurs │ Direct Zoom Session Link

14:30-15:30 CEST  

• C2030 Temp Check: Understanding The Landscape Of Climate Action In The Sector │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Gastronomía Social En La Práctica │ Direct Zoom Session Link

15:00-16:00 CEST  

• Building Bridges for Impact & Launch of StartPoint .│ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Catalyst 2030 Liberia Chapter Launch │ Direct Zoom Session Link 

• Post-Covid Economic Recovery And Gender Balance │ Closed-door session

• Tendrel Catalyst Exploration Session │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Powering Net-Zero Growth In Rural Africa │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Ubuntu Leadership – Africa’s Gift To The SDGs │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Involving Boys And Men In Initiatives Towards Gender Justice │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Catalysing For A Better Community │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Taking On The How Of Systems Change By Developing Powerful Transformation System │ Direct Zoom Session Link

16:00-17:00 CEST  

• African Forward │ Direct Zoom Session Link 

• Social Justice Index │ Direct Zoom Session Link

17:00-18:00 CEST  

• Food Narrative – Africa’s Contribution To The SDGs │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Catalysts And Corporates: Accelerating Collaborative Systems Change │ Direct Zoom Session Link

18:00-19:00 CEST  

• Alternatives To The Mass Incarceration Of Women And Criminalization Of Poverty │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Why Lead With Half Your Power? │ Direct Zoom Session Link 

• Youth Social Innovation In Emerging Markets: A Case Study From Kenya And Haiti │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Healing Trees- Experiences And Results │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Online And Offline Media Tools To Educate Youth │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Saúde+: Atuação Sistêmica Para O Desenvolvimento De Ocs’s │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Becoming Net Positive: In Conversation With Paul Polman │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Developing Mindset And Career Avenue │ Direct Zoom Session Link

19:30-20:30 CEST 

• The Role Of Youth In Fighting Food Insecurity │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Testing Circular Foods Systems In Rural Ethiopia │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• The Adolescent Transformative Justice Project │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• The Role Of Higher Education In Addressing The Global Refugee Crisis │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Equipping Funders In Systems Change │ Direct Zoom Session Link

• Building A Strong Executive Summary And Pitch For Your Organisation │ Direct Zoom Session Link

20:00-21:00 CEST 

• Sharing Social Innovation Best Practices: Teaching & Training Resources for Social Entrepreneurs │ Direct Zoom Session Link

Contact: Lynne Smit
Communications Lead, Catalyst 2030
Email lynne.smit@lesacommunications.org

Connect. Celebrate. Accelerate.

23 April 2021 – Catalyst 2030, the global movement of social entrepreneurs and social innovators who are collaborating to achieve the SDGs by 2030, will be holding its second annual Catalysing Change Week from 3 to 7 May 2021.

“At Catalysing Change Week 2021, we will unite experts, social innovators, and representatives from the private sector and governments to showcase, listen to and come to understand one another. Participants in the event will be able to tap into the collective wisdom around systems change while forging partnerships across countries, regions and sectors,” said Jeroo Billimoria, spokesperson and one of the movement’s co-founders.

Catalysing Change Week 2021 will host 120 online sessions over five days, covering all major time zones. Session presenters will include Catalyst 2030 Award winners and finalists who will bring their own distinct contributions to the programme, as well as Catalyst 2030 members and changemakers from around the globe.

The Week will build on the success of Catalysing Change Week 2020 which had an audience of over 4,000 individuals. Together, participants represented more than 1,600 organisations across 131 countries.

This year’s themes reflect the priorities of the movement in this unique period of our global history. The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to delay the achievement of the SDGs by 50 years or more. It is in this context that the creation of a space for the world’s top social innovators to interact, co-create and share best practices is even more important.

The sessions will be structured around these three key themes.

Connect. As a core principle in our Theory of Change, we serve as honest brokers who foster connections between various stakeholders in our ecosystem. Our objective is to create an environment that enables collaboration and co-creation as we, together, seek to address the most pressing issues of our time.

Celebrate. Celebration is a great way to encourage, inspire and re-energise each other as we go about our work. We showcase best practices, creating a ripple effect as other stakeholders adopt these practices in addressing their specific challenges.

Accelerate. We bring key stakeholders together to create tangible outcomes for policy making. This is particularly relevant as we engage with governmental stakeholders. As outlined in our Embracing Complexity, Getting from Crisis to Systems Change and New Allies reports, social entrepreneurs’ collaborations with governments are key to bringing about change and achieving the SDGs at local, national, and global levels.

The overarching goal is to foster an improved understanding of the conditions that best allow social entrepreneurs and their allies to thrive. This understanding will then be translated into tangible policy recommendations and programmes that can be implemented globally.

To achieve this goal, Catalysing Change Week 2021 has six key objectives.

1. Celebrate positive systems-change models
2. Build commitment to systems change work in policymaking
3. Showcase practical problem-solving abilities within the network
4. Bring the voices of unheard people to the conversation
5. Accelerate efforts to achieve the SDGs by 2030
6. Learn from all network members and build capacity

Registration for Catalysing Change Week 2021 is free.

For more information, visit https://catalyst2030.net/about-the-campaign/

Download the overview document here.

Notes for editors

Catalyst 2030 is a global movement of social entrepreneurs and social innovators from all sectors who share the common goal of creating innovative, people-centric approaches to attain the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Joining forces with communities, governments, businesses and others, Catalyst 2030 members are changing systems at all levels through collective action and bold, new strategies.

Launched at the World Economic Forum in January 2020, Catalyst 2030 comprises more than 500 proven social entrepreneurs who are active in over 180 countries and who directly reach an estimated two billion people. We believe in collective action and that bold new strategies are needed to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

For more information about the work of Catalyst 2030, or to arrange an interview, please contact Lynne Smit at: lynne.smit@lesacommunications.org.