The Duality of Roles of Social Entrepreneurs

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In India now there are 2,800 town vending committees or TVC's as they call them and this is really in the hands of those street vendors to negotiate. What Arbin Singh is doing he's building up the leadership capacity the negotiation skills of these street vendors so that when they happen to be at the same table with municipality representatives they are able to speak up and protect their rights. Olga: We also found many examples of this in between role that social entrepreneurs play to to organize a community and then be the actual point of contact for that community for government and become very useful and productive there. I think it also brings us back to this question about when are the social entrepreneurs

In the second episode of Season 2, Sascha Haselmayer and Olga Shirobokova explore the role communities play in keeping governments accountable. You will hear examples of how social entrepreneurs from Peru, the UK, Romania, India and the US empower people affected by a social problem to take charge and effectively engage with governments in order to improve public services.

If you are interested to learn more about how social entrepreneurs can effectively work with government and what are the examples, we encourage you to have a look at our new free online course on this topic at https://academy.vc4a.com/courses/trabajo-con-el-gobierno/ (Spanish version) and www.ashoka.org/working-with-government (English version). The online course and the second season of the Ashoka Systems Change podcast were developed thanks to the support and in partnership with PES Latam.