Here's an interesting project called iuMap. The folks at NextBillion (which focuses on "bottom of the pyramid"or BOP approaches to development and has a good blog), as part of their Ayllu Initiative, have created what they call the world's largest social enterprise directory -- a world-wide map of social enterprise efforts designed to help new entrants to this world learn from others already at work. The project is just getting started but hopefully will provide a great tool for people entering the world of social entrepreneurship, or those expanding/growing social enterprises as well as academics and others interested in studying this dynamic field.
Here's a description:
"Our goal is to make it easier for social enterprises and funders to get the information they need to make decisions; we share trends and best practices, and connect social enterprises with support. We believe that resources like The Next 4 Billion report are appreciated because they summarize data that is critical to understand the size and nature of the opportunities in this space. However, we also believe a huge leap in efficiency can happen with an up-to-date, centralized source of information on social enterprise, which tracks them and distributes that information in a digestible way. That's where iuMAP comes in; to disseminate its information we'll use interactive reporting, allowing people to sort information by the criteria they need, as opposed to long reports."
(this is a screen shot of the current map from the website)
- Karol
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