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Digital innovators and entrepreneurs Wednesday, 18 September 2024 : 14:00 – 15:15 Young entrepreneurs will present their groundbreaking products and services in the field of digital technologies

Digital innovators and entrepreneurs Wednesday, 18 September 2024 : 14:00 – 15:15 Young entrepreneurs will present their groundbreaking products and services in the field of digital technologies and applications. This session highlights how innovative solutions are being designed to enhance digital skills in developing countries. The speakers will showcase projects that bridge the digital divide, empowering communities with the necessary tools to thrive in the digital age. Attendees will gain insights into the challenges and opportunities in deploying digital transformation initiatives in developing regions, and how these young leaders are making a tangible impact on communities. This session will address the following topics: The role of young innovators in shaping the digital future. Showcase of innovative products and services designed to enhance digital skills / Case studies from various developing countries demonstrating real-world impact. Overcoming challenges: strategies for scaling digital skill development projects in resource-limited settings. share insights on the obstacles faced in implementing digital education initiatives. Q&A session to discuss potential partnerships, funding opportunities, and future projects. Moderator Ms Amani Alkhiami Advisor Global Compact Network Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) Panelists Ms Aashna Taneja Lead, Program & Evaluation Labhya India (Republic of) Enabling children in the Indian education system to become effective learners Mr Segun Ogunwale EdTech Practitioner, Co-Founder/CEO Bridgia Meet Kiki – a Digital Skills for Employability Awareness and Assessment Chatbot for Students Ms Rahaf Abu Mayyaleh Founder IBTKRGO, 4Health EDU Jordan IBTKRGO-Innovators are born here Ms Lella Violet Halloum Digital Changemaker & Global Student Outreach Lead IBM Z Digital Innovators and Entrepreneurs Skills for a safe and secure use of digital technologies and online information Wednesday, 18 September 2024 : 15:45 – 17:00 With the rapid increase in cybersecurity threats, digital identity theft, the spread of misinformation, hate speech, cyberbullying and gender-based violence on the Internet, etc., Governments across the world are increasingly concerned about the safe and secure use of digital technologies and online information. In particular, the role of social media and the risks it carries for citizens and society have gained significant attention over the past years and prompted policy makers to implement policies and standards as well as share best practices. This session will explore how such risks could be addressed and mitigated through digital education and skills development programmes. It will feature various stakeholders and showcase best practice examples of how to educate citizens on the safe and secure use of online information. Moderator Ms Natia Kukuladze Commissioner Georgian National Communications Commission Georgia Panelists Mr David Wright CEO SWGfL and Director UK Safer Internet Centre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ms Rūta Jašinskienė Cybersecurity Capacity Building Expert NRD Cyber Security Lithuania (Republic of) Mr Guy Ngambeket Director and Board Member ISC2 Mr Datuk Zulkarnain Mohd Yasin Deputy Managing Director MCMC Malaysia Mr Najib Mokni Programme Specialist for Communication and Information Sector UNESCO office to the Gulf States and Yemen Biography

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Today’s corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. Not surprisingly, people are looking for

Today’s corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. Not surprisingly, people are looking for alternatives. What if, instead of tweaking the system to reduce the damage, we reorganized entirely so that both local and national economies produced better outcomes for people, communities and the planet in the first place?  That’s the essence of community wealth building, the focus of this episode with guest host Laura Flanders, featuring Democracy Collaborative Distinguished Senior Fellow, Marjorie Kelly; Preston City Council Member, Matthew Brown in the UK; and community wealth building adviser to the Scottish Government, Neil McInroy. This episode is part 2 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. (https://bioneers.org/CWBSeries) Resources Democracy Collaborative (https://democracycollaborative.org/) Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and The Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises (https://marjoriekelly.org/wealthsupremacy/) Action Guide for Advancing Community Wealth Building in the United States (https://democracycollaborative.org/publications/community-wealth-building-action-guide) | Democracy Collaborative Gar Alperovitz – Replacing Corporate Capitalism: Why We Need a Next System (https://bioneers.org/gar-alperovitz-replacing-corporate-capitalism-why-we-need-a-next-system/) | Bioneers 2018 Keynote Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas (https://bioneers.org/bioneers-reader-our-economic-future/) | Bioneers Reader Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends (https://lauraflanders.org/) , which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

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In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, creates more cooperative businesses, better care

In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, creates more cooperative businesses, better care for communities, and builds wealth for the many, not just the few. This episode features American political economist, historian, and author Gar Alperovitz of the Democracy Collaborative, along with India Pierce Lee about her work with the Collaborative in Cleveland, Ohio; and John McMicken, Executive Director of Cleveland’s Evergreen Cooperative Corporation. This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. (https://bioneers.org/CWBSeries) Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends (https://lauraflanders.org/) , which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris Resources Democracy Collaborative (https://democracycollaborative.org/) Evergreen Cooperatives (https://www.evgoh.com/) How to Make a Democratic Economy (https://lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-make-a-democratic-economy-democracy-collaborative) | Laura Flanders & Friends Action Guide for Advancing Community Wealth Building in the United States (https://democracycollaborative.org/publications/community-wealth-building-action-guide) | Democracy Collaborative Gar Alperovitz – Replacing Corporate Capitalism: Why We Need a Next System (https://bioneers.org/gar-alperovitz-replacing-corporate-capitalism-why-we-need-a-next-system/) | Bioneers 2018 Keynote Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas (https://bioneers.org/bioneers-reader-our-economic-future/) | Bioneers Reader

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Housing is a human right, or so says the International Declaration of Human Rights. But could we organize our economies with that in mind? Across the country, communities have land and properties and

Housing is a human right, or so says the International Declaration of Human Rights. But could we organize our economies with that in mind? Across the country, communities have land and properties and people who need homes. What’s stopping us bringing them together in a way that increases community wealth and wellbeing for everyone? That’s the question we explore in this episode of our special series on community wealth building, produced in collaboration with the radio and tv show, Laura Flanders & Friends. Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Writer; Saoirse Gowan, Policy Associate with the Democracy Collaborative; Noni D. Session, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative. This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. (https://bioneers.org/CWBSeries) Resources Democracy Collaborative (https://democracycollaborative.org/) East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (https://ebprec.org/) Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (https://uncpress.org/book/9781469663883/race-for-profit/) Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas (https://bioneers.org/bioneers-reader-our-economic-future/) | Bioneers Reader Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends (https://lauraflanders.org/) , which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

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Activists Marshall Ganz, Rachel Laforest and Madeline Janis describe how organized people can successfully fight organized money to deliver social change.  Marshall Ganz notes the difference between a movement (about meaning and what is good) and a special interest, how the powerful don't always win, the importance of strategy/structure and narrative and many other important aspects of activisim.  He is associated with the Leading Change Network.

Order his latest book, Why David Sometimes Wins: leadership, organization and strategy in the California farm worker movement  from Amazon by clicking on the image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

Friends of Justice, Why Stories Matter, Interview and book, Love, Power and Justice by Paul Tillich referenced in this interview and another must read.

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