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Filipe Santos

Conference reports Filipe Santos 29 September 2020

Social innovators are driving the digital infrastructure for a more sustainable and inclusive future

At this year’s annual EVPA conference, the EIB Institute hosted a session, which I moderated, showcasing how social innovators are adapting their business models to the pandemic situation. We had presentations from eight european social …

Opinion Filipe Santos 23 August 2017

Pathways for scaling impact

The rise of the social entrepreneurship movement in the last twenty years unleashed a powerful engine of innovation for society. Thousands of engaged citizens – social entrepreneurs – construct and implement novel solutions to neglected …