EconomistJapan.com: Celebrate Neumann's &Japan's gifts to humanity since 1945, all Asia Rising 1960+MacraeFriends and Family
Future HistoryEntrepreneurialRevolution.city July 2020..If you care about two out of 3 lives mattering who are Asian, nearly 60 years of miracles mapping around worldwide decision-makers considering Japan from 1962 are worth replaying -that's when my father Norman Macrae aged 39 was privileged to write his first signed survey in The Economist -the first 2 quarters of dad's 80+ years of life had been spent
**writing unsigned leaders in The Economist (eg as only journalist at Messina's birth of EU) after serving as teenager in world war 2 navigating air places uk bomber command region modern day bangladesh/myanmar -

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in 60 years


Saturday, May 31, 2014

Y source YUNUS CENTRE AT TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
.Can Asians help youth change the value chain mindsets of Washington DC's big decision-makers. This is literally what S. Korean Jim Kim is now up 2030nowjimkim2transcripts.doc, 40 KB  #2030now  for at the World Bank. Interestingly the Asian youth can rock the world movement has spread- Brookings CEO Antholis now has youthful chinese staff in his secretariat and partners Chinese superstar Yao Ming
Athlete, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
 in celebrating his education foundation. Antholis book on Inside Out China and India has info DC has never seen before- and Brookings Beijing office is now being opened by one of China's leading green energy leaders.

Professor Yunus on behalf of Yunus Centre, and Dr. Jing-Yang Jou, President of the NC University, Taiwan signed the MOU.

Nobel Chair in Honor of Professor Yunus

A “Nobel Chair" was unveiled in honor of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at National Central University (NCU).   A plaque is placed on the three person garden bench where one can read the accomplishments of the Nobel laureate. There are already 29 Nobel laureate 'chairs' created for 29 Nobel laureates, placed at different points around the specious green area of the university. A newly crafted chair, the 30th in the series, was unveiled and added to honor Professor Yunus. 

Honorary Citizenship for Professor Yunus

During his stay in Taipei Yunus delivered the key note speech at Rotary club conference. Later he addressed the Master Forum organized by the Chinese Association for Corporate Transformation, Innovation, and Advancement, which attracted over 3000 young people of Taipei at the international convention centre. Yunus told them that the future has to be built by them, they are not simply to live through what they have inherited from the past. He emphasized that they have the power to create a completely new world, without any trace of old problems created in the old world. At the start of the Master Forum, Hau Lung-bin, Mayor of Taipei, gave a speech welcoming Professor Yunus to Taipei,   and formally handed over a framed certificate awarding him the honorary citizenship of the city of Taipei.  

The First Lady of Taiwan Ms. Lin Hwai Min, who  has been a long time fan of Yunus,  and Professor Yunus  planted trees in Hua San Creative park.  Both addressed an outdoor gathering that had assembled to attend the tree planting ceremony.

Addressed Business and Professional Women Conference

Professor Yunus was invited by Dr Lu Hsiu-lien, founder-president of the Business and Professional Women of Taiwan (BPW), most admired woman political leader of Taiwan who spent 12 years in jail for leading the democracy movement in Taiwan, to address the conference of BPW. She also served as Vice President of Taiwan, from 2000 to 2008. Professor explained the concept of social business to the women's conference held at the Council Chamber of Taipei City Council. Vice President Lu is now a candidate in the upcoming mayoral election of Taipei. She is very attracted to the concept of social business, has decided to make social business part of her election platform, and plans to make Taipei a Social Business City if elected.

Reception at Yunus Centre of AIT, Bangkok 

On the way to Taiwan Professor Yunus stopped in Bangkok to attend a reception and executive dinner given by Yunus Centre at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), a multinational university of technology based in Bangkok. President of the University Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, faculty members of AIT, presidents of two other leading universities of Bangkok-- King Mongkut's University of Technology, and Srinakharinwirot University, Vice President of Bangkok University, Executive Director of Thailand Research Fund, CEOs of companies, Director of TSEO, and NGO representatives attended the reception. Director of Yunus Centre at AIT welcomed a group of sixty participants and announced that AIT will bring a delegation of 30 to the forthcoming social business day events in Dhaka on June 28.

YC-AIT has already launched initiatives focusing on Southeast Asia, including a unique partnership with the Thai Social Enterprise Office (TSEO), a government agency dedicated to promoting social initiatives. Professor Yunus addressed the gathering and thanked AIT authority for taking these important initiatives on social business.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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development of rural - pre-digital
development of rural with digital

still to solve end slums -  nairobi with bangladesh's experience can resolve this

while the  soutions now exist - finding investors will need mobilisation of both world's most powerful women and their connection with world's most mothers...
Yunus Bangladesh
Y Source

What is Nobin Udyokta (Young Entrepreneur)?


“I should never seek a job in my life; my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver.” - Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. 

Keeping the above philosophy of Professor Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Telecom Trust has created a fund to support next generation of potential entrepreneurs. The aim of this fund would be to support children of Grameen Bank Borrowers to undertake sustainable business and become entrepreneurs. They may scale up existing family business or take up new innovative ventures as a full time employment. In the process they would create jobs beyond family members.
 This programme envisions strengthening and disseminating the concept of social business through the practical realization of business idea by involving young entrepreneur(s). Nobin Udyokta Programme envisages to do value chain analysis and assisting the potential entrepreneurs by providing them with training to upgrade their skills through design development, extending working capital and introducing new channels and markets. Priority may be given to an entrepreneur who has completed diploma, vocational training or technical education in the related business.
This programme will organize screening exercise workshop at the local area for the target group/entrepreneurs to come up with innovative, conventional business ideas. Business plans will go through several layers of refinement and improvement until they are considered by the programme to be ready for investment.
 Entrepreneur selection criteria: 
1. The entrepreneur must be a child of a current or past Grameen Bank borrower (with at least 7 years association).
2.  The age of the entrepreneur must be between 18-35 years.
3. They must be Bangladeshi and will be willing to run a business individually or jointly (with no more than five partners).
The proponent of the business or entrepreneur has to justify why s/he qualifies for receiving investment for the relevant project.  Also they must outline and clarify various aspects of the project such as the risks factors, availability of raw material, and marketing strategy/policy at their end.
Each enterprise/business being adjudged for funding will be considered as an individual pilot project. Till the entrepreneur is able to take full ownership of the business project close monitoring and supervision will be undertaken by Grameen Telecom Trust.

For further details you are requested to email us at nobin.uddogta@gtctrust.com or contact us at Grameen Telecom Trust, Corporate Office: House-132 (3rd-4th Floor); Road-2, Block-A, Section-12; Pallabi, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216; Tel: 88 02 8059934, 8059938; Fax: 88 02 8059921.

Monday, March 31, 2014

APM Philippines
The 2013 Microcreditsummit from the Philippines  http://partnershipsagainstpoverty.org/ continued the emphasis on Spanish speaking summits that has seen
2014 mexico september
2013 Philippines
2011 World Summit out of Spain
2009 Summit from Colombia

Here is free download of Journal celebrating Spain - with Queen Sofia the most dedicated opinioni leader supporting this millenium goals summit series from startup in 1997


Friday, February 28, 2014

Breaking News- with thanks to our journalist networks at GrameenFrance and YouthEuropeBanking

The premier of the film of Obama's mama - Anne Dunham - her heroic celebrations of microcredit in Indonesia in the 1980s, and the inauguration of womens world banking is now scheduled for the summer film festival in seattle

 31st May Obama Mama - 6:00 PM
Intelligent, progressive, and steadfastly brave, Barack Obama’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham (a lifelong globetrotter who spent her teenage years living in Mercer Island) pursued an unexpected and profound life.
Stanley Ann Dunham was more than the mother of the first black President of the United States of America. As an anthropologist with a Ph.D and as a lifelong globetrotter, her intelligence, progressive politics, and activism made for a profound life—one whose inspiration continues to resonate through her son, President Barack Obama. Through interviews with high school friends and colleagues, film clips, and archival footage, Obama Mama explores Dunham’s travels from small-town Kansas to Seattle, Hawaii, and Indonesia as well as her work in the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements, her dedication to raising awareness of global poverty, and her development of microcredit programs to address poverty in rural villages. Dunham is indirectly responsible for some of the greatest contributions to American and global history, especially Obama’s revolutionary health care bill. She died from cancer at the age of 52 – and had incurred several hundred dollars of unreimbursed health-care costs each month due to her cancer being considered a “pre-existing condition.” The “largeness of her heart,” as her son describes it, is the centerpiece of this inspiring documentary.

Director Biography

Vivian Norris is based in Paris and holds a PhD, focusing on Globalization Studies at the University of Washington. Currently, Dr. Norris is an independent producer and director as well as writing freelance on Business, Film, and Technology for BBC Online and The Huffington Post. She founded Vigilante VNM Productions to produce independent documentaries with social messages. 
Sponsored by 4Culture, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Black Rapid Media, CityArts
Director:Vivian Norris
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Country:USA, Poland, France
Year:2014
Running Time:83 minutes

Friday, January 31, 2014

k-source

Millennials -do you know 2 of the Coolest Koreans and people on the planet?
When it comes to which of the world's biggest decision-makers are pro-youth Jim Kim at the world bank and Ban ki-moon are almost incomparable -if you know anyone else who compares please mail chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk

Note how jim kim is inviting twice a year millennials solutions
And Ban-ki Moon's youth envoy is hosting an ongoing dialogue on how can millennials own post 2015 millennium goals. Let his education envoy gordon brown is as radical in opening up pro-youth education - video tips 1 2
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microwiki exercise - help us track more from world bank live and how millennials entries are judged, mentored, invested in