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Yunus Social Business Centre@CUHK: Briefing Session on Social Innovation Activities

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Yunus Social Business Centre@CUHK: Social Innovation Activities

Date:

2 Oct 2019

Time:

7:00 – 9:30 pm

Venue:

Room 502, Wong Foo Yuan Building, These Chinese University of Hong Kong

Admission:
Enquiries:

Tel: 3943 3227
Email: timothycnor@cuhk.edu.hk

Event Details:

The Yunus Social Business Centre@CUHK will launch various activities to encourage participants to advance existing services or products to meet social needs. Through the activities like “Social Innovation Competition” and “Overseas Exchange”, participants will gain in-depth knowledge of the underprivileged and adopt people-oriented approach to address social challenges. Winners of the “Social Innovation Competition” will receive the S.I. Leadership Award (in terms of seed money up to HK$160,000) to implement their social innovation projects. Details of the activities are as follows:

Briefing Session

Date: 2 October 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Venue: Room 502, Wong Foo Yuan Building
Target: All CUHK students and alumni
Language: Cantonese
Content: 1. Award presentation ceremony and sharing session of S.I. Leadership Award 2018-19 2. Introduction to the “S.I. Leadership Workshop”, “Social Innovation Competition” and “Overseas Exchange” in 2019-20

Other Activities

1. “S.I. Leadership Workshop (I)” * and “S.I. Leaders Sharing”: October – November 2019
2. “S.I. Leadership Workshop (II)” *, “S.I. Leaders Sharing” and “Social Innovation Competition”: January – July 2020
3. “Overseas Exchange” – Social Business Regional Forum (Taiwan): April 2020
4. “Overseas Exchange” – Study Tour (Bangladesh): June 2020
* With different topics on separate occasions