Social Business Innovation Program in Cape Town, South Africa
Context
Faced with an increasingly global and changing political, economic and social context, it is urgent to generate ethical and sustainable actions that have a positive impact against unemployment, poverty and inequalities.
Social entrepreneurship generates responsible and transformative business models, proposes innovative business solutions based on social justice and economic and environmental sustainability.
Cape Town is currently one of the most cosmopolitan cities on the African continent, with an excellent quality of life, an open and diverse society, and with a great projection of economic growth. Therefore, it is also an ideal place to develop projects based on social, economic and environmental sustainability, projects to transform the lives of millions of people in the world
Learning Objectives
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Training program that offers a broad view of current economic, social and environmental problems and that encourages the development of skills to generate ethical, fair and innovative business models.
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Students will work in a practical way in the identification, formulation and resolution of conflicts, applying measures of sustainability and social responsibility.
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The course proposes specific training actions to understand the global impact of sustainable development and encourages the acquisition of skills to generate agile, critical and innovative thinking, and to develop a responsible business attitude.
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Likewise, it trains students to acquire skills in the intercultural field, in the analysis of systems and in the transversal application of sustainable measures in business design and in the creation of companies.
Developed activities
The course proposes various training actions to understand the impact of sustainable development in a global economic, environmental and social context.
Students will be able to acquire skills to integrate the challenges of global and local sustainability in the business field.
They will assess the impact of social, economic and environmental sustainability and generate feasible solutions by designing real businesses for local organizations and communities.
The training program incorporates the analysis of formulas to guarantee the financial soundness of the business while being ethical, inclusive and respectful of the environment, as well as the study of programs with clear indicators to measure the impact and results of the project.
The planned academic modules cover competences in multiculturalism, global citizenship, business innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability.
Expected Results
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Train the next generation of leaders for the creation and management of social and sustainable companies.
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Train students to develop creative and innovative actions in the business field that solve economic, social and environmental problems with a global and multicultural vision.
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Equip students with the necessary skills to identify and solve business problems in an ethical and sustainable manner; and empower them to develop an entrepreneurial spirit based on critical, responsible, committed and creative thinking.
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Development of indicators to measure the economic, social and environmental impact of its actions.
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Deep understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda and their transversal application in economic and business activity.
Training
complementary
Global Youth Academy is Lea Global’s e-learning platform that offers training on the United Nations 2030 Agenda and how to adhere, through action, to the different SDGs. All projects include 120 hours of training at the Global Youth Academy, as well as continuous online support on the subject developed.
