The Andrews Labor Government is providing the opportunity for four local social enterprises to link up with organisations from across the globe at the Social Enterprise World Forum in Ethiopia this week. Moral Fairground, YLab Global, Justice Connect and Green Collect shared $20,000 support to travel to Africa through the Victorian Social Enterprise Strategy. The Social Enterprise World Forum 2019 is hosted by The British Council and is running in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa from 23-25 October. Social enterprises contribute more than $5 billion to Victoria’s economy – there are about 4,000 social enterprises across the state according to the Map for Impact. The Labor Government is getting on with supporting the development of the state’s growing social enterprise sector with the creation of the Victorian Social Enterprise Network (SENVIC) and funding provided to more than 60 social enterprises through the Boost Your Business Voucher Program.

Source: Ethiopian News October 23, 2019 01:30 UTC