Region: The Netherlands

Institution: SharePeople
Website: http://www.sharepeople.nl/en/home

Summary: SharePeople connects social entrepreneurs in developing countries with European corporate professionals.

About Sharepeople

By sharing knowledge locally on specific business cases, the entrepreneur is empowered to strengthen the business and create jobs and livelihoods for the community. Through this experience, both parties develop themselves personally and professionally, using mutual interest as the starting point. Both the European corporate world and the organisations, enterprises and professionals in the developing countries must benefit and perceive added value from SharePeople’s activities. The company is demand-driven, so if the social entrepreneur requires business knowledge on a specific field of expertise which is not available locally, the European business professional seeks new ways to acquire it from members in developing nations.