Entrepreneurship is crucial for disaster risk reduction and building long-term community resilience. The project on “Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship in Disaster Risk Reduction to Build Community Resilience” funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) aims to foster long-term community climate resilience in Malaysia and Cambodia by empowering young female social entrepreneurs to develop their own disaster resilience plans. The 3-year project is implemented by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM) (http://www.ukm.my/seadpri/). Key partners include the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) (http://rupp.edu.kh/), Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) (https://gsm.org.my/) and Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) (http://ancst.org/). The project conducts action-oriented research and capacity building activities.
A hands-on training of trainers on Social Entrepreneurship for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cambodia was held on 10 August 2021. The purpose of the hands-on training was to familiarize participants with the understanding and philosophy of social entrepreneurship and provide a step-by-step process on how to develop as well as sustain their own social enterprises. The trainings comprised presentations on the status of social enterprises followed by fundamentals of social entrepreneurship including development of a business model with respect to disaster risk reduction. The online event was attended by about 20 participants from various backgrounds comprising undergraduates, graduate students and academics, primarily from the field of geoscience.
The slides can be retrieved below:
Status of Cambodia Social Enterprise, Dr. Isaac Lyne
Social Entrepreneurship for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Shazlinda Md. Yusof
