Across the world there is ongoing debate about how to reform the public sector to deliver better services for all. The panel will consider how social entrepreneurs can interact with government to change the culture of the public sector and innovate to bring about improvements in the provision of public goods. Speakers will explore new relationships between different sectors and the potential for radical new hybrid organisations.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
10:00 - 12:00, Thursday, March 27, 2008 BSTSpeakers
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SpeakerChair of the Development Planning Unit, University College LondonProfessor Yves Cabannes is Chair of the Development Planning Unit at University College London. He has coordinated numerous research and research and development programmes in Asia, Latin America with African and Arab partner institutions on urban and municipal governance-related issues…
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SpeakerFounder & Chairwoman of the Board, Instituto DaraFounder and Chairwoman - Vera Cordeiro graduated in medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1975. From 1978 to 1998, she worked at Hospital da Lagoa, a Federal Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originally working as a general practitioner. She founded and led the…
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SpeakerProfessor of Public Policy, University of WashingtonSteven Rathgeb Smith is the Nancy Bell Evans Professor at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He joined the faculty at the Evans School in 1996. Smith previously served on the faculty at Duke University and Washington University in St Louis. He is the co-author of…
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SpeakerProfessor of Public Service and Director, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard UniversityDavid Gergen is Professor of Public Service and Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also editor-at-large at US News & World Report and is a Senior Political Analyst for CNN. He also regularly serves as an analyst on radio…
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SpeakerFounder, Spring ImpactDan founded Spring Impact based on his experiences working across a range of social sector organisations, and his frustration on seeing great ideas not scaling up. With Spring Impact, Dan has developed scale strategies and implementation plans with over 200 organisations ranging from Skoll…