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The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) seeks to develop inclusive policy generating employment and growth for enterprises
Public-private vocational education initiative expands to 2 more states in India
Lend A Hand India is disrupting vocational education across India, having formalised collaborations with 2 more state governments
Greater Chennai Corporation to build rooftop vegetable gardens for midday meals in schools
Now seeking Rs5.6 crores to set up gardens and hire caretakers, and expertise to make the programme financially sustainable.
Janaagraha: Increasing fiscal transparency to encourage participation to finance urban infrastructure
The national database to be a repository of municipal finance information with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in India.
(Credit: British Council) SUMMARY: In February 2019, Thailand passed the Social Enterprise Promotion Act. The Act outlines several key components and enabling measures that will be launched to accelerate the…
Read More“India’s impact investing market is largest in Asia (Financing the Future of Asia: Innovations in Sustainable Finance, AVPN). The union budget for 2019-20 proposes setting up a stock exchange to…
Read MoreIn November 2018, the Pakatan Harapan government announced Budget 2019 for Malaysia titled, ‘Credible Malaysia, Dynamic Economy, Prosperous Rakyat’. There was a heavy focus on creating institutional reforms, improving people’s…
Read MoreAPFx is a one-stop digital platform for AVPN members to identify collaboration opportunities with the policy community that mobilises financial, human and intellectual capital. Write to policy@avpn.asia to list your collaboration opportunities.
The Inclusive Business policy aims to push for business models that will sustainably tighten the link of small enterprises into the value chain of big businesses in the agricultural and tourism sectors.
Read MoreThree-way public-private partnership, where the non-profit (Lend A Hand India) delivers technical and domain expertise, funded by private capital (JPMorgan Chase Foundation) and backed by the state governments’ (Delhi) policymaking power to scale up vocational education in the state
Read MoreThis policy initiative will support Chennai’s Corporation schools to set up vegetable gardens for mid-day meal schemes. This is achieved by involving children in maintaining gardens under supervision to learn about better waste management and nutrition.
Read MoreA national database of city finances that is credible and timely, covering financial & operational performance information to create an ecosystem of greater transparency in performance of municipalities and facilitate private participation in urban infrastructure through PPPs and Municipal Bonds.
Read MoreThis project aims to build a vibrant care food ecosystem in Hong Kong by launching initiatives to set standards in care food (e.g. measurement of softness), share best practices, transfer knowledge and build capacity of caregivers and market suppliers (e.g.…
Read MoreThe Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), a Government of India initiative under NITI Aayog, is a platform intended to promote entrepreneurship among women in India. WEP enables registered women entrepreneurs to access support services through its various partners and connects registered…
Read MorePanIIT was nominated as strategic non-profit joint venture partner with the Government of Jharkhand for a special purpose vehicle (SPV) in Skill development and Livelihood creation for Market driven self-sustainable training.
Read MoreThe initiative aims to mitigate climate change and achieve environmental sustainability on the agenda through creation of platforms for citizen engagement and Government (all 3 levels) partnerships.
Read MoreThe Centre for Sustainable Municipal Finance aims to improve the financial health of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) through research and providing consultancy and implementation support to the Central Government (MoHUA and Fifteenth Finance Commission), State Government (Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Delhi, Karnataka…
Read MoreTo reduce malnutrition in Ranchi through convergence of departments, upgrade of infrastructure, capacity-building of prime workers and data infrastructure development
Read MoreTo become a pioneer centre of excellence in the area of vocational skills by offering industry needs-based, high quality technical skills training, soft skills development and employment assistance to tribal youths.
Read MoreThe Lighthouses of Pune is a sustainable livelihood program for the urban disadvantaged youth that aims to inspire agency in youth and foster workplace competencies for better livelihoods outcomes.
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