First there was the “impact factor.” Then came the “h-index.” Now, for those who believe that scientific prowess can be measured by statistical metrics, comes the Acuna-Allesina-Kording formula.
The following post is an attempt to develop a regular writing routine after some extended leave and was catalysed by some recent readings and thinking.
La Mort Si On En Parlait a pour volonté de briser le tabou, bouger les lignes et requestionner le sujet à l’ère du XXI siècle à travers 3 thématiques phares
הילמ"ה- הייטק למען החברה, היא חברה לתועלת הציבור וללא מטרות רווח, שהוקמה ב-2018 על ידי בכירים בעולם ההיי-טק הישראלי, המבקשים להפוך את ישראל למובילה עולמית בתחום חדשנות האימפקט,
על מנת לתת מענה לאתגרים ציבוריים וחברתיים.
הילמ"ה הוקמה בהשראת יחידת 8200 הצה"לית, והיא מכשירה דור של צעירות וצעירים מוכשרים ושאפתנים לפיתוח פתרונות טכנולוגיים-חברתיים פורצי דרך לתועלת החברה.
הפתרונות של הילמ"ה מתוכננים בהתאמה מלאה לצורכי החינוך, הרווחה והבריאות, ומתקבלים באהדה רבה על ידי לקוחות, קולגות ושותפים לדרך.
SEI has now launched the first Swedish version of the REAP Programme, a scenario planning tool targeting stakeholders with particular interest in assessing footprints and environmental impact at the local level, primarily Swedish local and regional authorities.
The Cabinet Office’s Centre for Social Impact Bonds has developed two new tools to assist the development of the bonds: the 'Knowledge Box' online portal and a template service agreement contract.
However, the nature of philanthropy is also changing, according to Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, the $4bn (£2.6bn) -endowment charity founded by John D Rockefeller in 1913.
“There simply isn’t enough money in philanthropy and in governments and development aid to solve all the problems in the world effectively,” she says.
“So we’ve been looking at ways to unlock private capital and the innovation and the energy of the capital markets towards a social purpose.
“We started to see a number of very wealthy younger investors who were saying that they didn’t want to do their philanthropy with the right hand and their investing with their left hand.
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) represent a new and particularly disruptive form of social service privatization that bears resemblance to the introduction of public private partnerships for the development of hard infrastructure. Social impact bonds pose a major risk to the preservation of valuable public services. Based on this detailed critique, unions and non-profit organizations involved in the delivery of services to people must oppose them.
Recently the Government announced that it was pulling the plug on the Peterborough Prison Social Impact Bond (SIB) pilot, despite an interim evaluation showing “promising results”.