Through a visual and analytical investigation, ‘‘Small is Powerful’’ provides an unusual vision of the African continent by exploring it through its small and medium enterprises (SME). Above all, the project is attached to a human vision of these companies by looking...
Youth We Can! Evening on Monday September 7 at the Palais Brongniart, Paris. What is it? The Youth We Can! Evening aims to highlight young communities working for a more responsible society. In 2015, the Youth We Can! Evening will be dedicated to the new Sustainable...
This session will take place on Wednesday 9th September and is a dedicated space for dialogue and exchange. Social entrepreneurs will be given the opportunity to test their ideas and get advice from experts, to pitch their projects to investors and to meet and network...
The President of the French Republic François Hollande will give a speech on Tuesday 8th September 2015 at the Palais Brongniart (Paris) at 17h45 during the Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty Convergences World Forum 2015. This speech and Forum at a time when...
The 8th edition of the Convergences World Forum 2015 will have the honour to receive the French President François Hollande, on Tuesday, 8 September 2015 in the Palais Brongniart in Paris. This year the World Forum will take place in a particularly strategic...
Focus on the “Combining mitigation and adaptation in the South: innovation in the value chain and fair trade” conference co-organised with Max Havelaar France which will take place on Tuesday 8th September at the Convergences World Forum 2015. Find out the...
Focus on the “Tools and policies for development: which leverages for a new paradigm?” conference co-organised with UNICEF which will take place on Tuesday 8th September at the Convergences World Forum 2015. Find out the key issues of this...
FINANCIAL INCLUSION 3.0: What’s at stake for digital finance? Between 2010, the first year the Barometer was published, and 2014, over 700 million people became bank account holders with a financial institution or users of a mobile money account, reducing the number...
The programme of the 2015 Convergences World Forum is online! Read the general outline of the programme and learn all about the three pillars and all conferences and workshops of this year’s edition on the topic “Zero exclusion, Zero carbon, Zero...
On Wednesday 3 June 2015, Convergences organised the Final of its European and International Award. The Final took place at the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) in Paris. The four Nominees for the European Award and the three Nominees for the...
