Natalie Leal

“Courageous ideas” from around the world are urgently needed to help Turkey rebuild after this month’s devastating earthquakes – and to counter feelings of hopelessness, the co-founders of a social enterprise support body in Ankara said this week. Berivan Elis and Duygu Vatan from Impact Hub Ankara told Pioneers Post that social economy experts from around the world could help the relief efforts by sharing what had worked – and just as importantly, not worked – in other disaster zones.

Germany’s government has promised a national strategy and a “large” funding programme, but politicians may have their work cut out to prove their love for social entrepreneurs, who – at least until recently – have felt largely unsupported. The fourth annual German Social Entrepreneurship Monitor, published on 27 April, finds that social enterprises are “on the rise” and “looking to the future with optimism”.

Monetary minesweeper: involved early in reform plans, finance leaders can help map out a safe path forwards. Illustration by Katy Smith Finance staff are playing an ever bigger role in strategic decision-making – helping to spot the financial risks in new policies or reforms.