Choosing the Top 10 Social Impact Initiatives of 2020
CAF—development bank of Latin America—and business journal Compromiso Empresarial will reward the 10 most innovative social initiatives of 2020, i.e. novel ideas that had a positive impact on society.
This is the eighth edition of this initiative, which partnered with CAF five editions ago to extend the scope of the call to the entire region. In this instance, Expok, RedEAmérica and Latimpacto also joined and provided support. The chosen initiatives from previous editions are available here: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 y 2011-2012.
Last year, the urgency to find social solutions that could help curb the effects of the pandemic on the most vulnerable groups prompted us to shift the traditional focus of our call for such projects, in an effort to find the 10 most innovative initiatives to curb the effects of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups
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