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Thank you for your interest in attending this historic forum. You can book your seat by registering at www.sewf2019.org/about/register-now/. All registrations have fee details and we have suitable payment system in place for both local and international attendees. Please make sure to follow the instructions to secure your seat. To find out more updates and program details please visit www.sewf2019.org.

The forum has a registration fee with discounted rates and early bird registration fees. The logistics and costs involved in staging the largest global event in the social enterprise calendar in 2019 are considerable. Planning takes two years, and venue related costs alone come to £110 per person. 72% of the costs will be met by sponsorship, and 28% of the event costs will be met by delegate and exhibitor ticket purchases. Unfortunately, currently we do not have funding or sponsorship available for registration. In future if we do, we will put it up on our website. Please therefore periodically check our website to find out information regarding any offers we might be able to offer.

To give you a bit of a background on the forum, the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) is the leading forum for international exchange and collaboration in social entrepreneurship and social investment. The success of the event in galvanising the global movement of social enterprise has created a platform for learning, sharing of good practice, ideas and creating partnerships, has made it the main forum for the social enterprise sector. The annual event was first held in Edinburgh in 2008 and has since been held on six continents. For SEWF partners and participants, the event will be a rich opportunity to: build networks and partnerships, showcase innovations and thought leadership, support policy and systems change, develop individual learning, and build institutional capacity building The forum has the following activities as part of it: a youth week; academic symposium; policy forum; exhibitions; African themed reception; Ethiopian cultural evening; and urban and rural study tours.

The SEWF 2019 programme is now full and we are no longer accepting speaker enquiries. Thank you for your interest.

The conference is open for all participants with a small registration fee. To attend the forum, please register online. You can book your seat at https://www.sewf2019.org/about/register-now/

The Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) is the right platform to meet with likeminded people from around the globe at different stages in their impact driven enterprises. Moreover, in Ethiopia there is an association you can link with to find out more. Social Enterprise Ethiopia (SEE) was set up by seven visionary social entrepreneurs in 2019 to develop the social enterprise sector in Ethiopia. SEE brings together the larger community of social enterprises, aspiring social entrepreneurs, government bodies, supportive organizations and individuals through our various programs, initiatives and events to help build a vibrant social enterprise ecosystem. As a membership body, SEE supports members on their journeys from set-up to growth and expansion through its growing networks. You can get in touch with the association to find out more: Website:  www.socialenterpriseethiopia.org Contact Number:  +251 90 079 9877 Facebook page: www.facebook.com/seethiopia/