One of the most urgent - but not widely explored - questions at the centre of the debate on transitioning to the Green Economy is how to engage with and deploy the main engine of the global economy - small, micro- and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs). Given the right public policies, SMMEs can create significant numbers of green jobs, help to strengthen social structures and resilience at the local level, and use natural resources sustainably. But insights are needed into how best to shape these policies.  As a champion of social and environmental entrepreneurship, now with considerable experience of working with locally-led start-ups, SEED unquestionably has a contribution to make.

- Helen Marquard, Executive Director of the SEED Initiative - 

Do you want to :

• learn about SEED's significant expansion, and how SEED offers an ever-more comprehensive package of support to try to fill some of the gaps encountered by social and environmental entrepreneurs
• discover more about SEED's focus in Africa
• find out about the insights revealed SEED's first high-level Symposium on the Green Economy, in South Africa, and
• gain a better understanding of the obstacles and opportunities social and environmental enterprise face

then visit our Reports section and read the 2011 SEED Annual Report.