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Interview of Sakina M'Sa and her sponsor Sandrine Meunier, director of Human Resources France at Yves Saint Laurent.

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Social Entrepreneurs Awards

In line with PPR’s corporate values of entrepreneurship, boldness and adventure, three social entrepreneurs are selected every year for the economic viability and the social added value of their projects in favour of women.

The project proposer is expected to demonstrate his/her entrepreneurship spirit and previous entrepreneurial experience.
Aside from a financial grant of €15,000, the winning social entrepreneurs also receive personnal and business sponsoring and guidance from a PPR Group staff member. PPR corporate sponsors contribute their business and marketing expertise, share their insight on market analysis and positioning, and provide the social entrepreneur with open access to their business network in order to facilitate the implementation of his/her project.

Selection of the Projects

Selection Process

Selection Criteria of the Project Leader

Selection Criteria of the Project

What is a Social Entrepreneur?

Social entrepreneurs develop business projects of general interest and/or pursuing a socially beneficial goal. Such projects reconcile economic efficiency and social utility, private initiative and solidarity: fight against exclusion, create or preserve quality jobs, enhance the value of a region, secure a fair income for producers, build social cohesion, etc. Both dimensions are frequently combined with a third goal of participatory governance: involvement of stakeholders, limited returns on capital, profits reinvested into the project, etc. Social entrepreneurs explore innovative forms of entrepreneurship, seeking and finding groundbreaking opportunities.

A MENTORING TO OPEN NEW PERSPECTIVES

On June 9, 2010, François-Henri Pinault, CEO of the PPR Group and Chairman of the Foundation for Women's Dignity and Rights, awarded three social entrepreneurs chosen by the PPR Foundation's Selection Committee:

Sakina M'Sa for her work- and beauty-based integration workshop;
Anne Roos-Weil for the association Pesinet fighting against infant mortality in Mali;
Maria Teresa Leal for COOPA-ROCA, a women's cooperative in a Rio's favela in Brazil

Discover the details of their projects at the end of the page.

Launched in 2008, the Social Entrepreneurs Awards already awarded Jean-Pierre Clair (for AIL 46), Rachel Liu and Antoinette Giorgi (for Ideo), Olivier Desurmont (for Sineo) and Thomas Granier and Séri Youlou (for La Voûte nubienne/AVN). The four winners have been provided business guidance from a PPR senior executive for an entire year.

In June 2009, the Foundation extended its partnership with La Voûte nubienne with an expertise transfer project developed jointly with PPR UniverCité. Six PPR high potential executives were invited to work on an audit for La Voûte nubienne (AVN). Their assignment started in Paris on the occasion of a first meeting with the Management Team. It continued in Boromo, Burkina Faso, where they met with Burkinabe masons trained by AVN, clients and local staff, providing them with the opportunity to better assess all the impacts of this project. Backed by this unforgettable human experience, the PPR executives finalised the audit intended to help La Voûte nubienne duplicate its model.