Profession / role:

business consultant

Company / organisation:

Yunus Social Business Albania

Website (if you have one):

http://www.yunussb.al/index.php/en/

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Consultant

I am looking to discover or buy

Partners, Promotion instruments, consulting in the fashion field (textile industry), in order to support Rozafa social business. Rozafa is a social business created with the support of Rozafa Foundation and Yunus Social Business. It acts as a bridge between independent handicraft workshops in Albania and the global consumer markets, providing sales, marketing, logistics, and administrative services to 13 workshops employing about 150 vulnerable women in rural areas. As a social business, it reinvests all profits for greater social impact.

About me / About business or organisation:

Yunus Social Business (YSB) helps create social businesses around the world. YSB runs as social business itself by setting up incubator funds and providing advisory services to companies, governments, foundations and NGOs. YSB has been co-founded by Peace Nobel Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus,Saskia Bruysten,Sophie Eisenmann and Hans Reitz. YSB Albania is a branch of the international company Yunus Social Business located and working in Albania to support social businesses in Albania

Career history / Company history:

Yunus Social Business Albania with the support of the Government of Albania and various national and international organizations, since mid-2012, have started implementation of the Social Business Movement of Albania, aiming to promote and support development of social businesses in various regions and sectors, and tackling key social and environmental issues of most marginalized social groups of the country.

The YSB Albania team consists of global social business experts and local experts. YSB Albania focuses on two important activities: incubation and investment:

1-Social Business Incubator: Consulting, coaching & network-building for social business projects
2- Social Business Fund: Investment on the best social business projects
As a social business, it reinvests all its profits for greater social impact.