For a week, 100 countries worked in parallel with the promotion of entrepreneurship and social innovation and Chile, of course, would not be left behind.
The idea of \u200b\u200ba Global Entrepreneurship Week was born in England in 2004 and since then every year there are new nations. In Chile, it takes place six years ago led ForoInnovación and Endeavor, and unlike previous versions, for the first time included a social component, for which added a Roof For Chile and AVINA experts. Among the experts participating was Jonathan Ortmans, world president of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Valeria Budinich, Vice President ASHOKA, Bruce McNamara, President & CEO TechnoServe, Leyla Velez, Beleza Natural, enterprising founder of Endeavor, Salim Ismail, CEO Singularity University and former vice president of Yahoo, and Cecilia Castro, president Leaders Corporation "We are also Chilean." Week Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2010 includes various activities both in Santiago and the regions. The most important was the day of Thursday 18 November at the Plaza of the Constitution, which all day was held a "seminar" fair "is open to the public in both Chilean and foreign guests to participate in panel discussions and workshops.
The exhibition consisted of nine panel discussions to be held in parallel in workshop format. The topics were: reaction and action of social entrepreneurship to disasters, high-impact entrepreneurship; technological integration and improving productivity and social impact, transforming the world in recycling, since resumed, fall and rise again, sustainable neighborhoods, after housing, inclusive business.
Can we change the world with recycling?
Recycling Workshop During the various experts met to discuss the initiatives and challenges that currently exist in this area. The panel included the exposure of three entrepreneurs who have experience of innovation in the recycling process, and conveyed the importance of this issue on the world, and especially in our country, which only recycles 14% of waste generated.
The first speaker was the Colombian Silvio Ruiz, of the Recycling Association of Bogota, who has worked in the assembly of chains including recycling recyclers large commercial base and productive, which allowed him to develop projects together with the IDB. Ruiz was emphatic in saying that the only way to optimize the recycling process is making the community at large aware of the importance to the care of the planet and the economy. 
also stated his case Gonzalo Munoz, a private world entrepreneur who developed a model of community-based recycling collection waste containers and recycling points where the material collected is processed, classifying and "wrapping." This system allows to control the amount of recycled material and use is given. The third forum was invited Jorge Aravena, director of the Cooperative of Recyclers of The Queen, who shared the experience of an organization that takes only 3 months running, and that with the help of the Municipality, Avina Foundation, the National Movement Recyclers of Chile, among others, has successfully prosecuted more than 15 tons short this time. Aravena
emphasized the importance of community centers for the collection, due to fire and pest it means to have private stockpiles in homes. He highlighted, as are the other panelists, that the only way that municipalities and businesses to optimize their processes, including recycling is based recyclers, which in Chile recycle 65% of the national total, and often not are valued and are left out.
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