ImagineNations Group is a global alliance of social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, investors, financial institutions, global brands, media and organizations — all working together to empower and inspire a new generation of successful young adults in the developing world with opportunities, employment and livelihood.
ImagineNations Group is participating as a partner of the Obama Administration’s Global Entrepreneurship Program and E-Mentor Corps, an initiative designed to provide concrete support to new and existing young entrepreneurs.
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ImagineNations Group is a partnership-based global network that provides young entrepreneurs with the financial capital, technologies, and business/leadership coaching that young women and men need in order to start micro- and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets.
The managing director of ImagineNations Group is Alan H. Fleischmann. He is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Bank-ImagineNations Global Partnership for Youth Investment (GPYI). Besides himself, ImagineNations' other board directors include International Youth Foundation and ImagineNations Group founder Rick Little, Financial Times Chairman Sir David Bell, author and former Smith College President Jill Ker Conway, Harvard University's Jane Nelson, and Former Finnish President and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Martti Ahtisaari, among others.
ImagineNations Group was awarded the 2008 Goodwin Award for its work around the globe. The award was presented by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz in Siena, Italy.