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UKM – Yunus Centre for Advancement of Social Business (UKM-Yunus CASB)
Social entrepreneurship is broadly defined as the use of innovative business methods to solve social problems through the establishment of a for-profit institutions, non-profit or 'hybrid' between the two types of organizations. Organization that develops social business is an extension of the concept of CSR practices improvisations performed by a non-profit organization. Professor Mohammad Yunus, Nobel Laurete, 2006 was a precursor to the social business now have a place in most developed countries.

The center should use the strength of its relationship with Professor Mohammad Yunus, the incumbent 'Laurette in Residence' at UKM. UKM-Yunus CASB activities planned activities housed in collaboration with Yunus. Although these activities can be carried out through the formation of Excellence Chair Yunus, SMEs should take the opportunity to work directly as the establishment of a chair can sustain a direct relationship with Professor Yunus and the Yunus Centre. SME relationships and strategies for capitalizing on Professor Yunus necessary as he is the mediator of SMEs with social business establishments international level. YUNUS has become a premier brand that facilitates SMEs to learn and practice the approach used to implement advocacy and research in social business. This collaboration will also provide advantages for SMEs operating-Yunus CASB will adopt the procedures outlined by the Yunus Centre in accordance with local requirements. Thus, a collaboration with 'Yunus Center' proper place.

UKM-Yunus CASB relationship with Yunus Center does not limit the potential of SMEs to create its own approach in implementing social business to spur social entrepreneurship knowledge. Through the study of 8 niche SMEs from the ICT research for example, a lot of potential social business programs can be created from the target community (not necessarily the poor only) are bringing together expertise academically and community involvement.

Since a decade ago, countries such as Japan, the United States and England have been doing business this social. Now in Malaysia: government institutions, academics and business practitioners have begun to emphasize on social business and social innovation. The third group experience proved that every social business activities should influence and improve the social values of a community and unbroken in profit organizations. Any attempt to set up a version of Professor Yunus social business must meet the 7 key principles implemented in 2011 Grameen Creative Lab. Among other things it should aim to eradicate poverty or problems related to education, health, access to technology and the environment that threaten humans. Yunus Social Business is only just being able to return the cost of investment and any profit financier reinvested in the business to achieve social well-being.

Efforts to set up a social business center at UKM it was time as an ingredient for building a culture of eco-system and social business have formed with the formation of 8 niche research, offering entrepreneurship programs at graduate and undergraduate levels in FEP and minor in entrepreneurship in several faculties, advocacy activities conducted by community and academic staff capacity building in the field of entrepreneurial SMEs.

Establishment of UKM-Yunus CASB will create a center that can be a reference point in the region as Malaysia can be a laboratory for research on the social impact of social and business activities of social business programs. The center will combine research and education through cooperation with international bodies such as the Yunus Center and foreign universities like NUS are active with social entrepreneurial activities in addition to the built-in expertise of SMEs themselves.

Objective UKM-Yunus CASB
The establishment of this center is to meet the following objectives: Trigger and culture of social science and business skills among the students and staff of UKM in collaboration with social business practitioners from organizations based and not based on profits, government agencies and GLCs;

1. Promote and undertake advocacy with communities using social business approach

2. Conducting and coordinating activities for the empowerment of the target group through a planned program of education and

3. Be a resource center to create a database of social entrepreneurship in the region

4. Networking with social business practitioners and business center Yunus social world that Malaysians in general and SMEs in particular appear in the world of social business network map.

Reference

 * [Yunus Center Website]
 * [Yunus Center Wikipedia]