CENTRE YUNUS PARIS
The Centre Yunus Paris was created in September 2017 by Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Grameen Bank Founder and Honorary Citizen of the City of Paris. Invited by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the Centre Yunus Paris is settled in the heart of the city, at “Les Canaux”, the house for solidary-driven and innovative economies.
First Yunus Centre outside of Bangladesh, the Centre Yunus Paris is the permanent resource center for social business in France. It intends to promote a world of three zeros: zero poverty, zero unemployment, zero net carbon emissions.
our missions
Be a resource &
information center for social business
The Centre Yunus Paris is fully included in the Parisian ecosystem of social economy: incubators, information platforms, funders, public authorities, labs.
Participate to the
Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games
The Centre Yunus Paris represents Prof. Yunus in the relevant governing bodies of Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games and is an active stakeholder of Impact 2024.
Promote
Social Business creation
Promoting social business emergence and development is at the very core of our mission. The Centre works to facilitate the creation of social businesses.
We are the resource center for Social Business in France.
Poverty does not belong in civilized human society.
Its proper place is in a museum. That’s where it will be.
PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS
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⚠️ Dernier jour pour postuler au programme Start Us up! https://t.co/CkJvEuDvGa
📣Rapport du @Yunus_Centre sur les travaux des #YSBC, universités engagées dans la recherche pour le #socialbusiness 👀@BurgundySB @Chaire_eti @UnivCatholille @EMLYON @tawhidChtioui @ESCPeurope @sciencespo @SdeCourcelles @Montpellier_BS @Bourcieu
Academia Report on Social Business 2019 https://t.co/FYPkEoF47m
Couldn't say it better than #ProfYunus ! @Yunus_Centre Thank you for long-term commitment and limitless imagination to make the first inclusive and environmentally responsible Games in history 🙏🏅@ESS2024
We have embarked on a challenge in order to make responsible games. Let's make the enthralling journey of the games more meaningful. https://t.co/TnzWKdmTX0
Very sad about the dramatic fire that ravaged our cathedral #NotreDame 😢 Soon will come the time to rebuild 🙏🏼