Enrico Testi

Director of the Yunus Social Business Centre University of Florence,
Italy

Enrico Testi since 2011 is the Director of the Yunus Social Business Centre University of Florence (www.sbflorence.org). In 2009 he started managing the Research Lab ARCO (Action Research for Co-Development, www.arcolab.org) .  In 2012 he started a pilot program to create an enabling eco-system for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in Pistoia called “Social Business City Program”.  In 2013 Vita Non-Profit Magazine included him in the list of the top 100 Innovators in Italy. In 2015 he contributed to the beginning of the activities of Candidate Social Business City Barcelona. He conducts researches on Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship and performs evaluations of socially aimed projects. He is also consulting NGOs, public authorities and companies on how to set up Social Businesses worldwide.