An MOU was signed between Yunus Centre, Grameen Creative Lab based in Germany and Sports and Peace foundation, an international organization based in Monaco, in Monaco to help sports world to address social problems around the world through social business, said a press release yesterday.
The agreement was signed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Hans Reitz co-Founder of Grameen Creative Lab, based in Germany and Joel Bouzou, president of the World Olympians Association and president of Peace and Sports Foundation in the presence of HRH Prince Albert II of Monaco at the 10th anniversary of Peace and Sports International Forum in Monaco on December 7.
The agreement will create programs around the world for dialogue and communication with the sports world to encourage and facilitate to get them involved in social businesses to address social problems. The agreement will lead to creation of a global social business fund to support social business investments from sports organizations and sports personalities around the world.
Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus, who was the chief guest at the event, spoke about how sports and social business can contribute to a world of three zeroes - a world of zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions.
-Sports Desk
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