Dear Dean Abela
Class of 2017-2018 is greatest Franciscan-Entrepreneur Values Opportunity to Change the World
Why?
2 Factors:
Pope Francis’ Motherland Argentina hosts G20
Everywhere China ’s Xi Jinping travels to meet national or business leaders he asks 3 questions:
ü What missing infrastructure (rail, bridges, ports pipelines etc) could change local connectivity with the world
ü What digital big data small platforms and apps can change the world eg Ali Baba’s worldwide free trade platform for small enterprises, understanding blockchain partners of end poverty and leapfrogging interventions (ie where a market sector (eg cashless banking) is changed by technology preferentially applied to poor before established value chain owners knew what was happening
ü How could targeted vocational education including 4 languages (English, Chinese, Mother Tongue, Coding ) change the world of youth opportunities
On May 15 China Belt Road summit was joined by 29 national leaders (including heads of Argentina and Chile ) as well heads of world bank, IMF, UN
Maps of 11 sub-regions of the world were recommended for ongoing collaborative analysis – South America being one
There is also the opportunity to change choices of Donald Trump. Kissinger briefed both Jinping and Trump in December that the last thing youth anywhere needs is a cold war of sustainability goals where every nation has to choose between China and USA as an ally. The Chinese Diaspora are working really hard on keeping all information flows open for trumps advisers – ultimately they would even like to convert him to green and no walls but they will keep sharing maps benchmarking development progress in all the dimensions above
In addition to published communiques, Chinese students and I have collected many hours of taped conversations including why the new head of the UN sees china’s way forward as a gamechanger for refugees. We also partner a hotspot device developed by Intel so that up to 50 people can catalogue practical videos wherever they want to open space update summits on multilateral development
I also have connections with may of the greatest girl empowerment solutions hubs after 10 years of visits to Bangladesh and now 3 years of visits to Beijing . China ’s development revolution is based on respecting “women hold up half the earth”.
If you are not the right person at Catholic University to discuss all this with but someone else is please advise me
Thanks
Chris Macrae
Bethesda 240 316 8157
Norman Macrae Foundation