“During the challenging times after the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the Catalyst 2030 Chapter becomes even more imperative to bring about tangible change to ensure the Sustainable Development Goals are achieved.”
Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohammed Azman Bin Dato’ Aziz Mohammed, CEO, Social Security Organization
Engaging Government Success Story
Launched in Catalysing Change Week 2021, members from different ministries were speaking in a chapter session. Conversations with the government continued following the sharing of the New Allies report of Catalyst 2030. Now conversations continue to include recommendations in the Blueprint for social economy that the government will launch this year. More recently, the chapter participated in the consultation rounds with the Ministry of Finance for the budget of 2022.
The Chapter has continued to work closely with the National government and in the last month they organized a round table discussion with the Economic Action Council Secretariat under the Prime Minister’s Office (Malaysia) and various social enterprises to listen to their policy thoughts and inputs.
The policy recommendations from this discussion would be critical for the EAC to shape the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Malaysia including the tax exemptions statuses, national accreditation system and annual grant disbursements. Most recently, the Chapter has been identified by the government as a significant partner for supporting social entrepreneurship as they develop the country’s Social Entrepreneurship Action Framework 2030.
The launch of the Catalyst 2030 Malaysia Chapter
The Malaysian Chapter was launched during Catalysing Change Week 2021 with Pn. Zakiah Jaafar, then Deputy Secretary General (Investment), Ministry of Finance.
The Launch was then followed by a forum discussion between founders of social enterprises in Malaysia will showcase social innovators as an untapped resource in the country. It will highlight their willingness to collaborate as well as their struggles during the pandemic and motivation in championing the social cause they have taken up. Also under discussion will be the idea of SDG-conscious projects.