Residents” Breakout Session - Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development in Asia. IBEKA establishes hydro power facilities with and for local residents “Not the development capital but the local residents should be able to utilize local resources” 150 participants shared their experiences Indonesia is composed of 17,500 islands. Since the electricity supply chain is not stable, 90 million people out of the entire population of 234 million do not have access to electricity. In such situation, Tri Mumpuni, the president of IBEKA, found ‘local resources’ as the clue to solve poverty and energy problems. Tri Mumpuni received Magsaysay award this year for contributing in eradicating poverty and helping rural communities to become energy independent. The breakout session entitled ‘Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development in Asia’ that took place on the 16th was a venue for social entrepreneurs around the world to share their vivid experiences in fighting against problems that Asian local communities are facing such as poverty, energy and the environment. Mumpuni emphasized that it must be the local residents who can develop and utilize local natural resources, not external development capitals. Her case study was the project in Cinta Mekar region which established hydro power facilities via collaboration between local residents and local governments. The project spread to 68 other local regions. The business model that IBEKA created while establishing hydro power facilities in small islands of Indonesia allows the local residents and local enterprises to share the profits. The residents have the priority to use the generated electricity and the rest of it is sold to the government. The local community and local enterprises split the profit in half. Mumpuni said, “The community used the profit to found schools and medical centers in poor areas. Indonesian government could solve the electricity problem in rural agricultural areas as well.” If Mumpuni led solving the poverty and energy problems with hydro power, Heuksalim, a domestic social enterprise, found a possibility in organic agriculture in rural areas. President Lee Tae-geun argued, “In order to revive the dying rural communities and the lost agriculture, ‘low investment and small harvest’ should be the solution model rather than ‘high investment and large harvest’.” He explained that organic agriculture revives he soil, enabling the sustainable agricultural practices. It also protects the consumers’ health as well as the ecosystem. His consistent argument that social enterprises can provide a way for agricultural communities and low-income urban communities can live in harmony by connecting the farmers and consumers gained the participants’ support. Seo Hyung-soo, the principal of the Social Entrepreneurship School, mediated the discussion. 150 participants including social entrepreneurs, civic activists and students filled up the discussion room. Lee Kuang-taek, the president at Work Together Foundation, said, “For Asia’s sustainable development, not only social enterprise but also governments should play an important role. The government claimed that it would give approval credits to a thousand social enterprises by next year. It should consistently support social enterprises not only quantitatively but also qualitatively.