Groupsia launches!

On December 17, 2008, Groupsia International became an officially incorporated organization in Canada. Groupsia – pronounced (Group - see - ah ) is a social enterprise that builds on much of the work of Bellanet over the last 14 years.

Groupsia is also part of the Bellanet Alliance of Social Entrepreneurs, an innovative international group of organizations based in Canada, Costa Rica, Nepal, and Uganda who have formed an alliance that builds on the work Bellanet started. Groupsia will represent Bellanet in Canada, and along with the other partners, internationally.

Groupsia has an informal advisory group comprised of some of the original innovators of Bellanet including its founder and first director David Balson, Micheal Roberts and Sam Lanfranco who helped to conceptualize Bellanet and Lucie Lamoureux who has become known around the world for her continuing work on km4dev. As well, John Vekar, who has a background in media, cultural funding and policy, is an informal advisor.