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Small Equity Initiative (SEI) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to education, advocacy and activism to improve the capital markets for both small business entrepreneurs and investors. SEI itself is a small operation today with big objectives intended to improve access to capital for small, start-up and early stage businesses and improve the return on investment potential for the individuals and institutions that invest in the small business sector. SEI also aims at improving the opportunity for self-directed retail investors to profit from over-the-counter investments. The Small Equity Initiative (SEI) plans to build a community for small business investors and entrepreneurs aimed at improving the collective understanding of how the small business and over-the-counter markets really work today and how it can be improved in the future. SEI is based in the U.S. but serves the global small business community.
Small Equity Initiative is a member of the Disaster Risk Reduction - Private Sector Partnership (DRR-PSP) and has committed to the 5 Essentials for Business in Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.