Ioana Bauer, president of the eLiberare organization, has been named the first Romanian winner of the Schwab Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship, one of the most prestigious international awards given to leaders who develop systemic and scalable solutions to some of the most pressing global social challenges. This is the first such recognition for a social entrepreneur from Central and Eastern Europe in the last 15 years. As a Schwab Foundation Awardee, Ioana Bauer will participate in