The BBC's education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves examines the issues that politicians will have to tackle affecting schools and universities in the run up to the general election.
One criteria of Zinc-founded companies is that the resulting solution needs to be applicable globally, and that the problem being tackled affects a large enough number of people in the developed world ie ~100 million or more.
"Hollyoaks has a track record of tackling issues affecting its audience and has worked alongside government and leading charities on subjects such as domestic abuse and bullying".
It can be easy to feel that the issues we are trying to tackle only affect us, or that we have a unique solution that could not apply anywhere else.
"It's extremely disappointing that Ukip has failed to recognise or agree to help tackle issues affecting the way certain groups of people can live freely as themselves without fear of persecution or discrimination.
Known as a "Peace Corps for geeks," CfA works with mayors' offices, department heads and agencies to tackle problems affecting local communities using technology.
Overall, the Executive Board session highlighted the need for a more coordinated approach to tackle challenges affecting children and women, including those caught in emergency situations, such as the ongoing flood disaster in Pakistan, the food crisis in Niger and the earthquake in Haiti.
What examples have you seen of interesting development projects tackling issues that affect teenagers?
The Forbes.com daily Stock Focus is tackling diseases that affect millions of Americans.
Like other viewers of the cartoon programme, girls at the BRAC school are fond of Meena, a spirited nine-year-old girl who braves the world tackling issues that affect children just like themselves.
