Application Deadline:Varying
Applications are now open for the Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs. RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) with its ten partners, supports any venture by young people in the Western Balkans that aims to have a positive social or environmental impact on their ecosystems. After the success of its first and second cycle, RISE has launched its third phase with a focus on enabling young people in the region to get to know each other better, exchange ideas and create new synergies to promote reconciliation in the region.
Requirements
You are between 16 and 35 years old.
You have the willingness to learn from other actors in the region.
You are a person from Western Balkans 6 (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia).
You worked on an entrepreneurial idea on a small scale / at a personal level, without having engaged in a real business activity yet.
You have a high motivation to learn about social entrepreneurship and to be involved in a regional intercultural program.
Your idea impact is regional or local.
Program Details
The Ideation Chapter (from October 2024 to February 2025): You will have access to a series of trainings, and mentoring sessions about social entrepreneurship and interculturality. At the end of the ideation chapter, you will present your social business model addressing the identified problem, with impact and sustainability. Two of the best social business ideas will be selected and will receive financial support of €2,500, an expedition in Western Balkans and a regional incubation programme. The third best social business idea selected will be able to take part in the expedition in Western Balkans.
The Incubation Chapter (from March 2025 to June 2025): The support programme continues with a regional dimension!
You will complete the training with the aim of creating a working prototype of your idea, while travelling around the region at a regional Bootcamp to meet Risers and at the RISE expedition, which will introduce you to the region’s social enterprises.
More Info: Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs
