The six Local Incubators are organizing a series of the informative sessions for all the young entrepreneurs from the Western Balkans interested in taking part in the RISE Journey. The informative sessions aim to give answers to all the questions regarding the program and ongoing call for applications.

The schedule of the informative sessions is the following:

Albania

16 September 2020, 5 PM

Bosnia and Herzegovina

21 September 2020, 12 PM

Kosovo*

16 September 2020, 1.30 PM

Montenegro

18 September 2020, 11 AM

North Macedonia

17 September 2020, 3 PM

Serbia

16 September 2020, 5 PM

Background

On the project

The RISE project is developed and monitored by a consortium composed of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), GROUPE SOS Pulse, South East European Youth Network (SEEYN), Institut Francais, and the Franco-German Youth Office (OFAJ), and implemented by six local incubators: ARNO, Balkan Green Foundation, Nesto vise, Smart Kolektiv, IEC Tehnopolis and Yunus Social Business.

The general objective of RISE is to foster reconciliation in the Western Balkans through the promotion and strengthening of social entrepreneurship in the region. The project opens new spaces of reconciliation for the youth of the Western Balkans, through a regional program to support social entrepreneurship.

This project is co-funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO).

On social entrepreneurship

A social enterprise is an operator in the social economy whose main objective is to have a social impact rather than make a profit for their owners or shareholders. It operates by providing goods and services for the market in an entrepreneurial and innovative fashion and uses its profits primarily to achieve social objectives. It is managed in an open and responsible manner and, in particular, involves employees, consumers and stakeholders affected by its commercial activities.

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