RISE Call for Applications is Open

RISE – Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs is a project for the motivated, committed youth, willing to learn and change things for the betterment of the Western Balkans. We aim to support your social business ideas that will make the region a better place. 

RISE Journey consists of:

– The Ideation Chapter – lasting for 4 months

– Tailor-made programme to help you develop your idea

– Demo day – pitch presentation in front of a Jury

The Incubation Chapter – lasting for 4 months

– Testing and validating your idea supported with business development grant

– Regional mobility opportunities

– Final event

Young people from 18 to 35 years old from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, speaking English well enough to actively participate in an international program, in a group of a minimum of 2 persons that have:

Availability to participate in a program with 4 hours of active participation per week and meetups during 4 months ideation phase, whether these are in online or offline format.

– High motivation to learn about social entrepreneurship and to be involved in a regional intercultural program

– The ambition to develop a concrete idea with social impact

– The willingness to learn from other actors in the region

– At least, have identified a social/environmental issue they want to tackle

– At most, worked on their idea on a small scale / at a personal level, without having engaged in a real business activity yet.

– The idea impact is regional or local