RISE Journey: call for applications

The Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs is a project for motivated, dedicated young people, who are ready to learn and make changes for the benefit of the Western Balkans. The goal of the project is to support the development of social entrepreneurship and ideas that will make the region a better place.

RISE Journey is a specially adapted program in which participation is free, and it is focused on collaboration, exchange of ideas and peer learning. The program also provides the opportunity to participate in a special type of support through grants for mobility and business development, and takes place in several steps:

PHASE 1 - IDEATION (duration 3 months):

• Tailor-made support program for the development of your business idea;
• Design thinking workshops;
• Demo day – pitch presentation before the jury.

PHASE 2 - INCUBATION (duration 6 months):

• Testing and validation of an idea supported by a grant for the development of a business idea;
• Regional travel and networking;
• RISE The final event.

Applications are open until October 28, 2022, and young people up to the age of 35 from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, who speak English sufficiently to actively participate in the international program, are eligible to participate. in a team of at least two people.

The application form is available here, and more information about the competition is available in the attachment.