RISE - social enterpreneurship for peace building
The general objective of RISE project is to open new spaces of reconciliation for the youth of the six Western Balkan Contracting Parties (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia), through a regional program to support social entrepreneurship.
PROJECT DURATION: 3 YEARS (OCTOBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2022)
PARTNERS: SEEYN SECRETARIAT, RYCO, GROUPE SOS PULSE, OFAJ, Institut Francais
INTERVENTION LOGIC:
The project aims to contribute to the achievement of the following specific objectives:
1. Strengthening the capacity of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Western Balkans:
Result 1 – The capacities of six Local Structures supporting young project leaders are strengthened;
Six Local Structures will operate the program to support social entrepreneurship for young project leaders in the region. One structure will be selected in each of the six Western Balkan Contracting Parties. Each Local Structure will benefit from an organisational diagnostic held by GROUPE SOS Pulse which will lead to a capacity building and the delivery of a tailored methodology for the creation of the WB6 Lab ideation and incubation programs.
Result 2 - Youth aged 18-35 years old of the WB6 develop their socially impactful solutions for the development of their communities;
Six social entrepreneurship projects will be selected by each of the Local Structures, and will attend a four-month ideation phase. During the ideation phase, the Local Structure will set up a program containing a capacity building event, individual coaching, networking and mentoring opportunities and provide management
methodologies to social entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into a sustainable business model based on social business principles.
Result 3 - Social entrepreneurship projects are strengthened through a cross-border incubation program;
At the end of the ideation phase, during a demo day organised by the Local Structures the six project leaders will present their projects to an official jury that will select the two best social projects. The two selected project leaders will then attend a five-day regional BootCamp and a six-month Regional Incubation program. The Regional BootCamp will gather all the social entrepreneurs of the six Local Structures program in the same city. During the BootCamp, the social entrepreneurs will benefit from an intensive capacity building trainings, to challenge and bring their project to the next step. The regional incubation phase will end with a regional forum. The ideation phase and the incubation phase will be implemented twice during the project, in two
cycles.
2. Raising awareness of entrepreneurship among people aged 15 and above, and key actors in the social economy and entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans.
Result 1 - A regional communication strategy is co-developed by the project consortium; A common identity brand will be created to communicate at a regional level and several videos will be made to promote the program and its local structures.
Result 2 - Regional cooperation through social entrepreneurship among the WB6 youth is promoted;
The Local Structures will raise awareness of social entrepreneurship concept and impact among the young people (from 15 years old), by animating a three-day design thinking workshops. Three (3) training sessions (of 3 days) will be organised within the Local Structures. The training will focus on design thinking applied to social entrepreneurship, and will allow young people aged 15 and over to develop their design and thinking skills around social innovation. The objective of these activities is to raise awareness and to encourage the social involvement of young people in the region, who would use these tools to design innovative solutions to the problems faced by their communities.
Result 3 - A positive context is advocated for social entrepreneurship;
Advocacy actions will be implemented in the Western Balkans through a study on social entrepreneurship in the region and the organisation of a regional end-of-project forum to serve as a
platform for discussion on social entrepreneurship in the region.
project supported by:
French Development Agency - AFD
Regional Youth Cooperation Office - RYCO
OFAJ
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
Contact person:
Mirela Rajkovic
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