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The RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) project believes that youth of the Western Balkans are talented, full of innovative ideas and eager to achieve them. That’s why we want to support social business ideas that will make the region a better place.
RISE focuses on cooperation, ideas exchange, and peer learning. We believe that when you bring youth together, we can learn, grow, and make a change.
Social entrepreneurship is a great tool to empower the change-makers and bring them to action. RISE creates a regional network of Risers, young social entrepreneurs, and supports them in making their ideas a reality.

RISERS Projects
Youth of the Western Balkans, willing to learn about social entrepreneurship by developing an idea into a sustainable social business, through a local ideation program and a regional mobility program.
They all have in common :
- A high motivation in learning on social entrepreneurship
- The ambition to develop a concrete project with social impact
- The willingness to learn from other actors in the region

The Newsroom
RISE Regional Mobility Program 2022 part 1
The RISE Regional Mobility Program has started! Since the beginning of May, Risers have been travelling to explore similar concepts
- 27 June 2022
What is the RISE Regional Mobility Program?
RISE Regional mobility program represents 12 study trips that RISE social entrepreneurs teams will undertake across the Western Balkans 6.
- 18 April 2022
RISE Bootcamp Brings Regional Young Entrepreneurs Together
SARAJEVO – The RISE Bootcamp, a six-day intense program consisting of workshops and training sessions, was organized in Sarajevo from
- 31 March 2022
Local Incubators
RISE activities are being implemented by six actors from the region:
- ARNO
- Balkan Green Foundation
- Nešto Više
- Smart Kolektiv
- IPC Tehnopolis
- Yunus Social Business Balkans
Their experience, expertise and resources make the RISE project a unique hub for regional social entrepreneurship initiatives. Find out more by clicking on the map.
The Consortium
The RISE project is developed and monitored by the Consortium consisting of RYCO, PULSE, SEEYN, the Institut français, and the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO)




