The RISERs
The RISE project helps young purpose-driven people. After a year of training and business development, the first cycle of the RISE journey has ended. Full of dynamism and talent, our first generation of entrepreneurs is currently launching their positive-impact projects all across the Balkans!
RISE manifesto
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.
Let’s work together
and make better societies grow!
RISE Journey
RISE Journey
RISE supports young change-makers in developing their impactful ideas into sustainable social businesses. Our tailor-made support program, RISE Journey, is being implemented by 6 Local incubators from different parts of Western Balkan region.
RISE Objectives
The Consortium
The RISE project is developed and monitored by the Consortium consisting of RYCO, GROUPE SOS Pulse, SEEYN, the Institut français, and the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO)
This project is supported by the Agence Française de Développement and Regional Youth Cooperation Office.
Local
incubators
RISE activities are being implemented by six actors from the region – ARNO, Balkan Green Foundation, Nesto Vise, Smart Kolektiv, IEC Tehnopolis and Yunus Social Business.
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.
News
RISE Regional mobility program represents 12 study trips that RISE social entrepreneurs teams will undertake across the Western Balkans 6. During their trips, the supported entrepreneurs will connect with their peers and experienced businesses, …
SARAJEVO – The RISE Bootcamp, a six-day intense program consisting of workshops and training sessions, was organized in Sarajevo from 14 to 19 March. The Bootcamp brought together over 40 regional and international young …
WESTERN BALKANS – For the second year in a row, two social businesses from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, are chosen to be supported with financial grants of 2.500€, …
The first-generation RISE team, MIA bags handcrafted can’t get enough of good news! They have signed a contract with the organization ‘Kosova Women for Women‘ for a new grant that they have won in …
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This project is supported by the Agence Française de Développement and Regional Youth Cooperation Office. However, the ideas and opinions presented in this document do not necessarily represent those of AFD and RYCO
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