Deadline: 15-Feb-21
The House of Europe funded by the European Union, is inviting eligible applicants for its Grants for Personal Projects in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship. The program is designed to support professional and creative exchange between Ukrainians and their counterparts in EU countries.
Find a mentor from the EU, take part in an industry online conference to meet entrepreneurs from abroad or create a social entrepreneurship course that will help those who are just starting out, set up business processes – the program will support.
How is a Personal Project?
- A project that is not related to applicant current work tasks. This should be a new initiative for which you will take responsibility.
- A project with a focus on applicant professional growth. They need to gain experience in project management, new skills and useful acquaintances.
- A project involving the EU or the UK. Applicant can learn from European colleagues or present their ideas to them.
- Training, internships, networking, blogging, events, running a training course – any initiative that is useful to applicant can be a project.
Funding Information
- The grant offers up to € 4,000 for applicant personal project involving the EU or the UK. Use it to implement an idea that has been bothering applicant for a long time.
Priority Areas
In general – anything that fascinates and that can be useful for Ukraine. The priority is the following topics:
- Establishing and developing partnerships with social entrepreneurs from the EU and the UK;
- Scaling of social business and strengthening the influence of social enterprises;
- Professional development of social entrepreneurs and development of social enterprises;
- Popularization of social entrepreneurship in various disciplines, development of educational programs on social entrepreneurship.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program invites:
- Founders, directors and managers of senior and middle management of officially registered social enterprises that receive income from activities;
- Trainers, mentors and teachers in the field of social entrepreneurship.
- The program only accepts individual applications. They cannot submit a team project.
- Applicant cannot profit from the project. They also cannot order services from the organization where they work.
- Applicant will have five months to implement. It is necessary to plan, implement and report on the project during May-September 2021.
- The program accepts applications only from professionals who have reached the age of majority. There are no other age restrictions.
- Only citizens of Ukraine and only those living on its territory can apply.
- If applicant has received the mobility grant, they cannot apply for this opportunity.
For more information, visit https://houseofeurope.org.ua/opportunity/156