Deadline: 3-Jun-23
Applications are open for BeChangeMaker 2023 – the global social entrepreneurship acceleration programme brought together by WorldSkills and the HP Foundation.
Accelerate your business idea and become a successful social entrepreneur with their global social entrepreneurship acceleration programme.
Categories
- Become a Promoter
- Become a Partner.
Become a Promoter
- Why should you join as a promoter?
- Community access
- Get access to BeChangeMaker community platform.
- Win a thank-you gift
- Win a thank-you gift as the best promoter.
- Networking
- Follow and network with your favorite teams and programme partners.
- Free access to training
- Get free access to business and social entrepreneurship training.
- Support your favorite team
- Support your favorite teams to turn their ideas into reality.
- Make this world better
- Through your support you make this world a better place.
- Community access
- Who is it for?
- Social Entrepreneurs
- Past BeChangeMaker teams
- Fans of the official teams
Become a Partner
- Why should you join as a partner?
- Partner promotion
- Visibility on their website and profile on BeChangeMaker community platform.
- Community access
- Get access to BeChangeMaker community platform to follow the progress of the teams.
- Networking
- Connect with other partners and mentors.
- Promote your offers
- List special offers on their platform to promote your products and services.
- Social impact
- Connect your brand as an enabler for driving positive changes in the world.
- Help teams succeed
- Support and empower young social entrepreneurs.
- Partner promotion
- Who is it for?
- SMEs & Enterprises
- Be part of the driving force for positive changes by offering your know-how, products, and services to help social entrepreneurs succeed and get inspired by doing so.
- Startup Accelerators and Educational Institutions
- Connect and expand the ecosystem of your accelerator through the BeChangeMaker network. Allow new opportunities to emerge.
- Entrepreneurship Influencers and Educators
- Provide your knowledge, extend your network, and help us empower young social entrepreneurs from around the world.
- SMEs & Enterprises
Eligibility Criteria
- Are you 18 to 35 years old and have a business idea with the potential to bring positive impact and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? BeChangeMaker is a series of skill training projects made available yearly to 30 teams of skilled and talented young people, to help you explore your career potential as social entrepreneur.
- An online training programme that inspires action on global challenges through social entrepreneurship and the power of skills
- BeChangeMaker provides access to high quality learning content on HP LIFE, tools and technology for startup acceleration, dedicated coaching, mentoring and customized support, as well as the opportunity to tap into a diverse global network of potential supporters and investors.
- HP LIFE, a programme of the HP Foundation, provides 32 free online learning courses for entrepreneurs, innovators, and small business owners worldwide.
- Interested? Form a team of 2 to 5 people who share your vision, record a video, and submit your application before 3 June!
- The 30 teams selected to take part in the programme will be officially announced on 9 June.
- The programme will kick off with an orientation on 12 June.
- The finalist will pitch their social business ideas in front of a live audience and judges at WorldSkills General Assembly 2023, in Dublin, Ireland on 29 September 2023.
For more information, visit BeChangeMaker.