START UP – YOUR FUTURE
To show refugees (and migrants) that self-employment can be a good option, mentoring partnerships are formed with so-called Gründerpaten. These are volunteers – entrepreneurs, people interested in start-ups, employees in management positions or Wirtschaftsjunioren. They give guidance to the refugee and share their business network and entrepreneurial spirit. By setting up mentoring partnerships, the idea […]
Read moreMICROFINANZA E SVILUPPO
The association Microfinanza e Sviluppo onlus, promotes microcredit, financial education and support projects for micro enterprises in Italy and developing countries, as well as information, training and research initiatives in the field of microfinance and development – related issues, through public and / or private funds. The project is aimed in general at immigrant subjects, […]
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Accesso al Micro Credito per Immigrati (Access to Microcredit for Immigrants) The project was funded by the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Citizens and by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies. The aim was to experiment strategies to facilitate the access of the immigrant population to microcredit programs already existing on […]
Read moreThe People’s Trust service
The People’s Trust offers financial support to entrepreneurs who wish to either create a new business, or grow an existing business, but are having difficulties in accessing credit. The financial support can be up to €10,000 per business and it is in the form of: Zero interest loans: The loan is provided directly to the business […]
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Cooperatives, associations, rural development groups and social enterprises can apply for guarantee for loans in a bank. This is a model that have a substantial impact on the Social Economy in Sweden. Cooperative, associations, rural development groups among others are in a bad position getting loans from the traditional finance system. Mikrofonden is owned by […]
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