Changemakers Lab
The Changemakers Lab in Lesvos runs several activities, with the most important one to be the Accelerator, a four-month incubation programme in collaboration with the University of the Aegean where students, refugees, volunteers and other stakeholders collaborate to test, implement and accelerate ideas for tech-enabled businesses. The organisation’s longer-term vision is to build a global […]
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Through the initiative “Welcommon”, the social cooperative “Wind of Renewal”, together with public and private (NGO) partners from Greece and other countries, was able to cover the basic needs of up to 200 refugees and promote their education, training and integration into the labour market. The WELCOMMON Hostel has a quite uncommon history. For many […]
Read moreEntrepreneurship Counselling- workshop series
Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity has organized 2 Entrepreneurship Workshops in 2019 for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers with a duration of about 3 hours. The action started with the introductory workshop “How to grow a business idea” by Yannis Vikas, economist and researcher (PhD, MBA). In addition to the general information about […]
Read moreAthens Solidarity centre
The Center’s doors opened in December of 2014 and since then the Center is an exemplary best practice of cooperation between a public stakeholder (Athens Municipality), the local civil society and institutional funding bodies, such as the EEA Grants, that have supported the Center’s operation since its launch in 2014 until April of 2016. The […]
Read moreBusiness Coaching Center (BCC) program
The main goal of the program is the support of marginalized social groups, tackling of social and economic exclusion to establish their own business and create new jobs, leading to economic and social development. The BCC program is comprised by three compulsory modules: 10 seminars on development of entrepreneurial competences (business model canvas, (digital) marketing, […]
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