WESTERN BALKANS \u2013 RYCO, GROUPE SOS Pulse, the South East European Youth Network (SEEYN), the Institut Fran\u00e7ais and the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO\/OFAJ) are announcing the selection of six local structures for the implementation of the WB6 Lab project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local structures, selected among 45 applicants from the Western Balkans, will contribute to opening new spaces of reconciliation for the region\u2019s youth through social entrepreneurship. They will deliver a support program, composed of an ideation phase and a regional incubation phase and will assist the development of a total of 72 early stage impacting projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program aims to enable young project leaders to develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing their communities and to enrich the regional social entrepreneurship ecosystem. This support program for social entrepreneurship will be implemented in two cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Final list of selected local structures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the occasion of publishing the list, RYCO Secretary General Mr \u0110uro Blanu\u0161a pointed out that RYCO is looking forward to working with the selected local structures on bringing the young people of the region together through social entrepreneurship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe strongly believe that true cooperation in the region is possible only when you start connecting people from a number of different fields. Social entrepreneurship is certainly a good opportunity for creating a better region for all of its citizens,\u201d Mr Blanu\u0161a underlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive Director of Groupe Sos Pulse Mr Kevin Goldberg agreed and added that getting those six new partners on board is a very important step taken towards powering up social innovation in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are very much looking forward to this collaboration and mutual support that will take the youth towards a more sustainable, inclusive and reconciled society,\u201d Mr Goldberg emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SEEYN Executive Directress Ms Mirela Rajkovi\u0107 said that a prosperous and peaceful region is possible if we raise a generation which has a vision of economy through social lenses, where economical activities will also contribute to social justice and be an engine of sustainable development and progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn these terms, we are glad to start partnership with Local Structures from the SEE region and enlarge our team with people who believe in a better region and youth as main drivers of the progress,\u201d Ms Rajkovi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The WB6 Lab project consortium welcomes new forces in their goal to open new spaces of reconciliation for the youth of the Western Balkans through social entrepreneurship. We also thank all the applicants for being interested in becoming our partners and invite them to follow the project activities and keep their great work in making the Western Balkans a better place for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about the project here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n