PROJECT TITLE
Start-up Yourself!
LEAD PARTNER
INTERA Technology Park
OTHER PARTNERS
N/A
DURATION
07/2017 - 12/2018
DONOR
U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
PROGRAM
Democracy Commission
PRIORITY AXIS
N/A
LOCATION
Bosnia and Herzegovina
TOTAL BUDGET
29.157,00 EUR
TOTAL GRANT
21.349,72 EUR
INTERA'S BUDGET
29.157,00 EUR
INTERA'S GRANT
21.349,72 EUR
Short description
The project improved employment opportunities for young people in Herzegovina, raising awareness of the benefits of entrepreneurship, supporting self-employment, and transferring knowledge from successful entrepreneurs, thus creating a foundation for future generations of new jobs in young, innovative, fast-growing startup companies that will be competitive in local and foreign markets


The goal of the project was to contribute to greater participation in the prevention of brain drain from BiH and to create preconditions for greater employment and activism of young people, through the promotion of entrepreneurship and by encouraging young people to self-employ. The first project result included increasing employment opportunities through self-employment among the unemployed, especially young people and women through one cycle of the Startup Academy with 14 teams trained during the programme. As another result, young people's awareness of the possibilities of self-employment and entrepreneurship was raised through a conference on startups and entrepreneurship with more than 80 participants.
Donor
Project is supported by U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina funds.
