Austria

FRIDA – Independent, Free and Open Legal Help for Asylum Seekers
After working with refugees and asylum seekers for years, Ariane Olschak, Farah Saad, Marianna Mkrtchian und Philipp Schmidtmayr knew what was needed in the community:

Pioneers of Change – Community of Innovators With Social Mission
“Pomali is a Caribbean island in the midst of Lower Austria.” says Martin Kirchner in an interview for a podcast and starts to laugh right

European Youth Award: Join the Movement!
Officially established in 2012 by Peter A. Bruck the EYA is a European-wide movement of and for young innovators that organizes several activities and events

Austria: How High Living Standards Can Restrain the SE Ecosystem
Austria’s social entrepreneurship scene is small but dynamic. The main reason why the sector is still in its early stage is the relatively high level

Otelo – Open Spaces for Creativity and Experimentation in Rural Areas
Since 2010, in more than 30 villages and cities in rural areas around Austria a new kind of place has gained ground – the “Open

Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Austria
In 2013, the Vienna University of Economics & Business conducted a report which maps out the current state of the social entrepreneurship network in Austria.

Ashoka
Ashoka is a global support network of social entrepreneurs. Its main instrument is a fellowship programme whose basic idea is as follows: After a selection

Social City Wien
The Matching Platform “Social City Wien” has been launched to promote social enterprise, covering both well-established SÖB and GBP and new bottom-up initiatives and targeting

Impact Hub Vienna
For idea stage development of social business ideas, Impact Hub Vienna started a one-year education program for students called Social Impact Award. Impact HUB Vienna

Austrian Young People and Entrepreneurship
In July 2016, TechCrunch published an article titled “Austria: The up-and-coming early-stage investment capital of Europe”. To many, Austria can seem like a country of

Useful links and Interesting facts – Austria
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