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OPEN CALL FOR ASPIRE | BALKANS Pre – Acceleration program for women from Macedonia and Kosovo

The program is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel with leading partner TAKT from Macedonia and partner STIKK from Kosovo, in the first chapter of the program.

Join a unique program that encourages women to become entrepreneurs and develop their business idea into a startup. The Program is inspired and partnered with ASPIRE program at AtoBe Accelerator in Jerusalem, Israel. Aspire is a Pre-accelerator program aimed towards creating a vibrant supportive community of entrepreneurial women who are looking to build a sustainable Start Up from their innovative ideas. Aspirer’s overarching goal is to provide a viable learning environment for female entrepreneurs and thus increase the number of women in leading positions in the Israeli innovation and entrepreneurship industry. By taking part in a cutting-edge pre – accelerator program, participants will achieve the goal of developing their pioneering ideas into successful ventures.

If you have an idea for a startup and you want to make this dream come to live, join us. During the program, participants will be able to explore their ideas in a tailored and supportive environment and develop innovative ways to start their businesses. The program will be packed up with guided through hands-on sessions, workshops and master classes with professionals from Israel. The program sessions will focus on:

  • Ideation and creative thinking
  • Business Model Canvas
  • Product market fit
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Legal aspects of building a start-up
  • Funding and Fundraising options
  • Presentation Skills+ coaching and practice
  • and more..

The program agenda:

  • Open call starts on 18.01.2022 until 01.02.2022
  • Program starts on 08.02.2022 until 31.03.2022
  • Demo day – April 2022

Program participation benefits:

  • Turn your idea into a startup
  • Learn from the leading women mentors in the startup community in Israel, Macedonia and Kosovo
  • Be part of a growing community that supports women entrepreneurs in the Balkan
  • Meet investors from Israel and globally
  • Chance to get funding for your business idea
  • and more..

If you want to apply, fill in the application form HERE. All sessions will be online, with an in-person Demo Day in Skopje. The online sessions on zoom will vary between 1 to 2 hours.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a program that is led by women for women!

Let’ s learn together and create more women entrepreneurs in the Balkan!