Social Impact Award
Social Impact Award (SIA) empowers youth to transform society through impact-driven entrepreneurial journeys in our international community. We support their development into active citizens and social entrepreneurs that build solutions to society’s toughest challenges.
Our approach focuses on 4 key outcomes.
- We offer early-stage entrepreneurial programs and awards that give up-and-coming social innovators the tools to turn their ideas into transformational social ventures.
- Our unique approach to these support offerings puts youth in the driver’s seat and equips them with the necessary skills to become active citizens in the 21st century.
- For those not ready to embark on their journey just yet, we tell stories and run immersive events that activate them to start their own careers with impact.
- Finally, we foster an international community through accessible and supportive spaces that allow our members to connect and grow authentically.
More about this initiative
Social Impact Award (SIA) empowers youth to make a difference across Europe, Central Asia, and Africa by supporting their development into active agents of change. Since its founding in 2009, SIA has reached over 75,000 workshop and event attendees across 29 countries through a global network of local hosts. The organization supports young people in building social ventures and innovative solutions to pressing global issues through its incubation program (launched in 2015), which has engaged over 30,000 social innovators. SIA operates through an innovative licensing model that enables local organizations to run the program in their communities while maintaining connection to the international network. The organization fosters partnerships with over 1,000 organizations globally and maintains an active alumni community of graduates working on social impact initiatives.
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