YSB Balkans’ vision is that entrepreneurs in the Western Balkans are empowered to take bold actions towards bringing significant positive change to the society. Hence, our mission is to enterprise people and equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, tools and means to design, test, build and grow entrepreneurship initiatives that have the potential to create positive impact for the society.
YSB Balkans supports entrepreneurs and development of the inclusive and social entrepreneurship sector in the region through: (i) designing and implementing social/impact entrepreneurship inspiration and awareness campaigns; (ii) running incubation and acceleration programs; (iii) investment readiness programs; (iv) providing coaching and mentoring to social and impact entrepreneurs; (v) facilitating access to financing for social and impact oriented startups; (vi) providing guidance and implementation support to entrepreneurship development projects and actors; and (vii) supporting development of an enabling entrepreneurship ecosystem in the region.