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ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

A community formed to foster self-employment and social entrepreneurship among people with disabilities

What do we do

We gather and distribute crucial information required by individuals with disabilities to initiate a business or become self-employed. Our aim is to assist you throughout every phase, starting from the point when you just begin consideration of possibilities.
Get inspired by
success stories
With real-life examples
of success from our
partner countries
Learn
essential skills
With our collection of
free of charge online courses
in various languages.
Get informed about
legal frameworks
With our info on
social entrepreneurship legal forms
and related support measures.
Find support
for you business
Using our carefully selected
resource library on your country's
support infrastructure.

Goals of the project

Why starting a business is a good option for people with disabilities and how we are going to increase the rate of self-employment and entrepreneurship among people with disabilities
Read about our project

Goals of the project

Why starting a business is a good option for people with disabilities and how we are going to increase the rate of self-employment and entrepreneurship among people with disabilities
Read about our project
“Raul Pietrobon, the owner of Cambratech – goods for visually impai...”
“Ilka Roggmann-Mäckel, a Senior Citizen Assistant from Germany”
“Suren Maghakyan, Founder of a camp for children with disabilities”
“Finn Arild Thordarson, General Manager at Supervisuell”
“Tim Herwig, founder of “Mountain over Head””
“Olga Poloshovets, Founder of the inclusive social and cultural cent...”
“Burhan Oral – founder of a technological company for facilita...”
“Ashot Mkrtchyan — Founder of an inclusive gym, PwD rights activist,...”
“Vlad Andreev, Photographer, Chisinau”
“Renato Brignone, the founder of “Tompoma” – Manufacturing of high-q...”

Community Leaders

Having a disability doesn’t have to be an obstacle to success. Our short video films based on the experiences of social entrepreneurs with disabilities provide an example of what is possible when you have the courage to take a chance.
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Creativity
Dealing with Others
Developing and idea
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ELDORA_HANDBOOK
How to establish and manage social enterprises? Handbook
Coping with Uncertainty & Risk
Developing and idea
Finances
+5
BSC Publications for Social Enterprise...
BSC publications from Armenia provide relevant knowledge for building and strengthening social enterprises.
Coping with Uncertainty & Risk
Creativity
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
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UKRAINIAN SOCIAL ACADEMY — FROM IDEA T...
This online pre-accelerator by the Ukrainian Social Academy, developed with the University of Vienna and Sa...
Coping with Uncertainty & Risk
Developing and idea
Finances
+3
Advanced Online Social Entrepreneurship
This online course from Armenia provides an introduction and five thematic modules on social entrepreneursh...
Developing and idea
Learning through Experience
Mobilising Resources
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COURSE “MARKETING FOR SOCIAL BUS...
This course introduces social entrepreneurs to the basics of marketing, including target audience analysis,...
Developing and idea
Mobilising Resources
Motivation & Perseverance
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ONLINE COURSE “SOCIAL ENTREPRENE...
This free five-week Prometheus course, a Ukrainian-American collaboration, teaches how to launch, finance, ...
Creativity
Dealing with Others
Developing and idea
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ENTRE4ALL E-LEARNING PLATFORM
The Course addresses the need of people with disabilities to acquire Entrepreneurial, Digital, Financial, ...
Developing and idea
Finances
Learning through Experience
+1
Social Enterprise: From Idea to Start
This publication is intended for people interested in creating a social enterprise. It presents examples fr...
Coping with Uncertainty & Risk
Creativity
Dealing with Others
+5
Social ENTrepreneurship for IMmigrants
The educational material (tools and methodology) have been developed by project partners in the frame of SE...
Dealing with Others
Developing and idea
Learning through Experience
+2
ONLINE COURSE “SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ...
This course provides practical knowledge in five sections for social and non-profit actors on employing peo...

Learning courses

With the right resources, anyone can create and run a successful business, regardless of their physical or mental limitations. Coursework can cover everything from budgeting and marketing to networking and customer service, giving entrepreneurs with disabilities the tools they need to build a successful business.
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Consulting
Funding
Germany
Support for starting a business from Federal Employment Agency
Coaching
Mentoring
Networking
Training
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Republic of Moldova
ECO-Răzeni – Social Entrepreneurship Development Initiative in Moldova
Coaching
Mentoring
Networking
Training
+1
Georgia
Social Enterprise Alliance
Consulting
Ukraine
State Employment Service – Professional Training for Job Seekers
Training
Republic of Moldova
Professional Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
Consulting
Funding
Georgia
Women Startup
Funding
Slovenia
SPIRIT Slovenia – Public Agency for Entrepreneurship
Funding
Germany
Micro-Mezzanine Fund Germany
Networking
Training
Armenia
EU4Youth: Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development (SEED)
Funding
Other
Training
Republic of Moldova
Employment Support Programs for Job Seekers

Find Support for you business

Government and non-government entities provide vital assistance and resources for initiating and running businesses, encompassing financial aid, networking opportunities, free consultancy, and more, all readily available within your country.
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Social enterprise (legal status)
Non-profit legal entities (association, institution, institution), as well as commercial companies, coopera...
Social cooperative
The Social Cooperative is a particular form of Cooperative aimed at providing services to the person or at ...
Foundation
Charitable foundations in Germany are typically funded through an endowment, which is a pool of assets or c...
Association
A "Dernek" in Turkey refers to an association, which is a type of legal entity formed by a group of individ...
Legal entities – subjects of eco...
Legal entities operating as subjects of economic activity in Ukraine may take any organizational and legal ...
Natural Persons (Individuals) register...
Natural persons registered as private entrepreneurs operate with the primary goal of generating profit or i...
Commercial organizations (mainly as LLCs)
Legal Framework for Social Entrepreneurship (Organizational and Legal Form: Commercial Organization / Limit...
Non-entepreneural (non-commercial) leg...
Most social enterprises in Georgia exist in the legal form of a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity. U...
Individual entrepreneur
Under Georgian law, an individual entrepreneur is not considered an enterprise in the formal legal sense. H...
Self-employed persons (natural persons...
Self-employed persons are natural persons who operate with the primary goal of generating profit or income,...

Legislation Info

Learn about legal form and regulations of social entrepreneurship in your country and support measures related to it
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