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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
“Jure Srebrovič – founder of the personal assistance institution”
“Renato Brignone, the founder of “Tompoma” – Manufacturing of high-q...”
“Giorgi Dzneladze — Chairman of “Coalition for Independent Liv...”
“İlknur Peder, Founder of a company for personal consultations ̵...”
“Giorgia Scudato, Founder & Manager of a Nursery school”
“Alla Bochkovskaya — Blogger, co-founder of a prosthetic leg covers ...”
“Oleg Kolpatschikov, Consultant, coach, activist, co-founder of the ...”
“Vibeke Marøy Melstrøm, Uloba – Independent Living Norge SA, S...”
“Aljoša Škaper – Founder of the web-portal – www.pridem....”
“Katrin Putschbach and Daniela Thörner, founders of a social enterpr...”

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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Developing and idea
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Self-Awareness & Self Efficacy
Business Development
A course, developed by the University of Patras For whom? All who plans to start own business Course Object...
Coping with Uncertainty & Risk
Developing and idea
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
+4
TE.EN. Farm – Entrepreneurship ...
TE.EN. Farm is an Erasmus+ project aimed at integrating Entrepreneurship Education (EE) into technical seco...
Finances
How to Write a Business Plan
This online course introduces the structure and main components of business planning, including market anal...
Coping with Uncertainty & Risk
Creativity
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
+3
UKRAINIAN SOCIAL ACADEMY — FROM IDEA T...
This online pre-accelerator by the Ukrainian Social Academy, developed with the University of Vienna and Sa...
Creativity
Developing and idea
Finances
+5
Making projects
SUYSE: Starting Up Young Social Entrepreneurs 
Developing and idea
Planning & Management
Self-Awareness & Self Efficacy
+1
Free E-Learning Specifically for Socia...
SENSES is a free, EU-funded e-learning platform with six practice-oriented modules tailored specifically to...
Developing and idea
Mobilising Resources
Motivation & Perseverance
+4
Social Entrepreneurship Courses on seg...
The page provides a structured collection of courses and resources that facilitate access to knowledge in t...
Creativity
Developing and idea
Learning through Experience
+4
How to Build a Compelling Competitive ...
HubSpot Academy free course. In this course you will learn how to build a robust competitive strategy that ...
Developing and idea
Learning through Experience
Mobilising Resources
+2
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
+3
ONLINE COURSE “SOCIAL ENTREPRENE...
This free five-week Prometheus course, a Ukrainian-American collaboration, teaches how to launch, finance, ...

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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Funding
Germany
Start-up loan from European investment Fund
Consulting
Funding
Germany
Support for starting a business from Federal Employment Agency
Funding
Belarus
Belarusian Innovation Fund
Consulting
Ukraine
State Employment Service – Professional Training for Job Seekers
Consulting
Georgia
Spark – Business Accelerator
Coaching
Mentoring
Networking
Training
+1
Republic of Moldova
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Moldova
Coaching
Mentoring
Networking
Georgia
Business Professionals Network
Coaching
Consulting
Funding
Armenia
Entrepreneurial capacity building for start-ups “Successful start” program
Funding
Other
Ukraine
Financial Support for Organizations and Enterprises of Persons with Disabilities
Funding
Mentoring
Networking
Ukraine
Grant Support for Small and Medium Enterprises

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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Self-Employed
The self-employed form of activity in Russia offers a highly accessible and simplified route to conducting ...
Foundation
Charitable foundations in Germany are typically funded through an endowment, which is a pool of assets or c...
Social cooperative
The Social Cooperative is a particular form of Cooperative aimed at providing services to the person or at ...
Natural Persons (Individuals) register...
Natural persons registered as private entrepreneurs operate with the primary goal of generating profit or i...
Company (UG)
UGs, sometimes referred to as "mini-GmbHs," may not carry the same level of prestige as GmbHs, particularly...
Social Enterprise or Integration Socia...
A Social Enterprise (SE) is an enterprise established by public associations, foundations, religious organi...
Commercial organizations (mainly as LLCs)
Legal Framework for Social Entrepreneurship (Organizational and Legal Form: Commercial Organization / Limit...
Joint stock company (AS) / limited com...
The most chosen form of organizational and legal form of company in Norway, both for ordinary companies and...
Association
A charitable association in Germany is known as a "gemeinnütziger Verein." It is a specific legal form of a...
Social enterprise (legal status)
Non-profit legal entities (association, institution, institution), as well as commercial companies, coopera...

Legislation Info

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