BELGRADE – The RISE Regional Forum, organized within the 8th Social Innovation Forum, took place in Belgrade, Serbia on 9-10 September 2021. The event brought together young social entrepreneurs as well as representatives of French Embassy to Serbia, RYCO, Pulse Group, the French Development Agency and other donors who discussed the current state of social entrepreneurship in the region, current best practices and European initiatives and the Western Balkans’ perspective.

WESTERN BALKANS–The ROUTE WB6 project proudly opens the registrations for the first regional volunteers' exchange program. This is the first program of this kind in the Western Balkans, designed by the young people for young people. We encourage all young people 18-30 years old to register for volunteering opportunities across the region.

WESTERN BALKANS – Twelve social businesses, two from each: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, will be supported with financial grants of 2.500€ and a regional incubation program to make their ideas a reality. The selected social businesses of young people are supported with a total of 30.000€ within the RISE project which initially worked with 46 teams composed of 137 young people from the Western Balkans.