The first acceleration program of entrepreneurial initiatives in the social sphere

The selection of participants of the first acceleration program of the Foundation for Support of Social Projects has started.

According to the results of the accelerator, up to 50 project teams.

"In April 2018 During the year, accelerator participants will be able to present their projects to potential mentors and investors. The most successful teams will receive preferential financing from the Social Projects Support Fund., - She told me Svetlana Chupsheva website editors asi.ru. - We expect that the selection for the first accelerator will be from 30 before 50 project teams".

Applications for participation in the acceleration program, organized by the Foundation for the Support of Social Projects in cooperation with the IIDF and ASI, are accepted with 4 december 2017 years before 18 January 2018 years.

The Fund will provide unsecured loans for a period of 1 a year in the amount of 500 thousand up to 3 million rubles. Projects applying for financial support must have a business component. - have the potential for self-sufficiency and scaling.

"We are also ready to provide support to projects at an early stage of implementation. The Foundation will help everyone who is already successfully working in this field or is just thinking about it.", - Evgenia Shokhina, Director of the Social Projects Support Fund, noted.

The organizers of the acceleration program will measure the social component of the project in terms of its implementation (education, healthcare, social services and protection, culture, sports, ecology, etc.), so is the scale of the social impact.

"If the project solves the problems of a large number of people or the founder of the project, for example, is himself a parent with many children, retired or has a disability, we will consider this project social.", - explained Evgeny Shokhin.

Selection stages and dates of participation in the acceleration program:
• acceptance of applications - c 4 december 2017 years before 18 January 2018 years;
• Skype interviews and expert evaluation of projects - before 29 January 2018 years;
• announcement of selected projects - 30 January 2018 years;
• The accelerator - with 7 February to 7 april 2018 years.

The information is published on the ASI website.

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