UNFPA Ukraine x School of ME
Accelerator for social enterprises
EMBRACEBreak the circle
International levelThe project "EMBRACE: Strengthening national and regional mechanisms for building an adaptive, accountable, and cost-effective system for combating and preventing gender-based violence" is being implemented in Ukraine by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
Financial independence of womenThanks to the project, a pilot initiative, the Career Hub, has already been launched, where women who have experienced gender-based violence can receive advice on increasing economic independence and professional development.
Entrepreneurial talentThe accelerator for social enterprises, implemented by the School of ME, aims to develop 10 social enterprises that share the goal of EMBRACE and support women.
Accelerator
Visits and Evaluation
November 2021
Experts of the School of ME team get acquainted with representatives of enterprises.
Development Plans
December 2021
During the fair of social enterprises in Kyiv, experts and entrepreneurs identified KPIs.
Active Phase
January to December 2022
Performing trainings, sessions, business- and marketing plans.
Reporting
March 2022
A lot of work has been done, it's time to take stock and be proud of yourself.
Social Enterprises
Ten accelerator enterprises that will shine with new colors in the spring 2022
"Greenhouses of a good field" (Dobropillia)
We grow salads and spices, and create conditions for socialization, development of professional potential and financial stability of women who are in vulnerable situations or have suffered from violence.
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Social atelier Butterfly (Lviv)
The atelier provides services in the field of tailoring, textiles, knitted and embroidered products, and the atelier also creates opportunities for women's self-development, in particular, trainings and personal supervision are organized for employees of the enterprise.
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Social atelier Butterfly (Lviv)
The atelier provides services in tailoring, textiles, knitted and embroidered products, and the atelier also creates opportunities for women's self-development; in particular, training and personal supervision are organized for employees of the enterprise.
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W2W: WOMEN TO WOMEN (Cherkasy)
Sewing micro-enterprise for sewing eco-bags and knitting eco-bags in the macrame technique with an online store.
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Imprint studio "My space" at the Public Association "Social Enterprise "Training and Production Center" (Poltava)
Imprint studio. We will create exclusive clothes for you, considering all your wishes!
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ADoro Cafe (Kryvyi Rih)
Coffee shop with Italian coffee, breakfasts, and light evening snacks. Branded coffee and hot drinks, in winter – tea, in summer – lemonades, smoothies, ice cream.
Coffee house GG Space (Nikolaev)
The coffee shop, which provides comprehensive psychological and consulting services based on the GG space "Career Development Office," aims to strengthen the economic capacity of women who have suffered from domestic violence.
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Visual content studio ENJI - Light & Shadow (Kherson)
Photo and video services: studio shooting, reporting, field photo shoots, photos of goods/services. Our goal: is to ensure the economic independence of women by obtaining conditions for running their own business in creating photo/video content.
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Fair of social enterprises"Key to freedom"
From December 10 to December 12, 2021, a fair presentation of the Accelerator participants took place in Kyiv.Among other guests who visited the cafe and the market was the First Lady of the country Olena Zelenska.
Team of MentorsEach company is accompanied by a mentor who supports and helps to develop.
Mila Yazvinska
Marketing and communications expert with more than 10 years of experience in corporations, IT startups, government and non-governmental organizations; mentor of teams in educational projects. Marketing and Communications Manager, School of ME.
Denis Bortnikov
Trainer in crowdfunding and mindfulness, facilitator of educational events, mentor of teams in incubation and acceleration programs for entrepreneurs.Project and community manager of the School of ME.
Grigory Kravtsov
Expert in strategic planning, analyst, mentor of more than 20 SMEs from the service sector, agricultural sector, biotechnology, IT sector and others. Project manager and analyst atthe School of ME.
Yuriy Lopatynskyi
Executive Director of the Walnut House Charitable Foundation, founder and head of the Walnut House social enterprise (Lviv), the company directs part of the profits to the project to support women.
Oleg Zdrenyk
Trainer and mentor in social entrepreneurship, founder of the social bakery "Dobrodiy" and the social sewing workshop "Dobrodiy Oleg Zdrenyk 2.0".
Accelerator ExpertsTraining sessions with people whose experience and skills are raised by corporations and states.
Pavlo Sheremeta
Co-founder and first dean of Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (1999-2008), president and senior consultant of the Blue Ocean Strategy Institute of Malaysia (2008-11), president of the Kyiv School of Economics (2012-14), Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (2014), first director of the UCU School of Management (2015-2016). Now he is the co-founder and chairman of the board of the Schumpeter School of Innovation and the managing partner of the strategic workshop breakthrough.in.ua.
Mykhailo Krikunov
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chartered Marketer (Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, 1999). Dean of Kyiv Business School, Chairman of the Board of the Cluster Development Agency Clust-ua. Teacher, consultant in management, marketing, and economic development (cluster approach), top manager, specialist methodologist of adult education, MBA program developer, corporate program trainer, business/career / scientific mentor. He has more than 30 years of experience in management and teaching, research, business consulting, and training in marketing and management.
Artem Kornetsky
PhD, associate professor, co-founder, and head of the educational organization School of ME, associate professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University, and co-founder of the Ukrainian Social Venture Fund.