Published: 03 Apr 2025 36 views
Impact Pioneers ’25 is a leadership programme that sets out to convene leaders and enablers working in organisations and networks seeking to promote the nurture and growth of local entrepreneurship and innovation. The programme takes a starting point in the idea that entrepreneurship is a key driver of both economic and social development, as well as a force that can help accelerate the global green transition. The thematic focus of 2025 is ‘Enabling Climate Tech Entrepreneurship’, with ‘Climate Tech’ referring to technologies developed and used with the explicit purpose to help people, governments and others both address the sources and impacts of climate change.
Impact Pioneers’25 offers participants the opportunity to:
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Application Deadline | 30 Apr 2025 |
Type | Entrepreneurs |
Sponsor | Swedish Institute |
Gender | Men and Women |
The Swedish institute arranges and covers costs related to:
The application is open to entrepreneurship ecosystem leaders and practitioners who work in organizations and networks that want to develop their support for entrepreneurs with businesses related to sustainablility and green transition. More specifially, we imagine applicants to work as:
In 2025, the application is open to 26 programme countries (applicants must be a citizen and resident of one of them):
AFRICA: Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia
ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
EUROPE: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia**, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine*, Türkiye
MENA: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia***
*Ukrainian applicants who reside outside of Ukraine are also eligible to apply.
**Governmental employees in Georgia are not eligible to apply.
***Participants from Saudi Arabia carry their own costs for flights and accommodation, given that Saudi Arabia is not part of Swedish development cooperation funding agreements.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
An applicant’s home organisation/business must also meet the following requirements:
The application consists of questions to assess formal requirements along with personal motivation. You will also be asked to submit a 60-120 second video and upload your most recent resume/CV.
Please carefully review the application overview (PDF) in order to be best prepared to submit your application. The overview gathers all questions and requirements in one place.
For more details, visit Swedish Institute Entrepreneurship webpage