The Co-CIVIC Acceleration Programme is designed to support the transformation of those Social Projects, developed within the framework of or with the Co-CIVIC approach) considered as offering potential to enhance the activities of the CSO or improve their support or services for their beneficiaries.

The Accelerator Guidelines provide a stepwise approach to make this happen through the transformation of the social innovation projects into a (social) entrepreneurship venture and/or create a job opportunity through intra-entrepreneurship.

It is accompanied by a set of tools that, through templates, key questions, and a simplified business model canvas, facilitate implementation and support the transformation process.

If you need to know where to get support close to you, or know more about the regulations in the different countries you can access them here for Germany, Spain, and Türkiye. These local resources are only available in local language due to their local focus and the fact that regulations and practices in the area of social entrepreneurship differ for each of the participating countries.

For general information about social entrepreneurship in Europe, we recommend the Social Economy Gateway by the European Union:
https://social-economy-gateway.ec.europa.eu/about-eu-social-economy-gateway_en.

Acceleration Guidelines

Here you can download the full Acceleration Guidelines, which also include the set of tools.

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