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IMPACT Consortium

The IMPACT consortium brought together seven organisations from Ukraine, Romania, Spain, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands, each committed to empowering entrepreneurship through cross-border collaboration.

Reaching entrepreneurs across dissemination channels

≃ 2 000
Entrepreneurs
1044 new entrepreneurs and 923 host entrepreneurs
140
Dedicated articles
Printed and online media and newsletters about the programme and its success
400+
Posts on social media

174% and 97% of the project target were registered in the EYE matching IT tool, thus contributing substantially to the “richness” of people ready to be matched.


190 matches [ 141 NEs and 54 HEs ]

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The key to success in overcoming the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 and the full-scale Russian war in Ukraine with two partners being from Ukraine, included accessing the strengths of each partner and supporting them in implementing the project building on their strengths as well as continuous mutual support between the partners, which resulted in 26 intra-consortium exchanges.

Ivanna Didur, Civitta Associate Partner
26
Intra-consortium matches
The figure of entrepreneurs matched among the project partners only is low. IMPACT succeeded to find suitable entrepreneurs via the whole EYE network.
350 000
Financial support to NEs
Great value for money: new entrepreneurs received meaningful support for launching their careers (< €2 500).
10
Remote exchanges during crisis
Implemented fully online in response to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine — NEs (7) and HEs (3).

Ukraine NEs

56
Exchanges
Led by Civitta (32) and Radar Tech (24), showing strong participation despite the challenging context.
127 000
Financial Support for Ukrainian NEs
Total funding provided to support Ukrainian entrepreneurs' participation in the programme.
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The IMPACT Consortium continued to foster entrepreneurship and make an impact even during incredibly challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic almost fully stopped the relationship building, and Russia's full-scale invasion impacted not just our two Ukrainian partners but the entire consortium. Ukrainian organisations were no longer able to build exchanges with host entrepreneurs, so other partners stepped up to support them by matching Ukrainian new entrepreneurs (NEs). Thanks to the collaboration and synergies within the consortium, we achieved 26 intra-consortium exchanges, contributing to a total of 190 successfully completed exchanges.

Alina Rudnytska, Senior Consultant at Civitta Ukraine

Top destination countries for NEs

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As coordinator of the EYE team within the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), I see every day how Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) is a life-changer for its participants: it strengthens entrepreneurs' resilience and equips them with skills for the future. It also creates links for further collaboration and creates lasting impact for the entrepreneurs involved.

For this reason, I am proud that the EYE support to Ukrainian entrepreneurs continues with currently 5 ongoing transnational projects which can help rebuilding Ukraine, at individual entrepreneur level – now and in the future.

Ralph Diestelhorst, Programme Coordination Manager - EISMEA, European Commission
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Support to Ukraine

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