“Our program helps young people discover the field of social entrepreneurship and take their first steps towards building a social enterprise. Since 2009, it has been encouraging young social entrepreneurs in more than 25 countries.”
🌍 Empowering young people who change the world for the better! 🌍
In 2025, the first edition of the Social Impact Award (SIA) wас launched in Bulgaria – the largest European program for social entrepreneurship among young people (18-30 years old).
The coordinator of the program in our country is “Ecological Manifesto – ManEco” Foundation, and its implementation is carried out in partnership with SAP – a global leader in technological solutions with a proven commitment to socially responsible innovations and IBM.
What is SIA?
SIA is an international program that:
- inspires young people to turn ideas into reality;
- offers free workshops, mentoring and access to a global network of social innovators;
- provides support for building sustainable solutions with social and environmental value;
- awards the best ideas with funding and international recognition;
- provides long-term support to the most promising social enterprises and links to accelerator programs and investors.
Additional information can be found here:
Interview with BNR: https://bnr.bg/sofia/post/102149971/vihren-mitev
Official website of Social Impact Award Bulgaria: https://bulgaria.socialimpactaward.net/
Official website of Social Impact Award: https://socialimpactaward.net/
Why to choose us?
Social Impact Award (SIA) is the largest European social entrepreneurship program (including countries such as Mexico, India, Uganda, Kongo, Kazahstan, Ukrine and many more) among young people, which is coming to Bulgaria for the first time in 2025. If you are a young person between the ages of 14 and 30 with an idea for positive social or environmental change, SIA provides you with a unique opportunity to develop it with the help of free workshops, mentoring, an international network and access to funding. Learn how to register: https://bulgaria.socialimpactaward.net/
As sponsors of the Social Impact Award Bulgaria, you become part of the largest European platform for promoting young social entrepreneurs and innovations with positive impact. By supporting the program, your company invests in the future – in the new generation of leaders who seek sustainable solutions to social and environmental challenges. This is an opportunity to strengthen your commitment to corporate social responsibility, build a strong employer brand among young people and be recognized as a driver of positive change – locally and internationally.