IMPACTA - Innovative Mentorship and Policies for Advancing Change and Transformation Agenda for Women Business Actors

The IMPACTA project is implemented within the framework of the Danube Region Programme 2021–2027. It contributes to the priority “A more social Danube Region” and to the achievement of Specific Objective 3.1 “Accessible, inclusive and effective labour markets”.

IMPACTA aims to improve women’s access to entrepreneurship, finance and the labour market through the development and implementation of innovative mentorship programmes, supportive policy measures and pilot models in the field of social innovation. The project addresses challenges such as unequal access to finance, structural barriers faced by women entrepreneurs and the underdeveloped ecosystem supporting social entrepreneurship in the Danube Region.

A special focus is placed on vulnerable groups, including young women, rural women, undereducated women, mother entrepreneurs, women in career transition, minorities and refugees.
Key Activities

• Preparation of strategic analyses and policy reviews supporting women’s entrepreneurship

• Establishment of an International Innovation Hub and development of toolkits for institutions and decision-makers

• Development and pilot implementation of: digital gamified interactive tools for young women entrepreneurs; training programmes for women entrepreneurs; training programmes for investors with a social innovation focus; mentorship programmes

• Establishment of Women Entrepreneurship Offices and information points

• Development of a Transnational Strategy for the Danube Region and national Action Plans

The project is based on transnational cooperation, joint development and implementation of pilot solutions and coordinated actions ensuring sustainable impact beyond the project duration.
Lead Partner

Women/Business/Angels Association – Hungary
Partners

Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations - Varna – Bulgaria
Association of Women Entrepreneurs from Moldova – Moldova
HETFA Research Institute – Hungary
Technology park of Varaždin – Croatia
Association of Business Women in Serbia – Serbia
TUM International – Germany
Non-Governmental Organization “Bureau of Research, Innovations and Technologies” – Ukraine

Total budget: EUR 1,439,400
Interreg funding: EUR 1,151,520 (80%)
Project duration: 36 months