Ignite NEB supports local organisations to run a full innovation journey that helps people:
- turn ideas into real projects, start-ups or initiatives,
- create their own jobs,
- solve challenges in their own communities.
Become a local host & empower changemakers!
Your role is to host an „Ignite NEB event“, a local, inspiring, 2+ day hackathon-style experience as well as an 8-month incubation programme for the winning teams.
We are looking for organising partners or consortia that:
- Can mobilise local communities
- Have an entrepreneurial network
- Can support teams through idea → prototype → real-world testing
- Have experience in NEB-related fields (sustainability, design, culture, social innovation)
- Can provide or connect to mentors, prototyping spaces, local ecosystems (public, private, civil society)
- Have capacity for project, financial, and administrative management
Call closing: May 7, 2026, 17:00 CET
