About
MAGNET (Migrant Acceleration for Growth – Network for Entrepreneurship Training) brings together European organisations active in the field of migrant entrepreneurship support, as well as interested public and private actors.
The MAGNET Network promotes the creation, further development and broad dissemination of existing support schemes for migrant entrepreneurs on a practical, political as well as the scientific level.
Consortium members
Danube University
Danube University Krems (DUK) is a university for continuing education, coordinator of the MAGNET consortium, offers exclusive master’s programs and short programs in five areas of study specially oriented towards the needs of working professionals. Serving more than 8,500 students and with 17,000 graduates from 90 countries, it is one of the leading providers of further education courses in Europe.
Microfinance Centre
The Microfinance Centre is a regional microfinance resource center and network, which unites 111 organizations across 36 countries of Europe, Central Asia and beyond, who together deliver responsible microfinance services to over 1,000,000 low-income clients. Our mission is to empower people and communities through social finance, by making financial services work for all (and especially the underserved) people and communities.
I.A.T.A.P.
IATAP (Technology & Human Resources Institute) IATAP is an NGO offering entrepreneurial trainings as part of an equal opportunities strategy to reduce social exclusion. IATAP’s projects focus on the integration and economic empowerment of socially and economically vulnerable groups.
SINGA Germany
SINGA Business Lab is an inclusive incubator operating in Berlin, co-created with newcomer entrepreneurs to support them to bring their business ideas into reality.
‘SINGA’ is a word in the Lingala language spoken in Congo and means ‘connection’.
Besides SINGA Business Lab, SINGA’s Portfolio includes Professional Mentoring, Language Café and Living Room Events in Berlin.
Delitelabs
DELITELABS is an Inclusive Start-Up School, created to embrace diversity, drive confidence and Self-reliance, by supporting aspiring entrepreneurs (with a migration background to realise their professional potential. We achieve this by offering intensive experiential learning programs to activate entrepreneurship and help deepen integration into society, for those who need it most in the world. We support migrant integration ecosystems such as governments and companies to include entrepreneurship activation as a tool for healthy integration.
TERN
Founded in 2016, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) is a pioneering new social enterprise that supports and empowers refugees in the UK to realise their potential, fulfil their aspirations and develop their own businesses.
TERN runs three core programmes: a pre-incubator (Ice Academy), an incubator (MyStartUp) and an accelerator (OnDemand) for entrepreneurial refugees.
EUCEN
EUCEN European University Continued Education Network based in Barcelona, Spain, aims to contribute to the social, economic and cultural life of Europe through the promotion and advancement of lifelong learning within higher education institutions in Europe and elsewhere. We foster universities’ influence in the development of lifelong learning knowledge and policies throughout Europe.
VUZF University
VUZF University of finance business and entrepreneurship based in Sofia. VUZF University is a private educational institution educating students in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in majors from the professional field “Economics”.