Spark develops education and entrepreneurship so that young and ambitious people are empowered to lead their post-conflict society into prosperity. We build the capacity of local economic and educational institutions so they can empower their own populations. The organisation actively mobilises support for this within Dutch Society, especially with economic and educational institutions.
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Opening University Incubator BiH
On 22 June, the first university incubator in Bosnia & Herzegovina opened its doors. The incubator, named the Intelligence Commercialisation Unit (ICU), has been founded by Business Start-up Centre Zenica together with the University of Zenica, joining hands in supporting technical-oriented youngsters with innovative entrepreneurial ideas.
An International Private Higher Vocational Business College will be established in Mitrovica in 2009 aiming to improve the dire economic prospects youth face.
Serbian Agency for SME development and SPARK signed a MoU
06 May 2009 - Serbian Agency for Development of SMEs and
Entrepreneurship and SPARK signed a Memorandum of Understanding
regarding the establishment of Association of SME Development Agencies
in Southeast Europe.
As part of the European SME week, a two-day international conference on entrepreneurship took place on 7&8 May in Kragujevac, Serbia.
This conference "EU Accession - Possibilities for Small Medium-sized Enterprise Development in South East Europe", focusing on the importance of EU integration for the SME sector as well as on economic growth, was a great success.