Celebrating 10 Years of the Swiss Entrepreneurship Program

​🎉 You’re Invited: Celebrating 10 Years of the Swiss Entrepreneurship Program supporting Startup Ecosystem Development and International Cooperation in SECO partner countries🎉 

​Hosted during Global Entrepreneurship Week Basel 

​Join us as we mark a decade of engagement with impact through the Swiss Entrepreneurship Program (Swiss EP), initiated by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO and implemented by Swisscontact and J.E. Austin Associates. Since 2015, Swiss EP has supported startup ecosystem development, entrepreneurial and institutional capacity building, access to finance and internationalization in seven SECO partner countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Peru, Serbia, Vietnam, and Kosovo, —creating jobs, accelerating startups, and fostering innovation.

​We will use this special moment in time to take stock, explore different approaches to startup ecosystem development and compare lessons learnt both from Switzerland and Swiss EP’s countries of engagement.

​🌟 What to Expect

• ​🎤 Keynote by the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs SECO (Economic Cooperation and Development)

• ​💬 Panel Discussion: “From Fragmented Initiatives to Integrated Ecosystems: Comparative Perspectives from Switzerland and SECO Partner Countries” Featuring key ecosystem players from Serbia & Peru, and leading voices from the Swiss startup scene

• ​🚀 Startup Pitches: Hear from Swiss EP-supported startups from Albania, Vietnam, Peru and Bosnia Herzegovina

• ​🔥 Fireside Chat: What do startups really need to thrive?

• ​🥂 Networking Apéro with ecosystem actors, investors, private and public sector partners

​🎯 Why Attend?

• ​Discover lessons from 10 years of start-up ecosystem building, with focus on transition/emerging countries

• ​Connect with international and Swiss startup leaders and support organisations

• ​Explore opportunities for sharing experiences, collaboration and investment

• ​Celebrate the power of entrepreneurship to drive private sector development, competitiveness and sustainable development

​👥 Who Should Join?

• ​Swiss and international startup ecosystem representatives

• ​Angel Investors, VCs, and Family Offices

• ​Economic development professionals

• ​Other experts linked to startup and Innovation-focused initiatives

​📣 Let’s Celebrate, Reflect on the Past, and Build the Future Together.

​Precise speakers list to follow. For more information please contact: Malin Borg, [email protected]

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