WSA Europe. European. Digital. Purpose Driven

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WSA Europe focusses on digital impact solutions enabling citizen’s engagement, gender equality, promotion of diversity and the implementation of EU policies. WSA Europe leverages a uniquely profound network of institutional partners, experts, and public agencies in all EU countries, enabling trans-national knowledge transfer through awards, events, capacity building and networking activities. The European Young Innovators awards and supports digital social entrepreneurs that contribute to EU policies and the achievement of the UN SDGs, promoting local good practices across the EU, fostering sustained knowledge transfer and smart replication. Innovative training formats and multi-channel dissemination raise understanding and appreciation of union values and citizen rights and offer opportunities for inspiring cooperation to young Europeans and social entrepreneurs. WSA Europe´s multi-stakeholder community builds on ICNMs network in 182 UN countries, enriching all EU members by providing a truly international platform for trans-national cooperation. UniVation is a Europe-wide program for university students to collaborate with international tech ventures in inter-disciplinary teams on specific EU social challenges, addressing union values and fostering citizen participation. The educational workshop series of the WSA Europe Academy offers European citizens and young entrepreneurs skills sharing and capacity building. Social ideation activities spur new ideas for societal challenges. All events are organized in multiple European countries and address topics e.g. European Law and Citizenship, Female Entrepreneurship, Green Tech and Circular Economy, Education or Media Literacy. All beneficiaries of ICNM programs are representing a clear balance in relation to Gender Mainstreaming, transnational participation, multi-stakeholder involvement, diversity of age and socio-economic background.