The focus of CONNECT in June is on mapping the wider regional support ecosystems that surround migrant entrepreneurs in the partner regions.
Partners are identifying relevant public institutions, business support organisations, civil society actors, existing programmes and policy frameworks in order to gain a clearer picture of the current support landscape.
This work reveals where services are strong, where they are fragmented, and where migrant entrepreneurs still face barriers to accessing support.
These mapping activities will be combined with insights from ongoing interviews with migrant entrepreneurs. Together, these findings will inform regional ecosystem mapping reports and a shared needs assessment.
This evidence base will be essential for the next major step of the project: co-developing CONNECT’s Joint Strategy.
Through this work, CONNECT continues to lay the groundwork for more connected, responsive, and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems across North-West Europe.