News
In this section, you can keep up-to-date with the latest news and publications of the M-UP project and other European outlets in regards to the business environment for migrant entrepreneurs in Europe.M-UP News
Sustainable Support of Entrepreneurs with a Migration Background
At the symposium of the Hessian Entrepreneurship Day on 1 November 2019, the four experts Amira Bieber (Pro Arbeit – Kreis Offenbach), Manuel Güll (SINGA Business Lab Berlin and Magnet project), Jörg Schoolmann (Young Business International) and Markus Weidner (KIZ...
MoneyGram Awards 2019
A MoneyGram Award is born in 2009 and it was the first italian award for migrant entrepreneurs. It rewards the courage and the dedication that it took to implement new business ideas by migrant entrepreneurs, in a country that was not home, but it is become. On the...
Call for Applications: UP to YOUTH Training in Rome
The training Up to Youth, organized by MicroLab association returns in Rome on October 21st, 22nd and 23rd in collaboration with the Unique Desk for Migrants Reception in Rome : the new edition of the free training course that provides practical tools to start from...
First Beehive credit goes to a Syrian artist
To make young entrepreneurs successful, resources and a suitable framework for support are necessary. Help with access to capital is just one building block. In order to develop a viable business model, resources are needed above all to handle the first orders. In...
M-UP Labs: Learn practical tools for migrant entrepreneurship
Join the M-UP Labs: learn how to support migrant entrepreneurs and make a proposal with the M-UP network. The M-UP Labs are a free initiative open to European organisations working to support migrant entrepreneurs all around the world. EVALUATION LAB METHODOLOGY LAB...
A migrant entrepreneur’s journey to accessing finance
About author: My name is Ousman Umar, originally from Ghana and currently a migrant entrepreneur in the field of education and IT in my country but developing the project and raising funds from Barcelona. In April this year, I travelled to Barcelona to join 70...
IGNITE 2018 – M-UP Workshop: Migrant Entrepreneurship Matters
This year, SPARK’s 6th annual IGNITE conference on ‘Rebuilding Futures’ in Amsterdam brought together almost 400 entrepreneurs, policymakers, NGOs and other stakeholders, offering the unique chance to discuss new solutions to the issues of higher education and...
M-UP and MAGNET Members come together for Migrant Entrepreneurship Support in Practice Workshop
M-UP held its second workshop in September, entitled Migrant Entrepreneurship Support in Practice. Held in Amsterdam, the two-day workshop was jointly hosted by M-UP and fellow COSME project, MAGNET (Migrant Acceleration for Growth – Network for Entrepreneurship Training).
Judith Berns on Refugee Entrepreneurial Intent
“Killing two birds with one stone” is the title of the thesis written by Judith Berns which addresses extensively the refugee entrepreneurial intent in the Netherlands and proposes innovative solutions to the issue.
M-UP Welcome Workshop
M-UP held its first two-day workshop with Members in Brussels, Belgium, in May 2018 at the offices of M-UP Member, microStart, a micro-credit organisation that works closely with migrant entrepreneurs.
This website is part of the project Network for Migrant Entrepreneurs to Scale Up and Grow — EMEN-UP (no. 764398) which has received funding from the European Union’s COSME Programme (2014-2020)
The Network for Migrant Entrepreneurs to Scale Up and Grow
This website is part of the project Network for Migrant Entrepreneurs to Scale Up and Grow — EMEN-UP (no. 764398) which has received funding from the European Union’s COSME Programme (2014-2020)
The Network for Migrant Entrepreneurs to Scale Up and Grow