THESWITCHERS.ORG: AN INNOVATIVE AND FREE TOOL TO BOOST SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAUNCHED BY SCP/RAC
The promotion of green jobs, green entrepreneurs and eco-innovation is identified as strategic objective by the Barcelona Convention. UNEP/MAP’s programme on green entrepreneurship takes a new turn with the launch of The Switchers.org, a web platform built on the success of SCP/RAC’s activities in support to green entrepreneurs in the Med.
The digital platform launched on the 30th of March enables interactions among the entrepreneurs, business providers, mentors and financial institutions willing to develop novel business models in the field of Green and Circular Economy and gathers all methodologies and tools developed by SCP/RAC.
Through its Toolbox, TheSwitchers.org provides its users with a unique set of methodologies and tools for sustainable business development that were designed and digitalized in order to make them accessible to the wider audience.
In addition to this, TheSwitchers.org hosts the SwitchersFund, the platform providing and facilitating direct funding and business support services to green entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean region as well as the Switchers Community website, the virtual place where entrepreneurs who share a common passion for the environment can meet. In the months to come, it will display a fourth section, the Policy Hub, which will enable the users to learn about enabling policies for sustainable businesses in the Mediterranean.
A virtual event dedicated to the presentation of this new platform and putting special emphasis on the Toolbox will be held on the 28th of April. Experts will make a demonstration of its different tools while participants will have the opportunity to directly interact asking their questions.