Events

SPARK presents IGNITE 2017 Rebuilding Futures Empowering youth and entrepreneurs in fragile states   Thursday 7 December Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam This year, the 5th edition of the IGNITE conference, will…

Rebuilding Futures Startup Competition 2017 This competition is now closed for applications. The three finalists will now pitch their business ideas at the international IGNITE conference (organised by SPARK). The winner…

EU Madad, AUB & SPARK present BRIDGING THE GAP Higher Education and Beyond Monday 26, March 2018 Issam Fares Institute | AUB | Beirut 08:30-18:00 In the wake of the…

  Wednesday 27th November | Muziekgebouw | Amsterdam The only event worldwide that brings together refugees, entrepreneurs, education experts, private sector, governments, academia and NGOs to improve higher education, promote sustainable economic empowerment and strengthen leadership…

EMEN-UP Welcome Workshop Brussels | Wednesday, 2 & 3 May We are organising the first workshop for the EMEN-UP project and would love for you to join us at our Welcome Workshop in…

  Wednesday 28 November | Muziekgebouw | Amsterdam The only event worldwide that brings together refugees, entrepreneurs, education experts, private sector, governments, academia and NGOs to improve higher education, promote sustainable economic empowerment and strengthen leadership amongst young people…

 Monday, June 13, 2016, 09:00-18:00 Haarlemmerweg 10c Impact Hub Amsterdam Netherlands The United Nations Development Programme and SPARK, which develops higher education and entrepreneurship for youth in fragile contexts, as…

SPARK & IFC present IGNITE 2016 Tackling Instability, Radicalisation and Forced Migration 16 November, Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam Thank you so much to all those that made this year’s IGNITE…

P R O S P E C T S Economic Inclusion & Livelihood Development of Young Refugees in the MENA  Thursday 12th & Friday 13th September Istanbul | Turkey For…

SPARK is proud to announce the arrival of the latest in a series of expert meetings: Value Chain Development for Employment and Stability in Fragile and Conflict Situations. SPARK has…

SPARK presents IGNITE 2015 Doing Business in Fragile States Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam THANK YOU for participating in our third IGNITE conference, on November 11th in Amsterdam. It was a…

Local researchers should be involved as early as possible in the design stage of a research project. This was one of the conclusions of the expert meeting Research collaboration in…

On Tuesday February 16 Silatech and SPARK kicked off a 2-day Expert Meeting on ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR STABILITY IN THE MENA REGION in Doha. Dutch Ambassador Yvette Burghgraef – van Eechoud…

The IGNITE! Conference 2014 Entrepreneurship Development for Stability in Fragile and Conflict Affected States presents a unique blend of insights from entrepreneurs, policy makers, researchers and NGO’s.

Kom naar de pitch van innovatieve IT start-ups uit de Palestijnse Gebieden in Den Haag! En investeer! 29 oktober aanstaande geven 10 startups uit de Palestijnse Gebieden een pitch voor…

26 June, 2014
Improving the Business Environment in Conflict Affected Regions: The Role of Advocacy
Amsterdam, NL

1 November, 2014
Africaday
Amsterdam, NL

16 October 2014
Expert Meeting at UNDP on Creating Jobs through Local Entrepreneurship in Crisis Affected Environments
New York, USA

2 September, 2014
The Hague Conference on Business and Human Security
The Hague, NL

11-25 July, 2014
IBCM Summer University 2014
North Mitrovica, Kosovo

26 June, 2014
Advocacy for Business Environment Reforms
The Hague, The Netherlands

15 February, 2014
Segou Summer University for Entrepreneurship Launch
Segou, Mali

20 November, 2013
Youth Entrepreneurship Development in Conflict Affected Environments
Amsterdam, NL

20 November, 2013
Youth Entrepreneurship Day Libya
Benghazi, Libya