PFDA Vocational Training Centre Trust
PFDA-Vocational Training Center (PFDA-VTC) is a social welfare organisation based in Dhaka, that builds skills and promotes employment opportunities for…
Essl Foundation, Fundación Descúbreme and Impact Transfer joined forces to initiate the first program to support the internationalization of innovative disability solutions for a barrier-free world.
The Zero Project, an initiative of the Essl Foundation, focuses on the rights of persons with disabilities globally. It provides a platform where the most innovative and effective solutions to problems that persons with disabilities face, are shared. The Zero Project builds on a growing network of over 4,000 organizations and disability experts with and without disabilities in over 160 countries. With its Conference, Report and Awards, the Zero Project disseminates and promotes replicable and innovative solutions that have overcome the problems people with disabilities face, by raising public awareness of the issues and stimulating reform, thereby acting as a catalyst for a world without barriers.
The Essl Foundation, Fundación Descúbreme and Ashoka joined forces to initiate the first Accelerator to support the internationalization of innovative disability solutions for a barrier-free world. From the hundreds of nominations for Zero Project Awards, ten initiatives are selected each year for the Zero Project Impact Transfer Program.
Over the course of the programme the selected initiatives receive training, mentoring, tailored support, networking, and visibility to further replicate their innovation and impact in other geographies, in collaboration with local replication partners. The goal is to make these initiatives ready for replication, to connect them with relevant replication partners, and to further support the replication through our Alumni Community.
“ I am grateful for the experience of the Impact Transfer programme. It allowed me to examine my project; and by introducing me to different transfer models, it helped me define our collective work in a way that others can best replicate and transfer to their communities. The process was extremely helpful, especially to share this with a cohort of like-minded people with a passion for social impact.” Zero Project – Impact Transfer participant
Discover more on the Program and some Impact Transfer examples here: Zero Project – Impact Transfer Report 2020
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