Our work with ESOs

We can catalyze even more prosperity in a given ecosystem by offering support and capacity-building to local organizations that empower entrepreneurs.

About Entrepreneurship Support Organizations

In every country, countless local organizations work to support entrepreneurs in delivering innovative solutions to their communities. However, these organizations often face challenges in sustaining and scaling their own efforts. As a result, they tend to create isolated, highly localized programs that lack a global perspective and may not fully consider the rapidly changing world.

Training and capacity building

By leveraging the Bridge for Billions methodology and platform, incubation programs can be implemented globally. To generate significant impact, partnering with local Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (ESOs) is key. These partnerships provide local knowledge and expertise, helping to tailor the programs to regional needs, while Bridge for Billions offers capacity-building support in return.

Learn more about the achievements made so far through this model in collaboration with UNEP and UNIDO

The Restoration Factory

An entrepreneurship program to achieve the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration goals by supporting entrepreneurs in the development of new purpose-driven forest businesses that ensure that restoration happens in a systematic way, born from an innovative way to do business, with the welfare of the ecosystem in mind.

IDEA Program

As part of its economic development efforts, UNIDO launched over 10 entrepreneurship programs in 15 countries to support more than 1,000 entrepreneurs. The IDEA program is one of the most ambitious, guiding founders in developing innovative solutions and integrating youth and women into the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Conecta, a training program for ecosystem building

One can scale even more by offering capacity building to several ESOs in the same ecosystem, promoting collaboration among them and generating a community of leaders that work together towards change.

Through the implementation of Ecosystem Builders programs, we can foster collaborative networks and promote sustainable business practices, while ensuring the ESOs obtain all the capacity building they need through the Conecta Academy.