NESsT announces today that Grzegorz Wach has been named NESsT Country Director of Poland, reflecting the impact investor’s expanding acceleration of social enterprises that create dignified jobs for individuals from excluded communities, including refugees, migrants, women, at-risk youth, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity.
NESsT announces today that Ioana Samoil has been named NESsT Country Director of Romania, highlighting the impact investor's deepening focus on accelerating Romanian social enterprises that create dignified jobs for individuals from excluded communities, including refugees, migrants, women, at-risk youth, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity.
En mayo de 2025, tuvimos el placer de celebrar una reunión presencial en Olsztyn (Polonia), en la que participaron empresas NESsT Portafolio , socios de IKEA Social Entrepreneurship y miembros de los equipos regionales y mundiales NESsT .
When structured effectively, blended finance can connect entrepreneurs who need support with investors who care about impact. To make this model easier to understand, NESsT has created an infographic that clearly shows how blended finance works in practice and highlights its role in the Amazon impact ecosystem. This visual tool breaks down complex financial ideas into simple language, making it valuable for entrepreneurs, policymakers, partners, and anyone interested in advancing the Amazon bioeconomy through innovative financing.
NESsT anuncia hoy que se ha unido al Instituto Conexiones Sostenibles (Conexsus), el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Fondo Verde para el Clima (GCF) en AmazonBeEco, una iniciativa sin precedentes de cuatro años para apoyar la sociobioeconomía en la región panamazónica.
NESsT Empleo de los refugiados
Hablamos con nuestros gestores Portafolio y emprendedores de la región para descubrir las lecciones aprendidas y los conocimientos adquiridos en tres años de aceleración y colaboración de cerca en la región, catalizando modelos de negocio innovadores y de amplio alcance y apoyando la independencia y estabilidad financieras de personas de diversos orígenes.
El pasado mes de febrero se cumplieron dos años desde que Rusia invadió Ucrania en 2022.
As of February 2024, an estimated 3.7 million people are still displaced within Ukraine’s borders, and 6.5 million refugees are in countries such as Poland and Romania. The reality is, although it has been two years since the crisis began, millions of refugees in the region still need support to find dignified work that allows them to feed their families.
