Our Mission:
Solutions.
Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to understand future transformations and to develop sustainable tech, policy, and entrepreneurial solutions.
Our Work
SIS is a global organization that supports solutions for a sustainable future.
We do that through our CEE educational programs like Sustainability Academy, Transformator & Games of Science; our global conversation platforms: Future Summit, Sustainable Futures, Climate Change Summit and our foresight & sustainability research and executive education in Solutions.
Our Programs
We support youth to understand entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship as career options and offer 4 types of phygital incubators.
We support entrepreneurs and large businesses to understand & practice sustainable business making & circularity and be better prepared for a complex future through our foresight and sustainability tools.
We support policymakers to create inclusive and forward-thinking public policies.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Future Makers: Educational program in future trends, entrepreneurship, and business competition in CEE. We support 35 businesses/year in a 5-month digital incubator, equity free awards, and access to global investors.
Transformator supports 20 ventures (3-4 yrs old) with solutions to various SDGs with a 3-month sustainable transformation program.
Sustainability Academy is an e-learning platform designed for SMEs aiming to learn more about sustainability, ESG frameworks, and sustainable business practices.
Conversation platforms
Climate Change Summit: the largest event in CEE dedicated to solutions for the climate change challenges we are facing today and tomorrow.
Future Summit: Annual international conference focusing on challenges, solutions, and opportunities of the Future. Topics cover foresight & trends, exponential tech, sustainability solutions, the future of work, skills & education; taking place in 8 cities across CEE.
Sustainable Futures Platform: a series of 20 public & expert meetings working to develop sustainable solutions to 10 SDGs.
Part of the SIS ecosystem, Solutions. support companies, policy makers and entrepreneurs to better understand the challenges and opportunities of the future through consultancy, foresight, sustainability & circularity education, group facilitation, and various speeches on future trends, sustainability & circular economy.
Our Work in Numbers
We have worked so far with thousands of youth, corporate leaders, and entrepreneurs to better understand social innovation, entrepreneurship and future trends and to boost solutions for the future. See some of our numbers from the past years below.
7500+
youth in workshops
Over 210 workshops and events supporting youth to understand the basics of entrepreneurship and social impact across 28 cities in Romania.
450+
business ideas incubated
As part of our incubation programs, teams from 10 countries receive 3-5 months of mentorship & extensive business education.
185K+
euro awards for start-ups
Together with our partners in the past years from The Coca-Cola Foundation, BCR, Enel, eMAG, SAP, Erste Foundation, Red Bull Amaphiko, Raiffeisen Bank, Rompetrol, or EY we financially supported early-stage ventures.
Memberships
Circular Economy NEtwork
A global community to exchange best practices, share innovative ideas, and to create a discussion around what works to increase the recovery and reuse of waste.
circular economy club
CEC is the non-profit arm the Circular Economy Institute (CEI). CEC is the international network of the circular economy field, including professionals and organizations in 140 countries.
circular economy alliance
The Circular Economy Alliance brings together organizations, civic and business leaders at a global level to support the efforts of growing circularity principles in business.
Get Involved
There are many ways in which you can support our work, partner with us or work with us for a project or strategy. Pick the one which makes the most sense for you. Or all.
Sign Up For a Program
Tell us if you want to participate in the 2024 editions of Climate Change Summit, Sustainability Academy, or Transformator.
Volunteer opportunities
Drop us an email if you want to support our work as a volunteer. We are interested in mentors, expert hours as well as event volunteers.
support & work with us
Are you interested in supporting entrepreneurial youth, conversation platforms or foresight work? Let’s have a coffee! Online or offline.