‘She Entrepreneurs is an eye-opening programme that gave me new perspectives on my business’

Başak Baykan is the founder of Kiralarsın, a rental and subscription platform for electronic devices in Türkiye and the UK. She says that unlike other business development workshops, the Swedish Institute’s She Entrepreneurs programme gave her hands-on training with mentors and new methodologies.

Başak Baykan participated in She Entrepreneurs in 2024.

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories, SI stories

‘She Entrepreneurs is an eye-opening programme that gave me new perspectives on my business’

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories

SI Alumna Aya Chebbi appointed UN Global Champion

Aya Chebbi has been appointed UN Global Champion on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Youth Liaison by UN Special Representative and Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Pramila Patten.

Baltic Sea region cooperation, Innovation, Leadership programmes, Pioneer the Possible

Impact Pioneers’ convenes in Stockholm to boost capacity in the global ecosystem for Impact Entrepreneurship

United by work of enabling entrepreneurship, and by a shared drive to promote sustainable development, 63 leaders from 22 countries convened in Stockholm for the ‘Sweden week’ component of Impact…

Innovation, Leadership programmes

Change-driven sustainability leaders visit Stockholm

This October, business leaders from 22 countries gathered in Sweden to learn more about Sweden’s sustainability efforts and to network with Swedish companies and organisations. The visit to Stockholm is…

Baltic Sea region cooperation, Democracy

The Swedish Institute supports 41 projects in new major initiative for Ukraine.

This spring, the Swedish Institute launched a new grant program, the SI Ukraine Cooperation Programme, which offers Swedish organisations and their partners in Ukraine a total of 56 million SEK…