CONNECT - TRANSFORMING KNOWLEDGE INTO IMPACT is an Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Initiative (IIES) that is the result of the application submitted by a cohesive Consortium, made up of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa as the Coordinating [...]

These are no longer the Entrepreneurs who started the sixth edition of RISE for Impact, those who entered our Convent full of doubts, without knowing precisely what they were coming for, without knowing the complexity of this [...]

In a world that is constantly changing, it is becoming increasingly essential to cultivate the values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These principles are not just ideals to apply in the workplace or institutions - they are [...]

51 years is a number that sounds good. 51 years of Freedom, 51 years without dictatorship. We seem to be "gaining ground". More than half a century in which [...]

After six years of RISE for Impact, we still have the same energy and motivation to find new ways to enrich the program and make the Entrepreneurs' experience ever more complete, specialized, and humanized. [...]

We started the year with news that will serve as motivation for 2025: We are once again one of the best Entrepreneurship Hubs in Europe, according to the “Leading Start-up Hubs 2025 special report” by Financial Times, [...]

It always starts the same way: They go in quiet, curious, and anxious. You've read all about the program, visited the websites of all the previous winners, and seen all the information, conditions, and important dates several times. [...]

You only have to look around to realize that we need to take urgent action to try to counteract what seems to be a dead end. It can no longer be just Non-Governmental Organizations, Volunteer Institutions, or [...]

By: Anabell Acevedo - a woman who has been a migrant several times “What does it mean to you to seek "the best"? It could be finding a new job, choosing insurance, changing your children's school, moving to another [...]