• Open to all women aged 18 and above.
• The individual must identify currently as a refugee * or at some point identified as a refugee.
• Any charity, NGO or Foundation operating in Europe can nominate an individual.
• Any public sector or private sector entity that have an active program supporting refugees can nominate an individual.
• The individual must reside in Europe. **
• The individual must be an entrepreneur, business owner or social enterprise owner. ***

* Refugee definition – A person who has been granted official refugee status as a result of a Refugee Status Determination (RSD). For more information on RSDs, please see the website of the UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, here.

Alternatively a citizen of Ukraine who does not have a refugee status, is legally staying in Poland on the basis of the provisions of the Act of March 12, 2022

 ** Europe definition – European Union member states and Switzerland, Norway, Turkey, Iceland, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and the UK.

*** Entrepreneur, business owner or social enterprise owner definition – A person who owns at least 51% of a business that: (i) has been registered as a business entity for at least one (1) year; (ii) has a product or service in market and generating revenue; and (iii) has a physical or digital presence such as a store, website or similar.