Enactus (Belgium)
Founded in 1975, Enactus is a global network of NGOs that support young people to use social entrepreneurship to solve the world's biggest problems. With independent operations in 36 countries, the Enactus global community is made up of more than 40,000 students on over 2,640 campuses and over 550 business partners.
Launched in 2019, Enactus Belgium is the newest country in the global Enactus network.
To date, they have built a community of 80+ students from nine universities and, in turn, these students have developed 11 social enterprise projects to tackle one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In 2021, Enactus students globally managed 1,626 entrepreneurial projects. These projects yielded impressive results: they brought access to healthier food for 1.3 million people and improved health services for 1.6 million people. Thanks to Enactus student projects, 7.2 million tons of waste were eliminated globally, CO2 emissions reduced by 546,000 tons and 12,000 square kilometers of ocean / coastal habitats were restored.
In 2022/2023, the Eurofins Foundation supported the Enactus Belgium IDEA2IMPACT: University-level Social Entrepreneurship Program.
The key objectives included:
- Grow student numbers to at least 100 and social business projects to a minimum of eight;
- Implement tools to measure student skills development and the impact of student projects on the 17 SDGs.
This project contributes to the following United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
