IDEA - Innovation Development Agency (formerly Center for Innovation and Social Development)

The Innovation Development Agency is a non-profit organization created by experts in February 2015 to support innovative ideas and projects in the socio-economic and cultural fields. 
Mission:  Identification, promotion and development of innovative ideas and social projects with the aim of increasing human capital and sustainable development of the region in the social, economic and cultural spheres through research, implementation of information and educational programs, consulting and advocacy.

Main target audience:  youth, children,  women,  NGOs, local authorities, and universities.

Basic goals: facilitating access to resources; creation of new start-ups in order to create new jobs; training the target group on relevant topics; provision of consulting services; dissemination of advanced local and foreign experience; educational international exchanges.

Human resources:  permanent staff of  5 people, more than 30 volunteers, more than 20 involved local and international experts. 

Main areas of work:

• Startup Academy 
• Business Hub 
• Young Blogger School 
• Social entrepreneurship 
• Club of Accountants and Lawyers NPO
• youth hackathons

Main Services:

• legal and financial consulting;
• training target groups on relevant topics;
• educational programs and exchanges; 
• analytics and research in the social and economic spheres;
• support and mentoring of socially oriented projects;
• information campaigns and projects