The partnership with NFTE grants Ukrainian Future, the business incubator of Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, access to various international programs and competitions. The collaboration begins with the World Series of Innovation (WSI), a competition that challenges young individuals to address specific UN global issues. Another aspect of the collaboration will focus on the training of teachers who work with young innovators within NFTE programs.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is an international nonprofit organization that provides high-quality entrepreneurship education to high school students and college students. Since its establishment in 1987, NFTE has trained thousands of teachers and impacted the educational programs of over 1.2 million young people worldwide. Currently, the organization operates in the United States and 20 other countries around the world.
Over the past 30 years, NFTE has developed hundreds of hours of high-quality educational content available in various formats. Ukrainian Future will have access to all 10 programs developed by the organization, designed for both in-school and out-of-school (including distance) learning, as well as corporate programs tailored for independent or hybrid digital learning models.
NFTE's programs offer participants the opportunity to engage in a variety of brainstorming and design-thinking tasks throughout the year. They also provide young individuals with the chance to participate in two leading competitions, the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge and the World Series of Innovation (WSI). The partnership between NFTE and the Ukrainian Future business incubator commences with the WSI competition, where participants will be tasked with addressing humanity's most significant challenges as outlined by the United Nations. The top three ideas will be recognized with cash prizes.