Yogyakarta, September 9th 2022─Entering the seventh year of the event, the Young Indonesian Sociopreneur (SOPREMA) FISIPOL UGM was held again with the theme “#7TahunSOPREMA: Recover Together, Recover Stronger, Rise with Sociopreneur”.
“Through the holding of SOPREMA FISIPOL UGM 2022 this year, it is hoped that it can encourage the revival of the economy and social businesses which has been sluggish in recent years due to the pandemic,” said SOPREMA Managing Director, Hempri Suyatna.
Seeing the current pandemic situation that can be controlled, the SOPREMA 2022 series of events will be held in a hybrid (mixed online and offline) manner, one of which is the Incubation program. This incubation program is a tangible form of SOPREMA Fisipol UGM’s commitment to continue to develop the potential of social entrepreneurship by providing assistance to young sociopreneurs.
This year’s SOPREMA 2022 incubation was held in collaboration with the Directorate of Business Development and Incubation (DIT-PUI) UGM and the Creative Hub (C-Hub) FISIPOL UGM. PUI-UGM is a directorate that plays a strategic role in increasing the productivity of business units, and C-Hub which acts as a transdisciplinary learning ecosystem to creatively solve social problems.
“Through this collaboration, it is hoped that young sociopreneurs can get a wider space to finalize ideas and ideas, as well as expand networks and collaboration opportunities with other young sociopreneurs and investors,” said Hempri Suyatna.
The SOPREMA 2022 Incubation Program officially started on August 20, 2022 at Fisipol UGM by Achmed Faiz as the person in charge of the activity. This intensive mentoring program is designed to allow participants to participate in two months offline from August to October 2022 at the UGM campus.
Furthermore, the 2022 SOPREMA Incubation Program was attended by 18 young sociopreneur teams from previous years’ SOPREMA participants and UGM Innovative Academy incubation participants. During the incubation program, participants will follow the curriculum on social entrepreneurship in a series of class sessions and mentoring from DIT-PUI UGM and C-Hub FISIPOL UGM. Then, at the end of the incubation activity, there will be selected businesses that have the opportunity to get venture capital funds from the Ministry of Youth and Sports through Young Entrepreneurs Beginners (WMP) activities.
In the last six years, SOPREMA Fisipol UGM has held competition events with applicants from 25 provinces in Indonesia. In addition to competitions, SOPREMA also holds incubation, expos, and seminars which are held annually in Yogyakarta. With the motto “Express Your Creative Passions”, SOPREMA is expected to be able to channel and foster the sociopreneurship spirit of youth in Indonesia to create prosperity for Indonesia.