Flash Forward

Purpose

Lebanon is passing through hardship. We at Fast Forward 2030 Lebanon want to empower emerging startups, socially conscious businesses, and non-governmental organisations in Lebanon who seek to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Therefore we created Flash Forward, a competition dedicated to pushing the boundaries of progress and developing emerging businesses to align with the shared values and objectives that enable society to address SDGs through introducing innovative, sustainable, and effective social enterprises.

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) or Social Businesses (SBs) that address social, economic, and environmental problems in Lebanon, will come together through a platform where challenges will be addressed through entrepreneurial and innovative initiatives.

Flash Forward is a platform that creates synergies with stakeholders. We aim to help enterprises develop scalable and transposable solutions for Lebanon. Our approach brings about new capacities for CSOs and SBs to include a socioeconomic mindset in their activities and be more self-sustainable.

The promotion of sustainable entrepreneurship supports turning problems into opportunities at the socioeconomic level while offering new access to employment, especially for youth, vulnerable, and disenfranchised communities. The sub-granting scheme that we've developed will support implementing the solutions and piloting products and services with high growth potential.

Being part of this competition, participants will benefit from: