Bistra Kumbaroska

Co-creator of Mladiinfo International and Impact Hub Skopje (candidate), Bistra is best described as a community innovator, entrepreneur and a poet. She spends her time inspiring, witnessing and supporting courageous steps made by humans, combining innovative tools for growth, learning and education. In 2008, she became one of the core drivers of a movement that resulted with today's most popular youth web portal in CEE Region: Mladi Info (www.mladiinfo.com), enabling hundreds of young people to get access to free education, mobility and grants in a fully transparent way. Her passion for entrepreneurship took her on a journey through Europe, Sub-Sahara Africa, and South-East Asia, supporting young people to create meaningful jobs for themselves. At the moment she lives in Austria, where she is regional program coordinator for Social Impact Award and Investment Ready Program, enabling social entrepreneurs in CEE region to build or scale their social start-ups. In 2016, she started the first impact accelerator in Macedonia, under the umbrella of Impact Hub family,. She has organized, facilitated and shared her experience at more than 73 international conferences and summits so far.