About us
We’re a team of young people who love to look into the future. Future Makers is one of the programs developed by Social Innovation Solutions, a global organization that supports the development of sustainable solutions for the future.
At Social Innovation Solutions, our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to understand future transformations and to develop sustainable tech, policy, and entrepreneurial solutions.
Our Values
Community
We believe in the power of communities. We know that two or more people will always come up with a better solution to a problem.
Tranformation
We are believers. We look at an idea and we see how it will develop in the future. We do the same with people and their potential.
Innovation
We like to consider ourselves future makers, so we're not afraid of change. The future comes with challenges and we want to respond to them creatively.
At Social Innovation Solutions, our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to understand future transformations and to develop sustainable tech, policy, and entrepreneurial solutions. We do that through our CEE incubators and accelerators: Future Makers & TRANSFORMATOR; our global conversation & learning platforms: Future Summit, Climate Change Summit & Sustainable Futures, and our foresight & sustainability courses or executive education.
Openness
We are always looking to improve ourselves and embrace feedback. We are open to new possibilities, new versions of our current selves.
Sustainability
Even if we love being alive, we know this won’t last forever. That’s why, we want to make sure we’ll leave this world as safe as we received it.
Education
We are committed to deliver the best
entrepreneurial education journey.
Our program gathers an international pool of trainers, mentors & experts.
The Future Makers Team
Paul Nechita
PROJECT MANAGER
With an academic background in Human Resources Management and Project Management, Paul is the Program Manager o of Future Makers.
He’s the Winner of Social Impact Award - 2019 and of Junior Achievement “Company of the Year” - 2018, two competitions that promote entrepreneurship for young people.
Roxana Cojocaru
INCUBATION LEAD
Roxana has a background in Marketing and Business Management with 10+ years in Sales, Fundraising, Event Management and Education across corporate, start-ups, NGOs and International Organizations. She organized international high-profile events such as TEDxCERN, TEDxBucharest, IAA Global Conference, Feed Your Mind Platform (within AWAKE Festival). Her professional experience spreads across four continents (Europe, Africa, Asia, North America) and she has worked with more than 30 nationalities by now.
Roxana aims at building a better future by making the present better through knowledge sharing processes and impact increasing initiatives, building learning experiences for entrepreneurs and start-ups in her current role as Incubation Lead at Social Innovation Solutions. Roxana is also a member of Global Shapers Bucharest Hub, an initiative of World Economic Forum.
Corina Gavrilita
Program Officer
Corina is an International Relations and European Studies graduate with 3 years experience in the international higher education sector. During her university studies and in her early career, she has pursued volunteering experiences and Erasmus+ programs which have exposed her to diverse groups of people passionate about tackling the social, economic and environmental issues of the present and the future.
She believes that education has the power of changing one’s life and has worked in organizations supporting young people from across the globe to reach their potential through education. Corina is passionate about multicultural environments and working with others in finding solutions for present and future challenges. She has recently joined Social Innovation Solutions and she is working on sustainability programs, as well as incubators.
Ioana Axinte
Incubation Consultant
Ioana has led on the design and delivery of national and international programmes from youth outreach & entrepreneurship, executive leadership education, pitching competitions and start-up acceleration for the past 5 years for leading organisations (University College Birmingham, Aimhigher West Midlands, Office for Students, Aston Business School - Aston Centre for Growth, Imperial College London, MSDUK, New Horizons Foundation) working with over 1,000 youth, 500 teachers & 1,500 start-ups, scale-ups, and high growth businesses.
Awards
1st - Economic & social development at Gala Societății Civile 2022
Romania National Finalists 2020 Central European Startup Awards
2nd - Youth Project
at Gala Societății Civile 2021
3rd - Economic & Social Development at Gala Societății Civile 2020