Dr. Bohdan Androshchuk has 12 years of experience in various positions at civil society organizations in Germany and Ukraine. Over the last 10 years, Dr. Androshchuk has developed and implemented strategic development cooperation programs in collaboration with donors, civil society organizations, and educational authorities from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, and Ukraine. His programs, particularly focused on social entrepreneurship and social start-ups in the Eastern Partnership countries aim to achieve positive changes in societal, social, and socioeconomic fields. He is a co-founder and board member of the Ukrainian Social Venture Fund and a social investor at Urban Space 500 in Ukraine. Additionally, he is the initiator and co-author of the educational concept of social student companies (SSC) in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
In 2023, he launched the topic of social innovations, with a focus on social entrepreneurship, startups, and impact-oriented business, for the German Gorvernment`s Platform for Ukraine’s Reconstruction. His aim wasto foster connections between German and Ukrainian actors in these fields and strengthen their roles in social entrepreneurship and impact-driven initiatives for Ukraine’s recovery. Dr. Androshchuk is a member of the Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland (Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany), the umbrella organization for the social entrepreneurial sector in Germany.
He has developed and conducted innovative development and humanitarian programs and projects in collaboration with about 30 civil society organizations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. He has published several articles and thoughts on social entrepreneurship and donor philosophy.
Dr. Androshchuk believes that social entrepreneurship and impact-oriented business are the best instruments for development and humanitarian cooperation and should be strongly developed worldwide, especially through innovative educational concepts like "Social Student Companies" in schools. He advises and strengthens German-Ukrainian civil society relations, particularly in the area of social entrepreneurship and social innovations, and bolsters civil society structures in the Eastern Partnership countries through development cooperation. He speaks Ukrainian, German, English, and Russian.