The SOPREMA (Young Sociopreneur) incubation program involves young people aged 16-30 years, aims to contribute to solving social problems through social entrepreneurship, opens wide opportunities, encourages youth throughout Indonesia to share experiences in activities to stimulate the community’s economy. Young people are challenged to create business models by seeing social problems as opportunities to empower the community. The focus of SOPREMA is measuring the benefits that society derives from an entrepreneurial activity.
SOPREMA FISIPOL UGM 2022 started as a program to encourage the enthusiasm of productive young people as actors in Indonesia’s economic development through the principles of social entrepreneurship in making an impact on society. This is driven by BPS (Central Statistics Agency) data regarding the growth rate of young people towards a potential demographic bonus until 2035, SOPREMA is committed to encouraging the growth of young people in managing their potential to contribute to solving social problems in the surrounding community. SOPREMA opens opportunities for young people spread across various regions in Indonesia to be able to take part in national level competitions and incubations. Some of the program graduates spread across various provinces in Indonesia include Pijar Psychology, Agradaya, FLOS, Angles of Lombok, Tenoon, Shirvano Consulting, Yant Sorghum, and so on.
Workshop activities last for 6-8 hours. The workshop consists of presentations by mentors, followed by discussions, case studies, and questions and answers by mentors who are qualified in the fields of technology, creative, and startups. And also there is a full consulting activity with a dedicated mentor.