6th REN SUMMIT 2023 IZMIR
Refugee Entrepreneurship Summit

Ren Summit is an important platform that brings together more than 100 organizations from around the world to share global knowledge, experience and solutions on refugee entrepreneurship. In 2023, Ren Summit 2023, hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Originn Creative Hub, brought an international gathering on refugee entrepreneurship to Izmir.

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Izmir has historically faced different waves of migration and today hosts around 4 million refugees. With its geographical location, vulnerability to natural disasters and internal migration, Izmir has become an important center of migration and integration.

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In this context, Originn Creative Hub and Changemakers Lab, which continue their work as Twin Hubs within the framework of the “Sister City” project of Izmir and Lesvos, have collaborated to highlight Izmir's place in the migration entrepreneurship ecosystem by adopting the mission of supporting refugee entrepreneurship. The strengthened relationship between the two hubs led to the invitation of Ren Summit to Izmir and a workshop to identify programs to be designed for refugee entrepreneurship in the region.