Inspire Explore

Ready to embark on your entrepreneurial journey?

Join the Inspire Programmes and explore the fundamentals of entrepreneurship like never before!

About : Why should you join the Explore programme?

Our short online course is designed to inspire, be flexible, and easy to join and complete! With four comprehensive modules, we equip you with the essential knowledge needed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship skills. From identifying the problem you aim to solve to securing funding for your startup, our course guides the basics of launching a new venture.

Advantages :

At the end of this course you will be able to articulate what your set of innovation and entrepreneurship skills are and explore new career opportunities.

You will:

- Appreciate the value of opportunities that arise

- Identify, develop and act on entrepreneurial opportunities

- Articulate a food system problem that can be addressed by a sustainable solution

- Evaluate a target market in order to assess the potential for a product innovation

- Mobilise resources to support the creation of value to the market

- Implement actions to initiate the deliverance of an innovative solution

Structure and Modules : Flexibility is at the core of our course structure.

Take the course at your own pace, fitting it around your current commitments. Just remember, completion by December 31, 2025, is necessary to earn your certificate.

But that's not all! Upon completion of the Inspire Explore course, you'll have the chance to further your journey with Inspire. Explore. Compete. Here, your presentations will be evaluated by a Jury Panel, with cash prizes awarded to the top presentations in each of the three categories

What you'll learn : Essential knowledge and more...

Food systems

Apply basic systems analysis techniques to describe the food system.
Identify dominant sustainability challenges for the food system.
Recognise how innovations can contribute to achieving societal impact.

Entrepreneurship

Appraise and articulate the value of opportunities.
Identify and use relevant resources to support the creation of social and environmental value.
Implement effective actions to support the creation of sustainability impacts.

Learn more about our competency framework

Practical :

What you need to know

Register now for free: Open all year long until the 31st of December 2025

Career Opportunities : Boost your employability potential

They will be introduced to the basics of entrepreneurship which can be used to build a solid foundation in developing the skills they will need to support their entrepreneurial journey.

Participants will also receive an EIT Food certificate at the end of this course.

“You should join this course if you want to tackle complex challenges associated with the food sector. New ideas are vital. EIT Inspire Explore will guide you down the Entrepreneurial path by equipping you with fundamental skills and knowledge for turning ideas into value driven opportunities and build sustainable solutions to transform our food systems.””

Orsolaya Ihasz, Educator Inspire Explore Course

Feedback from our participants

97,5% Overall course experience

Course experience was described as Excellent or Good

93% Net Promoter Score

Would recommend this course to a colleague or a friend

77,1% Answered that the likelihood of them setting up their own business increased

As direct result of this course

“I really want to express my gratitude to the entire team for giving this internationally-recognized certificate. I wish other opportunities could be made for our ideas to be moulded by your training sessions on varying topics, so we can all have a positive impact in the world!”

Isaac Junior Robertson - Alumni, Inspire Explore
“Thank you for the certificate! I appreciate the recognition. The Inspire Explore course was a valuable experience, and I'm eager to apply what I've learned.”

Javeria Naseer - Alumni, Inspire Explore
“Thanks very much, this training is indeed adding value to my operations”

Phanuel Bwambale - Alumni, Inspire Explore
“I want to express my sincere gratitude to you for the certification you provided. It holds significant value for me, and I am truly grateful for the recognition. I am thrilled about the opportunity to participate in the next round of the program, called Compete. It offers an excellent platform for me to further develop my ideas or products and explore market opportunities. Additionally, I want to acknowledge the invaluable support and learning activities provided by EIT Food. They have been instrumental in my learning journey and in connecting me with various learners. I am eager to explore new courses, accelerations and innovation opportunities that align with my care interests. I am enthusiastic about applying the knowledge and skills I have acquired to drive forward my initiatives for product placement development. Once again, thank you very much for you support and encouragement.”

Bojana Bradic - Alumni, Inspire Explore
“The overall course has good information and enhance the knowledge of future applications”

Alumni, Inspire Explore
“Everything was good and it was best as compared to previous learning session I took from the other platform”

Alumni, Inspire Explore
“Course was perfect and I loved the challenge at the end. Very practical and exciting!”

Alumni, Inspire Explore
“I enjoyed the self-guided option which is very convenient to adapt to any schedule. Also, I liked the competition module, because I consider it a perfect exercise to put into practice the knowledge gained in the course.”

Alumni, Inspire Explore

Inspire. Explore. Compete. Competition : You have the change to win up to €2000 in cash prizes!

When you have successfully completed Inspire Explore you will receive an invitation to join Inspire. Explore. Compete.

This competition will be open from 1st of October till 30 of November.

This course Inspire. Explore. Compete aims to equip you with the skills and mindset necessary to thrive in innovation and entrepreneurship related to food systems. It is the continuation of the journey initiated by completing the Inspire Explore course (4 modules), which allows you to apply the knowledge and skills you’ve developed.

To win, all you need is to prepare an outstanding slide deck focused on one of the three EIT Food Missions:

The top presentations from each mission will advance to the final round, competing for the ultimate prize during a live online event at the beginning of 2026.

Mark your calendars - the competition runs from October 1st to November 30th, 2025. This is your chance to participate, earn your certificate, and compete for prizes!

Click here for full details and Terms & Conditions about the competition!