NGO Academy is a joint project of the ERSTE Foundation and the Competence Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship of Vienna University for Economics and Business. The NGO Academy was founded in 2013 with the goal of strengthening the civil society sector in Central and Southeast Europe by providing further educational opportunities. NGO Academy offers a range of high-quality capacity building programmes designed specifically for executive managers and staff members of NGOs. By transferring knowledge, imparting skills and helping participants to establish networks, the Academy supports the organisations themselves and indirectly also their beneficiaries. By now, NGO Academy offers five programmes: the Social Innovation and Management Programme, the Regional Programme, the Community-Led Events, the Civil Society Leadership Programme for Ukraine undand the MSc Social Innovation and Management.