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23 entrepreneurial projects selected for the third edition of UJI Emprèn OnSocial

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Solutions to combat depopulation, integrate people at risk of social exclusion or promote sustainable mobility, among the selected ideas

The social and technological entrepreneurship program promoted by the vice-rectors for Research and Transfer and for Students and Social Commitment of the Universitat Jaume I A new edition starts. A total of 23 ideas promoted by the university community have been presented this afternoon at Espaitec to be the protagonists of a training and mentoring program that will help them transform into entrepreneurial projects with social, technological and/or environmental impact.

UJI Empren OnSocial It is organized jointly by the INCREA Chair of Innovation, Creativity and Learning and the Scientific and Technological Park of the Universitat Jaume I (Espaitec) in collaboration with the association SECOT Castellón (Spanish Seniors for Technical Cooperation). An initiative that in its third edition is consolidated as a reference program to undertake at the UJI. A total of 49 people from the university community have registered on the program's web platform to present ideas, both in the form of new challenges and solutions to the challenges already presented. Of these, 23 ideas have been selected to participate in the program, in the training and mentoring sessions that will take place from November 2019 to July 2020.

Regarding the profile of the participating entrepreneurs, undergraduate and master's students are the most interested in the program, representing 57% of the total selected projects, followed by the group of SAUJI Alumni with 26%. It is worth highlighting the increase in initiatives promoted by research personnel (PDI) and service personnel (PAS), being 13% and 4% of the total respectively.. Among the selected ideas that aspire to be entrepreneurial projects after passing through the program, special mention is made of solutions for depopulation, sustainable mobility, accessible travel, greater visibility for women in sports or aid to small businesses compared to large stores.

The presentation event was chaired by Jesús Lancis, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer, and Inmaculada Rodríguez, Vice-Rector for Students and Social Commitment, both accompanied by Daniel Escrig, SECOT representative in the program.

Other projects to promote entrepreneurship at the Universitat Jaume I

During the event, two were presented European Erasmus+ projects which aim to promote entrepreneurship at the Universitat Jaume I. CRE8® Europe, where Cátedra Increa participates, has as its main objective to contribute to the development of transversal skills of university students such as creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

To develop these skills, different workshops will be held at the participating universities. During these workshops, companies will pose real challenges and students, in different multidisciplinary and international groups, will work together to solve them.  This project is led by the Karlstad University of Sweden and, in addition to the UJI, the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu in Romania and the Inland University of Norway also participate.

The project Mentech, where Espaitec participates, tries to design new methodologies for effective mentoring among young technological entrepreneurs and intends to carry out an analysis of more than 200 initiatives from various countries in the European Union. In addition, it will try to develop a common methodology that will help mentors from different countries to use best practices and proofs of concept to help entrepreneurs.

In addition to the UJI Science and Technology Park, other European parks participate in the project, such as Technoscope Mersin TeknoPark in Turkey, Tartu Science Park in Estonia, Madam Science Park in Portugal, ISTEC in Belgium or Science and Technology Park of Crete.

Evolution of the program in data

In the three calls held so far, 119 members of the university community have registered on the program platform to present ideas, both in the form of new challenges and solutions to the challenges already presented.

Taking the two completed editions as a reference, 32 ideas have become entrepreneurial initiatives after the project matured in the training phases of the program. Of these, 10 have become finalists and 2 have become companies, each receiving a €10.000 subsidy to launch their business project.

The companies created have been: Foodration4all, which aims to improve the current system of food donation and social integration of disadvantaged people, and GreenFlight, a start-up that uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to preserve forests. In the month of November, the winning projects of the second edition of the program will be announced, giving rise to the creation of two new entrepreneurial companies of a social nature.

 

 

 

 

 

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23 entrepreneurial projects selected for the third edition of UJI Emprèn OnSocial

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Solutions to combat depopulation, integrate people at risk of social exclusion or promote sustainable mobility, among the selected ideas

The social and technological entrepreneurship program promoted by the vice-rectors for Research and Transfer and Student and Social Commitment of the Universitat Jaume I starts a new edition. A total of 23 ideas promoted by the university community have been presented at Espaitec to be the protagonists of a training and mentoring program that will help them transform into entrepreneurial projects with social, technological and/or environmental impact.

UJI Empren OnSocial It is organized jointly by the INCREA Chair of Innovation, Creativity and Learning i the Scientific and Technological Park of the Universitat Jaume I (Espaitec) in collaboration with the association SECOT Castelló (Sèniors Espanyols per a la Cooperació Tècnica). An initiative that in the second edition is consolidated as a reference program for undertaking the Universitat Jaume I. A total of 49 people from the university community have registered on the program's web platform to present ideas, both in the form of new reptes and solutions to the reptes that are presented. From these, 23 ideas have been selected to participate in the program, in the training and mentoring sessions that last from November 2019 to July 2020.

Regarding the profile of the participating entrepreneurs, the undergraduate and master's students are the most interested in the program, representing 57% of the total selected projects, followed by the group of SAUJI Alumni both 26%. Noteworthy is the increase in initiatives promoted by research personnel (PDI) and service personnel (PAS), representing 13% and 4% of the total respectively. Among the selected ideas that aspire to be entrepreneurial projects after the end of the program, especially solutions for depopulation, sustainable mobility, accessible travel, greater visibility of people in esports or aid to small businesses in front of large stores.

The presentation act was chaired by Jesús Lancis, Vice-Rector of Research and Transfer, and Inmaculada Rodríguez, Vice-Rector of Student Affairs and Social Commitment, accompanied by Daniel Escrig, representative of SECOT in the program.

Other projects to promote entrepreneurship at the Universitat Jaume I

During the event, two European Erasmus+ projects have been presented that aim to promote entrepreneurship at the Universitat Jaume I. CRE8® Europe, with the participation of Càtedra Increa, has the main objective of contributing to the development of transversal competences of the 'university students with creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

To develop these skills, different workshops will be held at the participating universities. During these workshops, the companies will propose real reps and the students, in different multidisciplinary and international groups, will work together to resolve them. This project is led by the Karlstad University of Sweden and, in addition to the UJI, the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu of Romania and the Inland University of Norway also participate.

The Mentech project, in which Espaitec participates, aims to design new methodologies for effective mentoring among young technology entrepreneurs and aims to carry out an analysis of more than 200 initiatives from various countries in the European Union. Furthermore, it will try to develop a common methodology that helps mentors from different countries to use the best practices and concepts to help entrepreneurs.

In addition to the UJI Science and Technology Park, the project involves other European parks, for example Tartu Science Park in Estonia, Madam Science Park in Portugal or Science and Technology Park of Crete.

Evolution of the program in dades

In the three calls held today, 119 members of the university community have registered on the program platform to present ideas, both in the form of new reptes and solutions to the reptes that have been presented.

Present with reference to the two final editions, 32 ideas have been converted into entrepreneurial initiatives after maturing the project in the training phases of the program. Of these, 10 have become finalists and two have become companies, receiving €10.000 from each school subsidy to launch their business project.

The companies created have been: Foodration4all, which aims to improve the current system of food donation and social integration of disadvantaged people and GreenFlight, a start-up that uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to preserve forests. . The month of November is the launch of the guanyador projects of the second edition of the program, donating all to the creation of two new entrepreneurial companies of a social nature.

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23 entrepreneurial projects selected for the third edition of UJI Emprèn OnSocial

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Solutions to fight depopulation, integrate people at risk of social exclusion or to favor sustainable mobility are some of the selected ideas

The social and technological entrepreneurship program promoted by the Vice-Rectorates of Research and Transfer and Students and Social Commitment of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) starts a new edition. Twenty-three ideas promoted by the university community were presented this afternoon at Espaitec as the main characters for a training and mentoring program to help them transform these ideas into entrepreneurial projects with a social, technological and/or environmental impact.

UJI Empren OnSocial is jointly organizing this edition with the INCREA Chair of Innovation, Creativity and Learning and the Science and Technology Park of the UJI (Espaitec), in collaboration with the SECOT Castellón (Spanish Seniors for Technical Cooperation) Association. This is the third edition of the initiative, which has been consolidated as a reference program for entrepreneurship at the UJI. Forty-nine people from the university community registered on the programme's website to present ideas as both new challenges and solutions to previously presented challenges. Of these, 23 were selected to participate in the program during the training and mentoring sessions to take place from November 2019 to July 2020.

The profile of the participants reveals that undergraduate and master degree students show more interest as they represent 57% of all the selected projects, followed by the SAUJI Alumni group with 26%. The increasing number of initiatives promoted by research personnel (PDI) and services personnel (PAS) is worth stressing with 13% and 4% of the total, respectively. Among the selected ideas that aim to become entrepreneurial projects after participating in the programme, we emphasize solutions for depopulation, sustainable mobility, accessible travel, women becoming more visible in sports or help for small shops versus large stores.

The presentation part of the event was chaired by Jesús Lancis, Vice-Rector of Research and Transfer, and by Inmaculada Rodríguez, Vice-Rector of Students and Social Commitment. Both were accompanied by Daniel Escrig, a representative of SECOT in the program.

Other projects to encourage entrepreneurship at the UJI

The included presentation two European Erasmus + projects whose objective is to encourage entrepreneurship at the UJI. CRE8® Europe, in which the Increa Chair participates, whose main objective is to develop transversal competences for university students, like creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

To develop them, different workshops will be organized at the participating universities. During these workshops, companies will consider real challenges, while students will form different multidisciplinary and international groups to work jointly to meet them. This project is led by the Karlstad University from Sweden. Apart from the UJI, the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Romania) and the Inland University of Norway also participate.

The Mentech project, which Espaitec participates in, is an attempt to design new effective mentoring methodologies with young technological entrepreneurs and to analyze more than 200 initiatives from different EU countries. Attempts will also be made to devise a common methodology to help mentors from different countries to use the best practices and proof of concepts to help entrepreneurs.

Apart from Espaitec, other European parks participating in the project, such as Technoscope Mersin TeknoPark of Turkey, Tartu Science Park in Estonia, Madam Parque de Ciencia in Portugal, ISTEC of Belgium or Science and Technology Park of Crete.

Data showing how the program evolves

In the three editions held to date, 119 university community members have registered on the programme's platform to present ideas either as new challenges or solutions for previously presented challenges.

By taking the two finished editions as a reference, 32 ideas have become entrepreneurial initiatives after the project matured in the program training phases. Of these, 10 were finalists and two have become companies, and both have received a €10,000 subsidy to set up their business project.

The created companies are: Foodration4all, which aims to improve today's system to donate food and to work on the social integration of disadvantaged people; GreenFlight, a start-up that employs unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to preserve forests. In November, the winning projects of the programme's second edition will be announced, which will give way to two new social enterprise-type companies being created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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