5th FREE Network Training Workshop in San Salvador

This week, from 22^nd to 24^th May, the 5^th Training Workshop “Incubation Services and Management of Research-based entrepreneurship” of the FREE Network Project is taking place hosted by the Universidad de El Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador.

The training workshop is being delivered by the European Partners (Glasgow Caledonian University, Università degli studi di Genova and the University of Alicante, coordinator of the FREE Network Project) and is being attended by more than 60 people, representatives from the partners’ Higher Education Institutions from Central America.

The objective of the workshop is to identify the key services that are needed in an incubator orientated to Research Based and Innovative Companies.

Participants in the training workshop will be involved in the establishment of Innovation Support Offices (ISOs) in their institutions and will adapt the training content to local context to deliver pilot workshops for students and researchers. The training workshop is combined with a Working Session on the Creation or adaptation of ISOs that will take place on Thursday morning.

In order to raise awareness on the topic of spin-off creation in El Salvador and its contribution to the innovation ecosystem in Centre America and look for synergies with key stakeholders, yesterday the project was presented in a special session to Higher Education Institutions in El Salvador, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy, Vice-Ministry of Science and Technology, National Council of Science and Technology , National Centre for Register and National Commission for the Micro and Small Company.

Following this presentation to key stakeholder, a project coordination meeting was held by project partners to review project progress and plan the project activities to be undertaken in the upcoming months.