entrepreneurship

Resolución de 25 de marzo de la Universidad de Alicante, por la que se publica el listado definitivo de estudiantes seleccionados/as para participar en cursos ofertados dentro del marco de la alianza de universidades europeas Transform4Europe durante el curso 2021/22.

La Oficina de Gestión de Proyectos Institucionales (OGPI) selecciona 20 estudiantes de la Universidad de Alicante para participar de manera gratuita en los cursos ofertados dentro de la Alianza “Transform4Europe”. Más detalles sobre la convocatoria se pueden encontrar en el siguiente enlace.

On 4^th November the on-line course,  “Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Big Data in Environmental Sciences, Sustainability and Circular Economy” organised by the Institutional Project Management Office (OGPI), in the framework of the CloudEARHTi project was inaugurated at the Alicante Science Park. This course aims to inspire students to develop a business idea giving them the opportunity to connect with like-minded, inspiring and self-motivated students from across Europe.

More that 25 students from the University of Alicante attended the 1^st module on “Entrepreneurship and Start-up Ecosystem”. During the session, the local Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and resources available were presented by Loren Moreno Monteagudo, UA Technology Transfer Office Entrepreneurial Project Manager, an Entrepreneurial Motivation Workshop was conducted by Víctor Climent, UA General Foundation Deputy, followed by a presentation on Social Entrepreneurship. Moreover, the Alicante Science Park was presented by Mar Cervera, Business Development Project Manager. Finally, Yago Sierras, founder of the start-up “Mediterranean Algae” explained how to launch a company from the very beginning.

Between January 19^th and 21^st, the V2WORK Vietnamese partners gathered together at Thu Dau Mot University, with the EU partners joining in online during the afternoons, to present the work they had done in the framework of project work packages 2, Capacity Building, and 4, Implementation of Enhanced Services.

During the workshop partners shared their experiences (including the challenges they had to overcome) and results in the implementation of online courses, career days and new employability, employment and entrepreneurship services by the career centres. As each partner presented their work, the others had a chance to ask questions, share recommendations for future actions, and do a short evaluation of each of the results.

Overall the results were very positive, with many of the partners getting very useful advice from their colleagues on how to continue implementing these activities, and others getting inspiration on how to develop something similar in their own institutions

The V2WORK project, coordinated by the University of Alicante, has created a new network to further develop the close cooperation between V2WORK project partners, and to extend its positive impact to other Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): the Vietnam Employability and Entrepreneurship Support Network or VEES-Net.

VEES - NET has a vision to be a sustainable network of Vietnamese HEIs to support career services with a view to promoting greater employability and developing a spirit and culture of entrepreneurship among HEIs. Its mission is to increase the employability and the entrepreneurship efforts of HEI students and graduates, enabling higher levels of success and professional achievement, and to promote the development and affirmation of HEI career services as an essential structure and of the greatest importance in fulfilling the institution's mission to train and qualify young people for qualified professional activities that generate social and economic development.

From June 30^th to July 3^rd, the V2WORK project held a Sustainable Network Workshop hosted by the University of Danang, with participation of the EU partners online. Like so many others, V2WORK has had to adapt to the new limitations of working in a Covid-19 world. With international travel restrictions in place, and partners in Europe working from home, the project has designed a blended-format workshop, with the Vietnamese partners all gathered in Danang to facilitate discussions and joint working sessions, and the European partners participating through the videoconferencing platform Livestorm. The objective of the workshop was to establish a collaborative environment in which the V2WORK partners can work together to define and create a network that will support future collaboration between Vietnamese universities regarding student and graduate employability and entrepreneurship. In order to adapt to the time difference between Vietnam and Europe, the workshop was structured so has to have online sessions in the afternoons (in Vietnam), and group working sessions in the mornings between the Vietnamese partners.

Institutional Entrepreneurship & Employability Programme manager, Víctor Climent participated from 19^th to 21^st of November 2019, in the 5^th INSPIRE Project Meeting and Mentoring workshop that took place Universitas Andalas in Padang, Indonesia.

The first two days were focused on the mentoring workshop for students and mentors and the student mentee workshop on mentoring agreement. Also, the Business Plan Competition winners attended a Business Plan Development workshop provided by EU partners and Indonesian INSPIRE staff and mentors. At the end of the second day, the Official Opening of UNAND Co-Working Space took place.

The V2WORK project organized a National Conference on Graduate Employment and Entrepreneurship at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) in Ho Chi Minh City on October 30^th and 31^st, 2019. It brought together over 100 participants including students, university professors and managers, as well as employers and successful entrepreneurs from the Ho Chi Minh City area and beyond. The objective of the National Conference was to stimulate dialogue and debate at the national level with regards to the current environments of employment and entrepreneurship in Vietnam for students and graduates.

Hosted by Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, the FREE Network Final Conference “Generating Innovation from research-based entrepreneurship: the Role of Higher Education Institutions in Central America” took place on the 10^th and 11^th September 2019, in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, organised by the International Project Management Office of the University of Alicante with the support of Universidad del Istmo.

The main objective of the conference was to promote the project visibility and present the project results, specifically officially launch the Innovation Support Offices (ISOs) Network established in the framework of the project in order to promote memberships from new members.  Also, the aim of the conference was to raise awareness of the key role of the ISOs for supporting spin-off creation in Central America. In this sense, the recently established ISOs were presented by project partners.  

The FREE Network National Conference “The challenges of public policy to promote entrepreneurship and innovation based on knowledge generated in universities” took place in San José, Costa Rica on 5th December 2018 and over 150 participants came together from Central America.

Organized by the Erasmus+ funded project FREE Network - Fostering Research-based Entrepreneurship and the development of spin-off companies in Central America, of which the University of Alicante is coordinator, the conference was hosted by Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT) and was jointly organized with Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC).

The main objective of the conference was to promote the project visibility and present the project results, specifically the Innovation Support Offices (ISOs) Network that will be established in the framework of the project.  Also, the aim of the conference was to raise awareness of the key role of the ISOs for supporting spin-off creation in Costa Rica  and Central America. In this sense, the recently established ISOs from ULACIT (The Nest – Innovation Centre)  and TEC (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre) were presented by Alejandra Quirós, Associate Director of External Affairs of ULACIT and Juan Carlos Carvajal, Director of the TEC Innovation Centre.