The new technological entrepreneurship project launched by mondragon goi eskola politeknikoa will have the collaboration of the ministry of science and innovation
The new technological entrepreneurship project launched by mondragon goi eskola politeknikoa will have the collaboration of the ministry of science and innovation
The new technological entrepreneurship project launched by mondragon goi eskola politeknikoa will have the collaboration of the ministry of science and innovation
The purpose of the project is the renovation of the industry from being resource intense, polluting industry in mature sectors and technologies, into a knowledge-intensive, clean and digital industry, through the promotion of industrial diversification processes and the generation of new industrial activities.
Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa started work a few months ago to convert the land plot of Gautxori de Arrasate into a new benchmark space in the entrepreneurial field. It is a macroproject that will house a space of 26,000m2, with the backing of public institutions and large industrial companies in the region.
Located in a highly industrialised region (Debagoiena), the project will drive the search for industrial solutions that enable the fulfilment of environmental goals, while at the same time generating employment and improving the socio-economic situation of the region. It inherits the spirit of the pioneers of cooperativism and will become a key element of the ecosystem of knowledge in the region, and by scalability, of Gipuzkoa, the Basque Country and Spain.
Specifically, the Ministry of Science and Innovation has recently approved the granting of a nominative subsidy for the Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa project to the value of €700,000. This project is covered by the General Budgets of the State for 2021 that were proposed by the Basque parliamentary group (EAJ-PNV).
The goals of the project:
- To catalyze the necessary technological/energy transition of the industrial sector towards a more competitive economy based on sustainable industry with high added value.
- To promote sustainable and cohesive regional development through collaborative private/public projects.
Led by Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa, the project will promote interdisciplinary collaboration between companies, technological entrepreneurs and agents in intra-entrepreneurial and entrepreneurial actions required for a sustainable and fair industry.
Different companies and entrepreneurs will share projects, spaces and equipment on an industrial scale along with the university and technology centres. This is an innovative proposal with the aim of being an international benchmark, as there are no centres that bind all these ingredients together as a shared goal:
To maintain employment and the creation of activity on territory under the following guidelines:
- In industrial sectors focussed on sustainability and digitisation (Industry 4.0): manufacturing, automotive sector, machine tools and capital equipment, renewable energy, bioengineering.
- Multidisciplinary, with participation in different knowledge areas: Engineering, business management, humanities, entrepreneurship.
- Intersectorial and intergenerational, with the participation of industry, technology centres, academia, administrations and society in general, with the intercooperation of young talent and experts with experience recognised in industry.
- With an industry-driven dual approach: (i) To the diversification and intra-entrepreneurship, in direct cooperation with companies and R&D units. (ii) To the entrepreneurship, giving freedom to the entrepreneur's creativity.
- • Project shared by the various agents in the region: from its conception, planning, execution, to the management and connections with society.
The centre will have various spaces: differential industrial space (by height and seismic bases), other spaces for workshops without these requirements, spaces for co-creation and spaces for the experimentation of sustainable business models, computer and simulation rooms, workshops with generic equipment for prototyping, etc. These spaces will have additional access to MGEP laboratories and other technology centres, as well as other spaces already available in the Garaia Technology Park.
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