MÁSTER-HIDRÓGENO

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of the Somorrostro Training Centre, as, in addition to fostering the personal and professional growth of students and entrepreneurs, it promotes innovation, creativity and the ability to generate business ideas with a real impact on Basque society. At our centre, we foster an entrepreneurial culture through training, support and collaboration, aligning ourselves with the Basque Country’s economic policies and strategies, which regard entrepreneurship as a key driver of sustainable economic development, job creation and digital and industrial transformation. This alignment reinforces the centre’s commitment to the local business community and to training people capable of leading projects that deliver added value.

How do we promote entrepreneurship at Somorrostro?

Actions with students

  • Raising awareness of entrepreneurship:
    • DEMA’s ENPRESARI workshops: these sessions explore various aspects of entrepreneurship with students and feature first-hand accounts from entrepreneurs who have set up their own businesses, explaining what the process was like for them – from coming up with the idea to launching the business – whilst highlighting both the challenges they had to overcome and the rewards they derive from running their own business.
    • PROVIDER Awareness Days: events to promote technology and entrepreneurship, aimed at students and technical teaching staff.
    • WORKLAN talks:lectures on the economy and social entrepreneurship, and on co-operative and worker-owned companies, aimed at both students and teaching staff.
    • Awareness-raising sessions organised by ECONOMISTAS SIN FRONTERAS: sessions designed to encourage a critical and entrepreneurial perspective on the current economic model and its social and environmental impacts.
    • Encuentro de Estudiantes de IKASENPRESA: a space where vocational training students have the opportunity to present and develop the entrepreneurial projects they have been working on in the classroom as part of the IKASENPRESA programme, sharing ideas and learning in the various workshops to further develop them.
    • IKASENPRESA Azoka: an entrepreneurship fair held in Eibar, where students taking part in the IKASENPRESA programme have the opportunity to discover and showcase business ideas and prototypes.
    • ANNUAL FAIR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP at Somorrostro: event dedicated to recognising, celebrating and promoting the entrepreneurial spirit. We are joined by the region’s leading organisations in the field of entrepreneurship, including Meatzaldeko Behargintza, DEMA, BIC EZKERRALDEA, ASLE, SECOT, Mondragón Unibertsitatea, WORKLAN, FORLAN and CÁMARABILBAO.
  • Participation in entrepreneurship programmes and competitions:
    • IKASENPRESA: educational programme and competition organised by the Basque Government’s Department of Education, centred on setting up mock businesses in the classroom, in which we take part with all second-year students across all intermediate and advanced vocational training courses.
    • PROVIDER:Tknika’s technology business ideas competition, designed to encourage the creation of new businesses offering innovative solutions for the industry of the future (Industry 4.0).
    • STARTinnova: entrepreneurship competition organised by El Correo and aimed at sixth-form and vocational training students, with the aim of fostering entrepreneurial behaviour amongst young people. Our mentor company is Lurpelan.
    • ENPRESARI: a DEMA competition in which vocational training students, following a preliminary orientation session, present their business ideas to a panel of experts; the best projects are awarded prizes, and those wishing to launch them receive personalised support and advice to do so.
    • GIRA Jóvenes:A Coca-Cola training and employability programme and competition that promotes the personal and professional development of young vocational training students across all sectors, with the aim of helping them to get to know themselves better and bringing them closer to the world of work.
    • Otthers:
      • “Yo soy mi futuro – Z-SHAKE” by Junior Achievement
      • “Cemex-TEC” by CEMEX
      • “Inteligencia Artificial y Nutrición” by the Instituto Universitario Vive Sano

Activities with developers

  • Urratsbat program:
    • Entrepreneurship promoter: The centre’s entrepreneurship promoter is available to anyone interested in starting a business or who has already done so, offering information and advice on grants, business plans, feasibility, internationalisation, patents, and so on.
    • Entrepreneurship Office: our centre has a dedicated space for entrepreneurs, where they can meet with the entrepreneurship coordinator and the centre’s technical staff, or work independently on their entrepreneurial projects.
    • Urratsbat awards: participation in the Urratsbat Awards, which recognise businesses set up as part of the Urratsbat programme

Actions with institutions and other organisations

  • Bilbao Ekintza:
    • BSA Forum: participation in the “Bilbao Forum on Entrepreneurship in Advanced Services” organised by Bilbao Ekintza (Bilbao City Council) alongside Tknika, Kutxabank, CIFP Txurdinaga and CIFP Elorrieta-Erreka Mari, with the aim of developing, through collaborative governance, a programme to promote entrepreneurship in advanced services in Greater Bilbao.
  • Worklan:
    • Development Board: we work closely and continuously with Worklan to drive forward initiatives that promote cooperative entrepreneurship in Greater Bilbao. The Development Board also includes Laboral Kutxa, Elkargi, ASLE, Grupo Integra, Petronor, CPIFP Txorierri and CPIFP Salesianos Deusto, amongst others.