Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2020) O Trust para as Américas in partnership with the Collaborative Public Innovation Laboratory InnovaAP Laboratorio Colaborativo de Innovación Pública InnovaAP and the University Agency for Entrepreneurship Management of the University of Costa Rica launch the project Gente Emprende. Proyecto Gente Emprende.
Gente Emprende’s objective is to promote high social value impact projects, that have the capacity of becoming sustainable entrepreneurships. Its structure is composed of 1 introduction session, 5 public innovation workshops using the “sprint” methodology, and 2 follow-up sessions for five municipalities outside of Costa Rica’s Great Metropolitan Area.
AUGE will guide the development of the entrepreneurs. AUGE focuses in understanding the issue being resolved and the solution created. The selected projects within each municipality will receive a maximum of $US5,000 for financial support.
Jorge Umaña, local coordinator of The Trust for the Americas in Costa Rica “We seek to improve citizen participation in five municipalities of Costa Rica, through a strategy of developing co-creation processes with social actors and proposing solutions to local needs that result in viable, sustainable and high value projects for the population of these locations.
During the month of January, informational workshops will be held for NGO’s, philanthropies, media outlets, PYMES, cooperatives, and interested community groups within the selected municipalities, with the following itinerary:
- Monday January 20- Turrialba 9 am
- Tuesday Jan 21- Grecia 9 am
- Wednesday January 22- Orotina 9pm
- Thursday January 23- Cañas 9am
- Tuesday January 28- Quepos 9 am
Applications will begin February 2020.
We expect participation of more than 750 people throughout the process.
For more information follow or social media or contact our local coordinator, Jorge Umaña at jumana@20.9.190.97.
Sobre o The Trust for the Americas:
A Trust para as Américas é uma organização sem fins lucrativos 501(c)(3) afiliada à Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA). Foi fundada em 1997 com o objetivo de promover a participação dos setores público e privado em projetos de desenvolvimento social e econômico na América Latina e no Caribe. Nossas iniciativas, implementadas por meio de organizações parceiras locais, buscam melhorar o acesso a oportunidades econômicas, bem como fomentar a inovação em comunidades vulneráveis do hemisfério. Para isso, a Trust também promove a inclusão social e a boa governança. A Trust possui escritórios em Washington, D.C., na Colômbia e no Canadá.
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