26/05/2015

Eco-Recinnova training programme kicks off in Madrid

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The free Eco-Recinnova training programme promoted by the Emprendeverde Network of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, has started today with the aim of supporting green entrepreneurs so that they can launch new business projects linked to recycling and eco-design, as well as so that they can grow and consolidate. offering them training in key areas.
 
This training, which will last until Thursday 28th, has the development of 4 modules in which an introduction to Design Thinking and marketing for entrepreneurs will be taught; as well as notions of eco-innovation, eco-design and recycling, and financing and investment of startups.
 
This program, which will be taught by IE Business School professors Daniel Soriano and Conchita Galdón, and which will also have the director of Ecologing as a specialized trainer for the eco-innovation module, Nicola Cerantola, seeks to make new business projects a reality and make newly created companies grow.
 
In addition, on May 26, 27 and 28, when the training will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at IE Business School’s Madrid campus, there will also be the participation of consolidated green companies, such as Ecoalf and Cartonlab, which will share their entrepreneurial experience with the attendees.
 
The programme is aimed at members of the Emprendeverde Network, co-financed by the European Social Fund, who want to become future entrepreneurs or young micro-enterprises and SMEs with a maximum of one year’s experience, who develop initiatives or want to create new lines of business linked to the environment.

After the training, five viable projects will be selected from among the participants, which will be part of the Eco-Recinnova mentoring programme, offering them individualised and specialised support in the creation of green companies.

The Eco-Recinnova programme is a cycle of activities, developed in collaboration with Ecoembes, which aims to promote the creation and consolidation of companies or new lines of business in the field of Ecodesign and Recycling.