Bic Gipuzkoa and Tecnun, the School of Engineering of the University of Navarra, have launched a Chair focused on development entrepreneurship in Gipuzkoa. Among the objectives is to strengthen the competencies linked to innovation and entrepreneurship of Tecnun students, researchers and alumni .

The signature of the new one of agreement "crystallizes" the more than twenty years of partnership between both institutions, as the president of Bic Gipuzkoa has emphasized, Leyre Madariaga, at the event that took place at the School of Engineering this morning. "The relationship between Tecnun and Bic Gipuzkoa has always been marked by support and learning, but, above all, it is based on the application of our knowledge to the business initiatives generated by researchers, professors and students at campus in Ibaeta."

The director of the School of Engineering, Raúl Antón, wanted to thank BIC Gipuzkoa for its support and highlighted "the high percentage of successful entrepreneurial projects incubated by alumni of Tecnun thanks, for the most part, to the support of Bic". "We are convinced that continuing to train new generations in the field of entrepreneurship will have a positive impact on society as a whole."

The Chair, which will be led at Tecnun by the University's Entrepreneurship director , Gustavo Pegowill allow "further progress to be made in aspects on which both institutions have been working for some time", such as training, awareness and knowledge dissemination of entrepreneurship, as the new agreement emphasizes.

Among the activities of the Chair is the launch of an investment laboratory aimed at student body Tecnun that will allow them to learn to make decisions with the criteria of an investor. Another project will be the creation of a School of Entrepreneurs formed by alumni Tecnun experts in different fields. "It is fascinating because you can involve alumni who want to refund to society what they have received. Entrepreneurs need support and we are going to give it to them with entrepreneurs who have already walked this path", says Gustavo Pego.

"With this program we want to continue working together to research, promote, encourage and promote more entrepreneurship of high scientific and technological value," said the president of Bic Gipuzkoa, Leyre Madariaga. "It is also a confirmation of how Tecnun has internalized its role in the development of an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and advanced services for companies and organizations," he concluded.