La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Meet IncubatecUFRO
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Through the La Red de Innovación e Impacto program, WEC and our partners support small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America. Meet one of our La Red members:
IncubatecUFRO is the business incubator of the Universidad de la Frontera Temuco, Chile that has supported more than 4500 entrepreneurs and companies through its incubation and training programs. It focuses on seeking, supporting and promoting new, highly innovative and dynamic companies in their growth, generating jobs, guiding the search for financing and expanding contact and link networks.
It supports entrepreneurs with differentiating and innovative business initiatives, through incubation and acceleration processes, as well as advising on R&D projects, in order to accelerate business growth in Chile.
"Being part of La Red de Innovación e Impacto has given IncubatecUFRO an international character... taking our methodologies, capabilities and knowledge to different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and working with different professionals in different territories of the region..." - Cristian Campomanes, IncubatecUFRO Manager
About LA RED
The U.S. Department of State has funded the World Environment Center (WEC) and its partners, Le Groupe-conseil baastel ltée (Baastel), and RioSlum Studio, to select organizations that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America. The Program, La Red de Innovación e Impacto (La Red), was established in 2014 and is a collection of 37 innovative solutions from 11 countries in the region.
About World Environment Center (WEC)
WEC is an independent, global non-profit, non-advocacy organization that advances sustainable development through the business practices and operations of its member companies and in partnership with governments, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities and other stakeholders. WEC’s mission is to promote business and societal value by advancing solutions to sustainable development-related problems.
About Baastel
Baastel is recognized for its quality services in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Results-based Management (RBM), strategic planning, project and program management, and building individual and institutional capacity in these areas. Baastel’s outstanding reputation in the field is built on a record of international and national successes, and expertise that is backed by attention to detail, quality, transparency and neutrality.
