The role of Climate Entrepreneurship Training in EIT's HEI Initiative

Thanks to the Climate Entrepreneurship training, students who had no connection with innovation or entrepreneurship learned how to launch a start-up. It was incredible to see how they got involved in the training, their motivation in conceiving innovative ideas, and their excitement in developing them throughout the training modules. Approximately 100 innovative ideas were created, all aiming to tackle real societal or environmental problems.

At the end of the training, we were proud to see that even those students who were not comfortable doing an oral presentation, defended their ideas at the pitching competition in front of an external jury. To us, the biggest success was seeing the students proudly pitching their innovative ideas, even though they had never been involved in entrepreneurship before. We saw real start-uppers on the stage that day.

In December 2021, the universities held a local finals pitching competition, where they each chose one winning team. These teams participated in the Inno-EUt+ Student Demo Day in Cartagena in January 2022 where they pitched their idea and represented their university.

Aside from this being an educational experience for the students, we are certain that some of them will grow to be aspiring entrepreneurs with innovative solutions.