Project Coordinator:

Xunta de Galicia

Project Typology:

Interreg-POCTEP

Responsible Researcher at the CETRAD:

Patrícia António

CETRAD researchers in the team:

Maria José Rainho; Ana Paula Rodrigues; Vera Mendonça; Carlos Fonseca; Manuel Luís Tibério

Funding:

1.825.302,41€

CETRAD/CITAB/UTAD Funding:

128 359,61 €

*Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF through the Interreg VI A Spain – Portugal programme (POCTEP) 2021-2027

Starting Date:

01/10/2023

Duration:

36 months

Description:


ES-Factory

Rede de aceleradoras de economia social para promover e consolidar as empresas nas novas economias emergentes

Network of social economy accelerators to promote and consolidate businesses in the new emerging economies. The ES-Factory project aims to promote and consolidate quality employment in new emerging activities in the cross-border territory that are developed through the social economy. To do so, the main objectives are:

  • To detect new business opportunities in the new emerging economies of Galicia and the North of Portugal;
  • Promote the professionalization of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and enhance, attract and retain talent in the cross-border territory;
  • Create a Network of Cross-Border Social Economy Accelerators;
  • To identify and promote the importance of the social economy in Galicia and the North of Portugal.

In order to achieve the objectives, the following actions will be developed:

  • Formo-Talento Programme: Identification and training of social economy entities;
  • Mobility Programme: Cross-border management exchanges;
  • Development programme for the development of digital platforms and resources to promote new emerging economies;
  • Program for the promotion of entrepreneurial cooperatives of social economy;
  • ES-FACTORY accelerators for the creation of social economy projects;
  • Creation of pop-up spaces for social entrepreneurship;
  • Observatory of the Social Economy of Galicia and North of Portugal.

Partners:

Secretaría Xeral de Emprego e Relacións Laborais da Xunta de Galicia

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela- USC

Asociación Galega de Cooperativas Agrarias – AGACA

Unión de Cooperativas ESPAZOCOOP

Agrupación Empresarial de Sociedades Laborais De Galicia – AESGAL

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes- e Alto Douro – UTAD

Associação Centro Incubação Base Tecnológica do Minho – Incubo

Associação Universidade-Empresa para ou Desenvolvemento – TecMinho.