EMPRÈN BIO 4.0 EURECAT

Technological and innovative entrepreneurship program in Lleida.

EMPRÈN BIO 4.0 promotes technological and innovative entrepreneurship as a driver of new sustainable business models in Lleida.

The project boosts the economic and business fabric through the bioeconomy and its value chains: agri-food, biomaterials, bioenergy, biofertilizers, biofuels, bioproducts, bioplastics and the economic and social valorisation of ecosystem services.

EMPRÈN BIO 4.0 supports entrepreneurs through specialised training and mentoring to promote the creation and growth of companies based on innovation, technology and new business models in the field of bioeconomy. The objective is to promote the valorisation of renewable and local biological resources to generate high value-added goods and services in various economic sectors, promoting innovative and technological entrepreneurship.

The program offers 100 hours of training in disruptive technology, sustainability, bioeconomy and business management, providing entrepreneurs with the necessary tools to lead new challenges that are more intelligent, sustainable, flexible and connected, contributing to the competitiveness of the territory.

It also includes 60 hours of specialised mentoring, where industry experts advise participants in the development of their projects, helping them to validate business models, accelerate growth and access new opportunities within the innovation ecosystem.

The project is framed in a new paradigm where technological innovation is key to the sustainability and progress of the territory and has the participation of the main entities of the local innovation ecosystem: University of Lleida, Fundació Centre Europeu d’Empreses i innovació de Lleida, Ajuntament de Lleida and Fundació Eurecat.

LOGO EMPRÈN BIO 4.0 EURECAT

General details

Project

EMPRÈN BIO 4.0

Project reference

SEC051/23/000036

Programme and call for tender

EMPRÈN BIO 4.0 is part of the first pre-acceleration program, led by the Department of Business and Employment of the Generalitat of Catalonia and co-funded by the European Social Fund Plus, to promote specialised territorial entrepreneurship.

Project website

www.emprenbiolleida.cat

Related SGDs

Improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Promoting the sustainability of food production systems and applying resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production; that contribute to the maintenance of ecosystems; that strengthen the capacity to adapt to climate change, extreme weather events, droughts, floods and other disasters, and that progressively improve the quality of soil and land.

Guarantee inclusive education for all and promote lasting learning opportunities that are of quality and equitable. Offering a training plan accessible to anyone, free of charge and based on significant, relevant and meaningful learning in the professional and personal spheres.

Achieving gender equality through the empowerment of adult and young women. In a context of male predominance among entrepreneurs in the country, and also within the bioeconomy and agri-food sector, female leadership will be particularly visible and work-life balance will be promoted.

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all people. Through innovative projects that create opportunities for qualified and quality work.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation throughout the entire value chain of the agri-food sector.

Guarantee sustainable consumption and production patterns. Innovation in the agri-food sector also involves new consumption patterns of food products and by-products based on sustainability, ecology, the circular economy and recycling.

Urgently combat climate change and its effects. The primary sector is one of those most affected by this change. Research in this area must go hand in hand with business and technological innovation.

Joint work between administrations, citizens and the business innovation projects that are born in the territory must allow us to protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, manage forests sustainably, combat desertification, and stop and reverse land degradation and halt the loss of biodiversity.