Spacemaker (English)

Today I want to introduce you to Spacemaker, the first commercial platform that uses artificial intelligence to help architects to plan and develop faster and more effective decisions in our cities.

“In 2050 we will be 10 billion people on the whole planet”.

That’s the main reason for this European project, which focuses on sustainability and better quality of life for people.

I invite you to watch the following video, I’m sure it will not leave you indifferent.

 

EntreComp

Today I had several entrepreneurs and innovative projects to tell you about but, finally, I have decided to introduce you to the EntreComp European Entrepreneurship Framework. I am sure that many people know it, but what about those who do not know it or even have never seen it before?

“EntreComp is a comprehensive, flexible and multipurpose reference framework designed to help you understand what is meant by entrepreneurship as a key competence for lifelong learning and to be able to use this in your work. It is intended to support and inspire actions to improve the entrepreneurial capacity of European citizens and organisations and was launched  in 2016 as part of the New Skills Agenda for Europe”. See reference.

EntreComp is represented by a flower, with 15 petals or competences, divided in 3 areas (into action, ideas and opportunities, resources). Each competence is defined through learning outcomes which are mapped across 8 different levels of progression from beginner to expert.Watch the following video and have a clearer idea about the different possibilities that EntreComp offers you.

If you are working around the education sector, I invite you to be part of a wonderful community as https://entrecomp.thinqi.com/

“Perico is an absolute crack”

A few years ago I met Perico Herraiz (@pericoherraiz), one of the great opportunities in the form of a great person that life has offered me. It was thanks to Desafío + . Today, perhaps because instagram allows me to have him very present, I want to tell you a little about him. Of course, I’m going to do it by sharing with all of you the first time I heard him, because it’s recorded (Desafio +). So, if you feel like it, you can also have a look at the Desafío + website.

Perico, as well as being a crack, as Mikel Alvira (@mikelalvira) introduces him, is an optimistic, brave, active and action-oriented person, generous, with a critical spirit, empathetic, who is changing the world with young people, who believes in people, who accepts himself as he is, and who is a natural born helper.

He is an expert in international cooperation, who travels to India and Morocco over the years with groups of young volunteers to help others. He also coordinates a social leadership programme in Zaragoza (where he lives), aimed at children and young people between the ages of 10 and 19 who are in vulnerable situations. Always looking for change for the better, of course.

I invite you to listen, at least from minute 12:30 to 45:05. You will discover ‘this crack’.

Thank you, Perico, it was great to meet you!

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be back with another entrepreneur or entrepreneurial project.

“Hacia el sur” (English version) (Southward)

The person I introduce you today is special for many aspects. Many of them are related to entrepreneurship and her powerful professionalism, but there are many others that, without being typical of an entrepreneur and without any doubt, are part of her added value. Her name is Ro Venegas and she is the CEO, image, soul and smile of Hacia el Sur (southwards), her dream project.

If you are interested in getting to know a person who defines herself as cheerful, social, extroverted, but serious and hard-working, and whose objectives include personal and professional growth by working with creative people who are capable of building things out of nothing to make people’s lives more entertaining, you just have to keep reading. (more…)