The University of La Laguna held today, Thursday, February 27, the welcome event for the sixth edition of the entrepreneurship and innovation program Ingenia in the Main Hall of the Central Building. During the event, the ten groups that will develop their projects within this initiative over the coming months were presented.
Two teams of undergraduate students from the University of La Laguna are participating: Asociación Númidas, whose objective is to promote the active inclusion of immigrants in Tenerife through non-formal education and citizen participation; and SIGRA, which proposes an integral system for the sustainable management of agricultural waste in Tenerife, transforming it into ecological fertilizers.
Five teams of master's and doctoral students from the University of La Laguna are also part of this sixth edition of the program: Little Guardians, which seeks to connect the youngest children at risk of social exclusion with nature; CoralCheck, which links the community with corals, promoting their protection through science, education, and sustainable tourism; Eat Well, Live Better: Building Healthy Habits in Families of Tenerife, whose purpose is to combat childhood obesity through educational workshops for families, accessible visual materials, and an evaluation of the Red Innovas program, promoting healthy habits and a sustainable impact; Heritage and Future: Women in Artisanal Fishing in Tenerife, which aims to highlight and recognize the role of women in artisanal fishing; and BlueFlow to promote the development of domestic aquaponic systems on the island.
Apart from higher education, two groups of vocational training students are also participating: InnovaSolar, which seeks to provide ecological and free heating to the classroom of the CFGM of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Installations of the IES Sabino Berthelot; and Cárgate en Verde, which aims to improve sustainable mobility at the IES Güímar, by creating a safe space to park and charge electric scooters.
Finally, in the general public category, Digital Empowerment participates, with the intention of reducing the digital divide between older people in Las Galletas and Arona.
During the presentation, Julio Brito, manager of the General Foundation of the University of La Laguna, and Juan Antonio Rodríguez, academic director of the program, spoke. Brito emphasized that projects like this one "aim to foster entrepreneurship, initiative, and innovation," given that the challenges presented to students "solve problems and involve processes that combine, above all, experiential learning," he pointed out.
For his part, Rodríguez highlighted Ingenia's strength not only because of success stories like the Condrik or Cuerpetea projects, but also because "the people who have gone through each edition have learned a lot and, with that, Ingenia has already won.".
After a presentation of the initiative and the steps that each of the participants will follow, the teams carried out a dynamic to work on group cohesion and resolved all their doubts regarding their participation and the initiative.
Ingenia is developed and implemented by the University of La Laguna and its General Foundation, and is financed by the Island Council of Tenerife, through the Area of Employment, Education and Youth.
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