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and map the user journey in the new location.
In terms of delivery we set up one-to-one
meetings with funders from the new location,
helped them map the new model of how the
innovation will operate in the new location and
helped them define next steps.
EmakumeEkin is another social innovation
project that received support from the TSL.
They develop projects that promote
entrepreneurship among women in all sectors
of activity. This support is made taking into
account the gender perspective in a transversal
manner: women empowerment is central to
EmakumeEkin. They also develop projects to
raise awareness and exchange of experiences
among
entrepreneurship
agents
and
stakeholders, whether institutional or private.
We connected them to a bank with a CSR
programme for entrepreneurs. We also
connected EmakumeEkin to Spare Space and
worked with them to identify the city councils
in the Basque area that are investing in the
social needs where these two partners can
offer support. This is an example showing the
importance of connecting social innovators to
organisations that can give them support to
scale in the new market, but also to other
social innovations with the same ambition to
scale. In this particular case, Spare Space and
EmakumeEkin
naturally
started
their
cooperation, as they work in the same
environment, their objectives are perfectly
aligned and their solutions integrate each other
What are some key insights you have gained
through internationally incubating social
innovation projects?
It is important to offer peer-to-peer support to
the social innovation at different stages of the
SIJ from prototyping to entering the market. In
terms of content and structure, the scaling
centre should offer support with business
planning and modelling advice, and support
could be offered for a longer period and
offered on a need-by-need basis.
One of the most important ways to offer
support is to build connections for the
innovators. Incubators offering this type of
support tend to connect social innovators to