The ENGAGE.EU Hot-Desk Initiative
The ENGAGE.EU Hot-Desk Initiative aims to foster the collaboration between the Entrepreneurship activities of the ENGAGE.EU Universities.
It can be :
- Share best practices on university incubation among staff
- Enable startups or scaleups from different universities to internationalise their operations across Europe
Staff Exchanges
Each university, preferably through its incubator, pledges to provide a “hot desk” for members of staff from other universities to work from for up to 6 weeks at a time. During these exchanges, the incoming staff will learn about the host incubator, and share their own experience from their home university, becoming ambassadors for the start-ups at their home institution. They will develop knowledge of the local ecosystem and start-ups of the host institution, for the benefit of the start-ups back home. This will serve to share best practices, increase the knowledge of the incubator staff, and enhance or newly create incubation services at each university.
Startup Exchanges
The incubators further open up their “hot desk” to entrepreneurs from other universities wishing to discover the local ecosystem or host country for the purpose of internationalizing their start-up and accessing new markets. This will provide an avenue for ENGAGE.EU start-ups to scale more quickly, to access additional markets and countries with the appropriate support, to seek further funding opportunities and learn from the local incubator community.
Contact Details
For enquiries or to apply for a hot-desk exchange, the following contact points are available in each university:
University | Location | Contact Point | |
Hanken | Hensinki, Finland | Markus Wartiovaara | |
Luiss | Rome, Italy | Paola Belingheri | |
NHH | Bergen, Norway | Bram Timmermans | |
Ramon Llull | Barcelona, Spain | Susanna Ercolani | |
Tilburg University | Tilburg, The Netherlands | Karen Lanning | |
Toulouse Capitole | Toulouse, France | Brigitte Poitevineau | |
University of Mannheim | Mannheim, Germany | Michael Voywode | |
UNWE | Sofia, Bulgaria | Kostadin Kolarov | |
WU Vienna | Vienna, Austria | Riheb Hassan |
Useful Documents
Please FIND HERE a copy of the Hot Desk Agreement document to be filled out by both hosting and visiting parties.