The executive committee of the Consortium held today has awarded the company the tender to energize and promote the growth of the projects hosted by Incubazul, among other tasks.
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The Incubazul High Technology incubator will have the potential of Telefónica for the management and dynamization of the acceleration system of projects that are selected to be hosted in this center linked to the blue economy. In this way, the experience and trajectory of the technology company will be available to fully develop the advisory, mentoring and internationalization processes of the companies that participate in this incubation, which will mean an important alliance and added value to the function of this project, which will be located in the Base Zone, in the outer polygon of the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz and which is subsidized by Feder Funds through the Foundation. Incyde.
This has been ratified by the Executive Committee of the Consortium meeting today, which has approved the awarding of this company to the open tender to carry out specialized technical assistance and carry out the necessary actions to meet the indicators and objectives established in the Blue Economy High Technology Incubator project.
According to the terms of the competition, to which five offers have been submitted, Telefónica will provide its specialized technical assistance services and the different actions necessary to develop the acceleration program of the projects incubated in Incubazul in order to contribute to the creation and consolidation of new companies linked to the blue economy and the new industrial model of sustainability and environmental commitment that the Cádiz Free Zone is developing.
In this context, Telefónica will be in charge of promoting the growth of incubates through tutoring, mentoring, training, networking and support and advice for internationalization and access to financing.
Telefónica's management will include the revitalization of the activity of the Zona Base high-tech incubator and will develop activities to attract talent and business projects, in addition to caring for and consolidating the ecosystem that will be part of Incubazul.
The State delegate in the Free Trade Zone, Fran González, has highly valued this new step in the development of Incubazul since “Telefónica's specialization in this type of actions will provide us with important added value in the launch of the incubator. and will offer highly qualified benefits to those incubated.”
“This collaboration with Telefónica will contribute to Zona Base and its blue economy incubator being a true reference center in the blue economy, a model to follow in sustainable industry and commitment to the future in the city of Cádiz, in the line that we are imprinting in all our projects and facilities,” he explained.
Fran González added that the concept of sustainability in this project applies even to the building itself since "the construction in which the incubator is housed will be made up of recycled maritime containers, which have a useful life of 10 to 15 years. and linked to the sea. This project is an absolutely different concept from the traditional industry, with green spaces and energy that comes from the photovoltaic roof.”
Meanwhile, the process for bidding for the work continues. Zona Franca has recently obtained initial approval from the Cádiz City Council of the reparcelling project of the execution unit UE-ZF-08-A, where the Base Zone is located. This is an important step in the processing since it allows the Consortium to continue advancing the project while the final documents arrive.
The Cádiz Base Zone project and its blue economy incubator were born to attract industry 4.0. and generate a space of opportunity for Cádiz talent. Thus, the Consortium is committed to a sustainable economy model and responsible use of natural resources that connects all the marine potential of our province with new business strategies that generate wealth and employment.