Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.54
Liaison Maria Ayala
Submission Date Jan. 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ
IN-47: Innovation A

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Maria Jose Ayala
Innovation and Sustainability Officer
Innovation and Sustainability Office
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Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Garage

A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:
The Business Department created in synergy through the entrepreneurship career the creation of an online learning space, called GARAGE.
which includes a technological platform for testing and validation of prototypes and minimum viable projects for the entrepreneurship course students. The platform brought together more than 150 entrepreneurial
projects, and comprises an online repository of innovative entrepreneurship ideas, many of which address sustainability challenges and opportunities.

Given its results, the platform was used as part of the Hemispheric University Consortium HUC to showcase entrepreneurship projects of international participant universities in the Social Ideas Challenge, which specifically addresses sustainability challenges.

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A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise or a press release or publication featuring the innovation :
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The website URL where information about the innovation is available :
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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