===<big><span style="color:cornflowerblue">Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span></big>===
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">The Ministry of Production (known as Produce) is the most important public entity in promoting innovation in our country. One of their initiatives is StartUp Perú, which aims to promote the emergence and consolidation of new Peruvian companies that offer innovative products and services with high technological content. It consists of a set of contests and ways of financing for entrepreneurs, companies at an early age, and incubators. StartUp Perú also provides a platform for meetings and collaboration with people in the startup community in the country.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">The Ministry, through the National Innovation Program for Competitiveness and Productivity (Innóvate Perú), seeks to increase business productivity by strengthening the actors' ecosystem of innovation (companies, entrepreneurs and supporting organizations) and to facilitate the interaction between them. It is also part of the National Productive Diversification Plan. As an university that looks to improve its I&E environment, we need to stay in touch with the government. Staying connected to the social reality and requirements of our country may be ensured by attending the big plans of it.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">Another popular entity promoting innovation is Hackspace: a physical place where people with interests in science, new technologies, and digital or electronic art can meet, socialize and collaborate. It can be seen as a laboratory open to community where people from different backgrounds can join. The purpose of a hackspace is to concentrate resources and expertise to promote research and development.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center">[[File:Hackspace2.jpg|702x300px|Hackspace2.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/Hackspace2.jpg]]</p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> === <big><span style="color:cornflowerblue">Mentoring at UTEC</span></big> === At Utec, there is a department called Bienestar Estudiantil that has programs to develop new abilities in students. Also, makes them participate in teams to improve their soft skills. * Peer Mentoring* Academic Mentoring* Felizmente UTEC* Mentor Sensei* One to one coaching<p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p>
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