#Innovation labs and spaces

#Berdinaldia is a new word in Basque formed by Berdintasuna (equality) and Belaunaldia (generation), which together also positions us in front of a new era (-aldia "time of"), where the youngest people prioritise and aspire to live in real equality, moving into action. Thus, #Berdinaldia becomes a new territorial strategy for equality.

UNICEF Office of Innovation (OOI) and dot. have partnered to develop a youth innovation landscape assessment and outline a global youth innovation strategy led by young people, aligned with UNICEF's 2022-2025 Strategic Plan.

The Spark program and awards is a strategic initiative led by UNICEF's Innovation Office, aimed at igniting creativity and transforming innovative ideas into impactful solutions that can improve lives. In close collaboration with the UNICEF Innovation Office team, dot. has designed the innovation and intrapreneurship process and supported participating teams in consolidating the methodology and achieving their initial results.

Upshift is a social innovation program for youth developed by UNICEF Innovation. At dot., we have reimagined, adapted, and supported the implementation of the model for the contexts of Somalia, Somaliland, and Puntland.

Impacta+ is a nationwide project by Ashoka Spain, supported by Google.org, where over 80 organizations have come together to transform social entrepreneurship in Spain, making it more diverse, accessible and inclusive.

The General Secretariat of Social Transition and 2030 Agenda of the Basque Government, in partnership with the UN’s Local 2030 Secretariat in Bilbao, and Guneak—an interinstitutional and social participation platform of the Agenda 2030 Basque Forum—have joined forces to launch a public-private partnership in order to generate transformative impact in sustainability and environmental development across the Basque Country.

BBK Kuna is a leading social innovation lab that addresses the future challenges of Bizkaia from a collective and participatory perspective.

The renowned Basque Culinary Center and the Gipuzkoa Council, in collaboration with the Donostia-San Sebastián City Council and the Basque Government, aimed to stimulate the future of the gastronomic value chain by exploring the opportunities that digital transition brings to the sector. LABe is a Digital Gastronomy Lab that hosts various activities and key players in this regional initiative.

dot., MIK, and University of Mondragon collaborated with an intrapreneurial team from Eroski's headquarters to create EKINN, the company's innovation ecosystem. The project outlined the innovation strategy, the supporting system and the cultural traits to be enhanced to facilitate the generation of impactful solutions.

Nextlink is a multinational company based in Lausanne, Switzerland, with over 100 SAP consultants located worldwide. As part of its overall strategy, Nextlink is transforming its organization by enhancing new spaces that improve collaboration, foster relationships with end consumers, and create high-performance teams.

In recent years we have seen the rise of innovation labs as environments to explore and create in an agile and collaborative way, transformative solutions to the new challenges we face.

Public administrations play a key role in generating a territorial vision with which to forge demands, trigger investments and attract new markets. They are essential to reduce risks, generate incentives, catalyze knowledge and encourage missions on a territorial scale to ensure the attraction of talent.