JUMPIN HUB

JumpIN Hub – Association for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a non-profit organization established in 2019, in Portugal.

This Association aims to promote an innovation and development ecosystem, supporting entrepreneurship, promoting research, the development and implementation of innovation-inducing practices within the scope of business, public and 3rd Sector organizations, in a local, regional, national context and international.

The JumpIN Hub’s main objective is to promote, in a sustainable way, innovation and entrepreneurship as promoters of development in the social and business areas, through integrated education and supported by non-formal education methodologies, for young people (NEET) and adults, covering 3 main areas:

• Socio-cultural education
• Education for personal development
• Professional qualification

In order to achieve the mentioned objectives, JumpIN Hub is dedicated to:

1. Support the entrepreneurial / business activity and the respective organizational and functional skills, within the scope of innovation, development and cooperation, establishing an effective network between local, national and transnational agents;
2. Support the execution of projects, programs and initiatives of a local, regional, national and international nature, namely in the following areas: local development, social economy, education, entrepreneurship, qualification and professional training and research;
3. Promote the local and regional valorization and its potential to leverage business / entrepreneurial initiatives;
4. Contribute to the development of entrepreneurship and culture based on the initiative through the promotion of cooperation between organizations and the training of entrepreneurial agents;
5. Foster the promotion of citizenship, equal opportunities, cooperation for the development of networking, entrepreneurship and employment, education and social and economic inclusion.

JumpIN Hub is a recent Association, created in 2019, with a team of staff with diverse specializations (Social Education, Business Management, Marketing & Communication), which complement each other in order to develop focused activities promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

As an Association we adopt a divergent and complementary focus:

• policies focused on the community & people, so that they can develop personal & life skills to the fullest through active participation, practical learning – “learning by doing”, & the establishment of commitments between the agents of the community.
• policies focused on companies & entrepreneurial ideas, promoting initiative & proactivity, supporting the development of innovative ideas & projects, promoting the training of entrepreneurial agents & cooperation between organizations/companies.

Following this, the Association offers various services & promotes activities in the areas of professional training & development of personal skills through formal and non-formal methodologies, in the areas of entrepreneurship & innovation, digital skills & communication, through workshops, seminars & other learning-promoting activities.

Our activities are mainly focused on:

• Entrepreneurship: support & promote the strategic vision leading to the entrepreneurial spirit.
• SMEs: Start-up assistance & commercial guidance to increase the viability & potential of SMEs
• Education for sustainable development: providing advice on how to make business activities environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
• Education & Training: Development of training courses, workshops & seminars adapted to the educational & learning needs of individuals.
• Employment & social inclusion: Provide guidance & advice for successful inclusion in the labor market.
• E-learning: Learning using ICTs, promoting the development of digital skills.
• Youth: Facilitate the inclusion of young people, especially young people who are recently unemployed and looking for their first job/career development.
• Adult Education: Facilitate the re-inclusion of adults in the labor market, especially long-term unemployed through job search strategies or adopting entrepreneurial strategies.

JumpIN Hub has the collaboration of a team of staff with different specializations that complement each other. More than an Association, we are a competent & experienced team that supports the transformation of innovative ideas into viable, successful & sustainable business projects.