Talent Retention and Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge Era
Published on
21/02/2025
About this challenge
Spain
Challenge description
Our city is a mid-sized city with 45,000 inhabitants, historically an industrial hub now in decline, located within a highly dynamic touristic region. Its urban strategy, +Ciudad, focuses on innovation and knowledge as the main drivers of development. The city hosts a university campus, which generates skilled talent, but faces the challenge of brain drain and the need to foster a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem.
This challenge seeks innovative ideas, strategies, and solutions to:
Retain local talent by creating attractive professional opportunities within the city.
Promote technological and social entrepreneurship, leveraging the university ecosystem.
Create synergies between industry, the university, and the tourism sector to generate high-quality jobs.
This challenge seeks innovative ideas, strategies, and solutions to:
Retain local talent by creating attractive professional opportunities within the city.
Promote technological and social entrepreneurship, leveraging the university ecosystem.
Create synergies between industry, the university, and the tourism sector to generate high-quality jobs.
This city is looking for
Innovation Ecosystems Development – Experience in fostering technology hubs, incubators, and accelerators that support entrepreneurship.
Talent Retention Strategies – Cities that have successfully implemented policies to retain university graduates and skilled professionals, particularly in knowledge-based industries.
University-City Collaboration – Strong models of cooperation between universities, local businesses, and municipal governments to drive economic development.
Post-Industrial Economic Transition – Strategies for cities transitioning from declining industrial sectors to knowledge-based economies.
Smart City and Digital Transformation – Experience in using digital tools, open data, and smart infrastructure to improve urban development and business creation.
Talent Retention Strategies – Cities that have successfully implemented policies to retain university graduates and skilled professionals, particularly in knowledge-based industries.
University-City Collaboration – Strong models of cooperation between universities, local businesses, and municipal governments to drive economic development.
Post-Industrial Economic Transition – Strategies for cities transitioning from declining industrial sectors to knowledge-based economies.
Smart City and Digital Transformation – Experience in using digital tools, open data, and smart infrastructure to improve urban development and business creation.
City size
Towns (< 50,000 inhabitants)
Author
joaquín m gonzález
Spain
consultant
ayuntamiento puerto real
