EBEA – EKPA: New collaboration to connect the research community and startups
Memorandum of Cooperation, with the aim of supporting young entrepreneurship and creating a strong ecosystem that will bridge the gap between research and business practice, signed the president of EBEA, Sofia Kounenaki Efraimoglou, and the rector of EKPA professor Gerasimos Siassos.
Ms. Efraimoglou, upon signing the Memorandum, emphasized: “The coupling of scientific knowledge with the labor market and entrepreneurship is a foundation for the development of a sustainable and innovative economy. In particular, supporting startups opens new avenues for job creation, enhancement of competitiveness and shaping of a potential of the future for Greek entrepreneurship. I would like to warmly thank the rector and the academic community of the University of Athens for their excellent cooperation and commitment to this common goal“.
On the part of the University of Athens, the vice-rector of EKPA, Professor Aristides Samitas, and former vice-rector and Academic Advisor of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of EKPA “Archimedes”, Professor Nikolaos Mylonas, also participated.
The purpose of the Memorandum of Cooperation is to support start-up entrepreneurship linked to the research community for the creation of new innovative businesses (startups), as well as the exchange of information and good practices in matters of innovation, entrepreneurship and transfer technology, as derived from the actions of the Incubator of Startup Businesses of Athens – THEA EBEA and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship “Archimedes” of EKPA.