PFI: Eco-enterprise Partnerships for Innovation in Puerto Rico

这一创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目，即波多黎各生态企业创新伙伴关系，将汇集不同的利益攸关方群体，为环境科学、工业创新、具有科学素养和竞争力的劳动力发展以及指导伙伴关系的知识转让创造一个可复制的模式。 其主要重点是该岛北方技术走廊，即北部技术倡议（INCIativa Tecnologica del Norte），但项目活动将在全岛开展。 该项目将解决与工业有关的环境问题;创新的需要;以及工业界对能源、替代燃料汽车和固体废物处理的关注。 这一为期三年的项目的一个主要组成部分将是建立一个生态企业孵化器，为废物管理的整个周期服务：从工业副产品-废物变能源-到可销售的回收产品。 该项目将有7个主要组成部分：（1）首次全岛会议，（2）全岛一般奖学金竞赛，（3）知识转让，通过由UMET环境事务学院与UMET创业领域合作，并与政府机构波多黎各贸易（PRT）密切合作，领导的为期三年的生态企业培训倡议，（4）全岛生态企业竞赛，向所有完成省重建局主办的“La Llave帕拉tu Negocio”的公民开放，（5）建立专门的生态企业孵化器，（6）协作指导和技术援助，以及（7）EcoLink，一个供工业界、学术界和生态企业界介绍当前环境问题的网站，该项目将在整个波多黎各提供生态企业创新培训和尖端知识转让。合作伙伴：核心合作伙伴包括大都会大学（牵头机构）（西班牙裔服务机构）;波多黎各贸易（PRT）（政府机构）; INTENOR：由十三（13）个相邻市政府和位于波多黎各北方技术走廊的制药/生物技术行业组成的联盟，包括Merck Sharpe Dohne，辉瑞，杜邦，雅培&，和圣胡安水泥;和13个自治市：阿雷西博、巴塞洛内塔、恰莱斯、多拉多、佛罗里达、哈蒂略、马纳蒂、莫罗维斯、托阿阿尔塔、托阿巴哈、乌图阿多、韦加阿尔塔和维加巴哈。 合作伙伴包括：波多黎各能源事务管理局（政府机构）;波多黎各固体废物管理局（政府机构）;桑坦德银行;波多黎各人民银行; Solena集团（公司）; EcoElectrica（热电联产公司）; Mision Industrial（非政府组织）; Conectarse（非政府组织）; Estudios Technicos，Inc（ETI）（经济和规划咨询公司）;以及波多黎各商会。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project, Eco-enterprise Partnerships for Innovation in Puerto Rico, will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to create a replicable model for the transfer of knowledge on environmental sciences, industry innovation, scientifically literate and competitive workforce development, and mentoring partnerships. Its primary focus is on the northern technological corridor of the island known as the Iniciativa Tecnologica del Norte, (INTENOR, for its initials in Spanish), but project activities will be carried out throughout the island. This project will address industry-related environmental issues; the need for innovation; and industry concerns regarding energy, alternative fuel vehicles, and solid waste disposal. A major component of this three-year project will be the establishment of an eco-enterprise incubator that serves the entire cycle of waste management: from industrial by-products -- to waste-to-energy -- to marketable recycled products. The project will have seven (7) major components: (1) an initial island-wide conference, (2) an island-wide general scholarship competition, (3) knowledge transfer, through a three-year eco-enterprise training initiative led by UMET's School of Environmental Affairs in partnership with UMET's Entrepreneurship Area, in close collaboration with the government agency Puerto Rico Trade (PRT), (4) an island-wide eco-enterprise competition, open to all citizens who have completed the PRT sponsored "La Llave para tu Negocio", (5) establishment of a specialized eco-enterprise incubator, (6) collaborative mentoring and technical assistance, and (7) EcoLink, a website for industries, academia, and the ecobusiness community to present current environmental concerns, stimulate innovative solutions from the wider public, and establish new partnerships.The project will provide eco-enterprise innovation training and cutting-edge knowledge transfer throughout Puerto Rico.Partners: The core partners include Universidad Metropolitana (Lead Institution) (Hispanic Serving Institution); Puerto Rico Trade (PRT) (government agency); INTENOR: a coalition of thirteen (13) contiguous municipal governments and the pharmaceutical/biotech industries located in the northern technology corridor of Puerto Rico, including Merck Sharpe & Dohne, Pfizer, DuPont, Abbott, and San Juan Cement; and 13 municipalities: Arecibo, Barceloneta, Ciales, Dorado, Florida, Hatillo, Manati, Morovis, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Utuado, Vega Alta, and Vega Baja. Collaborating Partners include Puerto Rico Energy Affairs Administration (government agency); Puerto Rico Solid Waste Authority (government agency); Bank of Santander; Banco Popular of Puerto Rico; Solena Group (company); EcoElectrica (cogeneration company); Mision Industrial (NGO); Conectarse (NGO); Estudios Technicos, Inc (ETI)(economic and planning consulting firm); and Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.