The “Residencias EKINN” program is part of the Donostia Sostapena strategy to create development opportunities for young people in San Sebastian and to expand training, employment and housing measures to attract and retain local young talent. This strategy includes, for example, facilitating stays and scholarships abroad or initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, thanks to the EKINN+ program.

What is EKINN?

• A node to accelerate innovative business projects and startups and to guide their scalability.
• A node that aims to develop your talent, so that you can be educated and trained in innovation and entrepreneurship.
• A space that connects and brings you together with the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
• A space that will allow you to develop and progress, thanks to rented offices and coworking spaces.
• Temporary housing, so that you can only focus on developing innovative business projects with high potential.
• A space to explore the opportunities for professional development of young talent.

Project pillars

• They inspire. They are an open space of inspiration for the development and training of local talent.
• They encourage. They are an advanced Entrepreneurship Center that aims to accelerate innovative projects and startups.
• They facilitate connections. They are a node that facilitates collaboration and connections between important players in the ecosystem.

To do this:

• They support. To promote professional growth paths, we offer you quality guidance from the very beginning with the resources of Donostia Development.
• They provide resources. The building offers, among other things, temporary housing close to the city center, at a reasonable price and of high quality.

Target audience

• Young people. We want to awaken your curiosity and prepare you to face the great challenges of the future. And, why not, we also want to encourage you to launch your project in Donostia.
• Startups. We offer you personalized advice and resources to accelerate your innovative or technological project and take it to the next level. We want to help you create, grow and strengthen it.
• Companies. They are your platform that will help you put the future on the agenda of the present, which will also help you promote and consolidate high-profile innovative projects.