projects

Creative and digital hub to foster economic integration

Completed
A man stands next to a 3D printer
Andrew Castro demonstrates how to use a 3D printer to help create products for commercial sale. Photo: UNHCR/Omar Ganchala Teran.
Programme
UNHCR Innovation Incubator
Fund
Refugee-led Innovation Fund | Incubator
Start Date
Total Project Cost
USD 39,996
Country
Ecuador
Partner organization
Fundación MUEVE

Challenge

The arrival of many Venezuelan refugees and migrants, as well as forcibly displaced from other countries, has resulted in elevated levels of unemployment, economic and social marginalization, and restricted access to educational resources and employment prospects in Ecuador.

Solution

Fundación MUEVE aims to establish a creative and digital hub that will focus on technological and digital training (for instance, design and manufacturing with 3D printers and scanners), fostering innovation, and creating a collaborative ecosystem to promote socioeconomic integration and social cohesion.

Impact

This project will reach more than 500 individuals, using digital innovation to address the challenges of unemployment and economic hardship, and foster economic and social inclusion.

Project impact

1
creative hub equipped with equipment inc. 3D printers, sublimation machine, scanners, etc.
680+
forcibly displaced people enjoy greater socioeconomic inclusion
54%
of participants initiated entrepreneurship projects & are already working in related areas

Other information

Read more about this initiative in our webstory.