Dublin’s Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) it investing €200,000 to develop its new CoConnect initiative. The government-funded programme aims to build connections between the GEC and the 120 enterprise hubs across the island of Ireland.

Through CoConnect, startups and scale-ups based in participating enterprise hubs nationwide can avail of co-working space in the GEC, while GEC-based companies can benefit from co-working space in connected enterprise hubs.

In addition, companies who engage with the programme through their own enterprise hub will have access to the GEC’s University Programme. This initiative enables startups to collaborate with Irish and international MBA and PhD students who can research and solve their most pressing business challenges.

Entrepreneurs can also develop connections through the GEC’s entrepreneurial network and startup community.

In the last six months, the GEC has piloted the programme and already partnered with more than 40 enterprise hubs as part of the CoConnect pilot initiative.

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Photo: Julianne O’Leary and Eamonn Sayers, GEC (Pic: John Ohle)