The experience of the Social Innovation Science Park MD in Cundinamarca: Current results and future challenges

In Colombia, the presence of several social challenges requires that R&D capacities should focus in generating innovative alternatives to such problems. Since 2010, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios UNIMINUTO, with other public and research sector stakeholders, has design and implement the Social Innovation Science Park MD SISP, a platform to enhance social innovation. Based on the conceptual and strategic design of this Science Park, this work, aims to present the first results from SIPS, and some lessons learned in the relation between the Science Park and communities and territories where incubated projects are being carried out. The paper is organized as follows: First, it briefly introduces the conceptual\nand strategic proposal of the SISP; second, it present main results achieved in the period 2012-2015. Then, it discuss some lessons learned in the relation between the Science Park, the communities and territories where it has presence. Finally, it presents SIPS future challenges.