Canada and the Canary Islands, closer than ever

• The Technological Institute of the Canary Islands leads the European consortium with more exchanges with Canada.
• On May 19, ITC will hold an inter-institutional event in Canada with the European-Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research (ECCIR).
• Canada, Beyond and European destinations remain available until December 2026.

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs strengthens its proposal to strengthen international collaboration on entrepreneurship. The program presented during its 36th Meeting of the Network, hosted in Marseille (France) on March 10 and 11, its main novelties, in which the non-EU destinations offered within the program were highlighted. In particular, Canada was addressed as one of the most active and strategic destinations at European level.

From the Technological Institute of the Canary Islands (ITC) the Beyond EYE consortium has been coordinated since 2025, expanding with four new non-EU destinations the international entrepreneurship experiences that had been offered. In this line, Lucía Dobarro, coordinator of the program at the ITC, presented the experience and good practices of the consortium in this destination, being at European level the one that has made the most exchanges with the maple country within the program.

This approach to Canada previously sponsored by the EYE Global program and more recently with Beyond EYE will be reinforced in May with a visit to the country by the Technological Institute of the Canary Islands. The Canarian delegation will visit the European-Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research (ECCIR) in Alberta, with which an inter-institutional cooperation agreement has been created since 2025 to promote European and Canarian entrepreneurship in the country. At this event, the program will be presented to the Canadian business community and a European commitment to elevate entrepreneurship through international cooperation and knowledge transfer will be established.

Easier and safer: new features of the program

Stays from now on will be easier to request, considerably reducing the minimum time required to reside in a location before starting an exchange. The programme also strengthens the security of their destinations by ensuring that all ‘hosts’ have stable physical spaces where they can exercise their stay and business activity, so that new entrepreneurs always have a reference space where they can create ties with other people.

The destinations of Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, both European and non-EU Beyond (Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States), remain open until December 2026, with 25 places available to promote Canarian entrepreneurship in new geographical latitudes. All information about more than 40 international destinations and monthly financial aid can be consulted by people interested in https://eyecanarias.com/estancias-internacionales.