Incubators, accelerators, innovation hubs, centres of excellence and entrepreneurship hubs are springing up across the globe as new types of organization that support and promote entrepreneurship. This training course provides a set of tools to support business incubators in delivering their services according to international best practices, and in improving their management strategies. Throughout the course, you will learn how to launch an incubation centre, how to define which services to offer on the basis of the needs of enterprises in your context, and how to support start-ups during the three phases of pre-incubation, incubation and post-incubation.