UNI4INNO
| Target area: | Linking Higher Education & Society |
|---|---|
| Sub-target area: | Structural Instruments for Research and Development |
| Target countries: | Ukraine |
| Duration: | 15/01/201014/01/2013 |
| Partners: | University of Alicante Chalmers University of Technology University of Bologna
KhAI - National Aerospace University Donbass State Engineering (Machine Building) Academy National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University Crimean University for the Humanities Lviv Polytechnic National University
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine State Institute of Innovation Technologies and Content of Education Chamber of Commerce of Kiev |
| Budget line: | Tempus IV |
Project description
The UNI4INNO project aims to increase the relevance and capacities of Ukrainian partner universities in contributing to knowledge based economic development, and to mobilize their potential as key partners in the Ukrainian innovation system, by stimulating structural reforms via the implementation of sustainable innovation support structures and services.
UNI4INNO - BOOSTING THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE BY ESTABLISHING INNOVATION OFFICES
The role of Higher Education Institutions in providing excellence in research and teaching, and enhancing knowledge generation and transfer is a central subject of the Bologna and Lisbon Processes. Most European Universities have taken-up the challenge of creating the necessary conditions and structures for successfully promoting research, knowledge transfer, and university-enterprise links. EU experiences can be very useful for Ukrainian Universities, which have strong research potential and are called by policy makers to implement similar structural changes.
The strategic outputs of the UNI4INNO project include the implementation of structural and organizational reforms in Ukrainian Universities, enhancement of managerial and administrative capacities, and promotion of an innovation culture of University staff and students, relevant authorities and the private sector, through generation of immediate results and “success stories” with a visible impact and dissemination potential.
In the longer term the project aims at enhancing the universities capacities to:
- identify valuable research results and manage them effectively for the benefit of society,
- attract additional funds for education and research,
- increase the financial autonomy of the partner universities through stimulating participation in international projects and cooperative research and technology transfer.
The UNI4INNO project is structured around three phases:
- Learning and reforming: mainly in the 1st project year.
- Capacity building and training: in the project 2nd year.
- Implementing, mobilising researchers/students and networking: in the 2nd and 3rd project years.