Innovation Offices in Ukraine
Higher Education Institutions (UNI4INNO)
Project number:
159359-TEMPUS-2009-ES-JPHES.
Duration of the project:
з січня 2010 року по січень 2013 року.
Grant amount of the Tempus program:
€ 637 405.
Target group:
- teachers,
- university students and graduates,
- employees of technology transfer departments.
Grant recipient:
- University of Alicante, Kingdom of Spain.
Project consortium:
- University of Alicante, Kingdom of Spain;
- Chalmers University of Technology, Kingdom of Sweden;
- University of Bologna, Italian Republic;
- Riga Technical University, Republic of Latvia;
- WUS Austria, Republic of Austria;
- National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", Ukraine;
- Donbas State Machine-Building Academy, Ukraine;
- Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University, Ukraine;
- National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Ukraine;
- Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine;
- Crimean State Humanitarian University, Ukraine;
- Ministry of Education and Science, Ukraine;
- Institute of Innovative Technologies and Content of Education, Ukraine;
- Kyiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ukraine.
The purpose and tasks of the project:
- strengthening the strategic, managerial and administrative capabilities of six Ukrainian universities in determining, managing and generating values based on intangible (primarily intellectual) assets of universities;
- increasing the effectiveness of the participation of Ukrainian universities in scientific cooperation by implementing a number of targeted measures aimed at building their cooperation potential;
- promotion of innovation culture in Ukrainian universities by creating and implementing innovation offices and innovation support services.
Areas of activity under the project:
- creation of strategic factors for implementation of institutional innovation policy;
- creation of a sustainable structure for innovation support in 6 Ukrainian universities;
- training of qualified personnel to support innovative development processes in 6 Ukrainian universities;
- pilot implementation of 6 innovative offices;
- creation of the national network platform "Universities for Innovation";
- distribution of project results;
- measures to ensure the sustainable development of the project;
- quality control and monitoring;
- project management.
Obtained results:
1. Qualified personnel were recruited to support the processes of innovative development in 6 Ukrainian universities.
2. 6 innovation offices were founded in partner universities.
3. The National Network Platform "Universities for Innovation" was created.