Project name: „Up-skilling researchers for Sustainable Entrepreneurship based on Innovation Process Management“
Project acronym: USE IPM
Call: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03
Topic: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03-01
Type of action: HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Project number: 101120390
Granting authority: European Research Executive Agency
Grant managed through EU Funding & Tenders Portal (eGrants)
Project starting date: 01st of July 2023
Project end date: 30th of April 2027
Project duration: 46 months
Consortium agreement
Partners: 12 organization (7 higher education institution and 5 non-profit development organization) from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Fance, Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Potugal and Spain
Project Coordinator at UBL: Saša Petković, PhD, Full Professor, director of CPME – Center for Project Management and Entrepreneurship of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Banja Luka
Project Value for UBL: 422,275 EUR (Total value: 2, 310 612.50 EUR)
Web site USE IPM https://useipm.com/
Project partners:
The European Research Executive Agency – REA
and
1) The coordinator: Faculty of Economics Niš – FEUN, Niš, Serba, http://www.eknfak.ni.ac.rs/en/,
hereinafter, jointly or individually, referred to as ”Parties” or ”Party”:
2) University of Banja Luka – UBL, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, https://www.unibl.org/en, CPME – Center for Project Management and Entrepreneurship of the Faculty of Economics of the UBL, http://cpme.ef.unibl.org/en/
3) University of Tirana – UT, Tirana, Albania, https://unitir.edu.al/eng/,
4) Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje – USK, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, https://www.ukim.edu.mk/en_index.php,
5) OpenCom I.S.S.C. – OCom), Arezzo 52100, Italy, https://www.opencom-italy.org/en/,
6) SME4SPACE – SME4, Leuven, Belgium, https://www.sme4space.org/,
7) ALDA – Association Europeenne Pour La Democratie Locale, Strasbourg, France, https://www.alda-europe.eu/,
8) International Institute of Enterpreneurship – IIE, Samobor, Croatia, https://entrepreneurship-institute.eu/,
9) University Politecnica Delle Marche – UNIVPM, Ancona, Italy, https://www.univpm.it/,
10) University Algarve – UAlg, Faro, Portugal, https://www.ualg.pt/en,
11) University of Malaga – UMA, Malaga, Spain, https://www.uma.es/?set_language=en,
and „associated partner”
12) The International Society for Professional Innovation Management Ltd (ISPIM), (ISPIM), Farnworth Bolton, United Kingdom, https://www.ispim-innovation.com/.
Keywords:
- Economics of innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation management
- entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, cross-sectoral cooperation, employability, talents
The general objective of the project is to accelerate cooperation between the academic institutions (from widening countries) and non-academic community, by enhancing capacities of the academic institutions for research and innovation (R&I) towards sustainable entrepreneurship, based on innovation process management.
O1. Enhancing knowledge and skills of researchers from academic institutions (talents) in widening countries in the field of R&I and technology transfer.
O2. Raising capabilities of academic institutions in widening countries for becoming valuable partner in sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem.
O3. Enhancing career prospects of USE IPM trainees for R&I.
O4. Boosting entrepreneurial and innovation process management skills of USE IPM trainees from non-academic sector in widening countries.
O5. Creating innovative solutions with sustainability effects.
The primary goal is to enhance knowledge and skills of talents from widening countries in the field of research and innovation (R&I) and, consequently, to raise the capabilities of the widening academic institutions in order to increase their value regarding the sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem(s). Moreover, the USE IPM will contribute to enhancing the career prospects, not only of the talents involved in the project, but of other researchers at the widening sending institutions as well, as talents will share knowledge gained during the secondments towards the non-widening, EU countries. Additionally, the USE IPM will boost the entrepreneurial and innovation process management skills of business representatives by transferring the acquired knowledge and skills via trainings implemented though 4 directly impacted centers for entrepreneurship and innovation (onwards EI centers). These centers will be established (Serbia and Albania) and consolidated (Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia) thanks to the acquired knowledge and skills, gained during the workshops at EU academic institutions.
