Project Title: «Innovation Laboratories: using an open innovation learning platform & action research in enterprise education in order to enhance the engagement & innovative capabilities of Universities in Post-Socialist Societies»

The program of implementation: TEMPUS PROJECTS (530429-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-UK-TEMPUS-JPHES)

Project duration: October 15, 2012 - April 15, 2015

Coordinator of UzhNU: Svitlana Slava, PhD in Economics, Professor of the Department of Economics Enterprise

The purpose of the project:

• to combine practice and research from open innovation learning platforms in enterprise education for the creation of five innovation laboratories;
• to integrate  innovation laboratories into the core of the regional innovation ecosystems and communicating  with 600 identified enterprises;
• to integrate innovative laboratories at the main university activities (including training programs) by applying advanced achievements for long-term development;
• to ensure effective coordination and maximum dissemination of results in Belarus, Ukraine and other countries of  Eastern neighborhood.

Partners:

1. The University of Bradford,  Bradford (UK)
2. Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
3. National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy», Kyiv (Ukraine)
4. National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute», Kharkiv (Ukraine)
5. Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn (Estonia)
6. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - URENIO ,  Thessaloniki (Greece)
7. Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine,  Kyiv (Ukraine)
8. Charitable Foundation «Business Incubator of Ternopil Region»,  Ternopil (Ukraine)
9. Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno,  Grodno (Belarus)
10. Polotsk State University, Novopolotsk (Belarus)