Project

517522-TEMPUS-1-2011-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR

Aims of UnIvEnt

• Strengthening of role of universities in transfer of innovations into enterprise and entrepreneurship;
• Bringing of a “Science-education-production” triangle to a higher level through organization of activity Center of Transfer of Innovation (CTI);
• Organization of the training process, considering the needs and requirements of enterprises and entrepreneurs.

Project objectives

• Establishment of CTIs at universities of partner countries;
•  Creation of the project web-site;
•  Creation of innovation data-base in the project web-site;
•  Conducting trainings of entrepreneurs on finding and application of innovations in their businesses.

Current project achievements

• Rooms for CTIs are assigned and equipped with project equipment in all universities of partner countries;
•  Training program for entrepreneurs are elaborated ;
• Project partners’ (Germany, Spain, Portugal, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan) meeting was carried out in Leipzig (Leipzig universities of applied sciences), where directions of further activity was identified;
• Participation of innovational projects of Ferghana State University (FSU) and Ferghana Polytechnic Institute (FPI) in republican innovation fair “Innovational ideas, technologies and projects”, in April 13-15, 2011 was financed by the UnIvEnt project;
• Model of innovation transfer at University of Alicante (Spain) was learnt during May 17-30, 2011;
•  Conference for Opening of CTI at Nakhchivan State University (Azerbaijan) was organized on November 3-7, 2011;
• Creation and maintenance of the project web-site is in progress ;
• Interest of the enterprises to innovations is being studied;
• Opening of the CTIs at FSU and FPI was organized in December 22, 2011;
• Field-monitoring of UnIvEnt project was implemented by National Tempus Office-Uzbekistan in December 22-23, 2011.