Entrepreneurship Knowledge Centers to Foster Innovative Entrepreneurship Practices in Education and Research Erasmus Project

Project Title

Entrepreneurship Knowledge Centers to Foster Innovative Entrepreneurship Practices in Education and Research

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Bhutan, Nepal & Laos are facing key social problems in their development stages such as economic disparities, educational gaps & university graduates´ unemployment. All these facts hinder the countries´ development. To combat these challenges entrepreneurship (ENT) is rising in importance. Therefore, the development of a robust ecosystem for ENT on HEI campuses & beyond academic borders to foster university business cooperation is key of sustainable growth. Despite this wave of innovation, there is a lack in really disruptive & professionally developed ideas that create sustainable, yet profitable businesses to benefit the whole population. HEIs need to update their physical infrastructure &upgrading&professionalizing of teaching capacities to be able to react to current educational trends & to develop future change makers. ENCORE aims to create awareness of the concept of ENT education & development to promote innovation in HEIs in Bhutan, Nepal & Laos by integrating advanced learning tools for the creation of disruptive business ideas into existing academic structures, while strengthening the university-business collaboration through participatory schemes on a local & regional level. Results & impact envisioned:• Strengthened teaching staff capacities & student skill sets through innovative teaching & learning methodologies by offering ENT trainings • Modernized technical infrastructure of HEIs by creating, equipping & putting in operation Entrepreneurship Knowledge Centers• Enhanced HEI-Enterprise cooperation & students learning experience by developing ENT Case studies, to prepare students for innovative thinking in “real life” contexts• Greater awareness & reach of high-quality training material & publications by providing access to Open Educational Resources to regional & international academic community• Extended intern. networks in ENT education & innovation in national & intern. HE contexts by joint publications & organising the intern. conference.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 830844 Eur

Project Coordinator

FH JOANNEUM GESELLSCHAFT MBH & Country: AT

Project Partners

• ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN
• TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY
• GLOBAL COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL
• SOUPHANOUVONG UNIVERSITY
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS
• HAAGA-HELIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE