Establishment of Leather Hubs in Russia and Mongolia Erasmus Project

Project Title

Establishment of Leather Hubs in Russia and Mongolia

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The main output of the project will be two training and innovation centers which will be set up in four universities in Russia and Mongolia, which will provide training services for tanneries, support the design and the implementation of curricula for university studies, and also implement research on the use environmentally friendly technologies for tanning raw materials and recycling of collagen-containing waste. The centers will have the form of innovation hubs which will solve the problems that are acute for the leather industry community of the EU, Russia and Mongolia.The established centers will be equipped with modern analytical and testing equipment, professional literature, magazines, and regulatory documents in force in Russia, Mongolia and the EU. These centers will act also as technology brokers for local leather industry. The partners of the EU, as well as trade unions (the Russian Union of Leatherworkers and Shoemakers and the Mongolian Tanning Association) of the two countries will help in the establishment of the centers and the evaluation of their work. The specific aim of the project is to create the appropriate environment for the establishment of the universities as innovation hubs for Leather industry in Russia and Mongolia. Towards this aim the following activities will be implemented: • 4 training and innovation centers in leather sector (1 in each HEI in region 4 & 6)• online Platform for Transferring Research and Innovation through project based training and also for Supporting the Collaboration between industry and academia• re-engineering model for leather industry management systems for a better adaption to the new era• a bouquet of scouting and brokerage services will be offered along with networking and match-making activities that will directly link needs with the technology and business offering

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 995950 Eur

Project Coordinator

EGE UNIVERSITY & Country: TR

Project Partners

• INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU TEXTILE SI PIELARIE
• THE FEDERAL STATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING BURYAT STATE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE NAMED AFTER V R PHILIPPOV
• VOSTOCHNO-SIBIRSKII GOSUDARSTVENNIIUNIVERSITET TEKNOLOGII I UPRAVLENIYA
• MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES
• MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• C.G.S. DI COLUCCIA MICHELE & C. S.A.S.
• MONGOLIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEATHER INDUSTRY