Fostering university-enterprise cooperation and entrepreneurship of students via SMART Caffes Erasmus Project

Project Title

Fostering university-enterprise cooperation and entrepreneurship of students via SMART Caffes

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The SMART Caffes project was concrete response to the challenges that address HEIs in Armenia, Moldova, Belarus.Its objective was to encourage students’ entrepreneurial intent and support open innovation approach in collaboration between companies and universities in creative, supportive and motivating environment – SMART Caffes. The core idea was to motivate students and young researchers to actively use their intellectual potential to generate innovative ideas. During this process student teams have had the opportunity to be mentored, guided and advised by company representatives and university staff.The following project outcomes are expected to be sustainable long after the end of the EU funding:7 SMART Caffes(SCs) and their network;4 new training modules elaborated for the teaching staff of SCs8 new trainings elaborated for students enrolled in SCsIT multifunctional platform SMART_CHANNELRevised curricula in 7 HEIsBook: “From Idea to running business” in EN, RO, RU, AM, BLRMarket for Ideas in EN and RO/or RU/or AM/ or BLRStart up competition and annual regional conference of EaPC students’ EXPECTED IMPACT is envisaged on:Institutional level: new teaching approaches implemented, teaching staff skills increased, entrepreneurial skills of students fostered, improved quality of education.Regional level: new model of a public-private-people partnership fits to EaCP created, strong Network of motivating environment for students (SMART Caffes) created, contact-building between entrepreneurs -students –HEIs improved.National level: the role of HEIs in society in each EaCP extend, different perspectives crossed, interactions between technologies & market fostered.European level: fostering the integration process of EaCP HEI into the European Higher Education Area, built as an area which using common tools. Thus, EaCP update their higher education systems making them more compatible with EU standards.

Project Website

http://www.smartcaffe.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 1000000 Eur

Project Coordinator

DIETHNES PANEPISTIMIO ELLADOS & Country: EL

Project Partners

• KATHOLIEKE HOGESCHOOL VIVES ZUID
• FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA SAN ANTONIO
• ACADEMY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES OF MOLDOVA
• UNIVERSITATEA DE STA ALECU RUSSO DIN BALTI
• UNIVERSITATEA AGRARA DE STAT DIN MOLDOVA
• GAVAR STATE UNIVERSITY
• BELARUSIAN INNOVATIVE FUND