Entrepreneurship, Modernization and Innovation in SoutH Africa Erasmus Project

Project Title

Entrepreneurship, Modernization and Innovation in SoutH Africa

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Based on a previous EU project on innovation in South Africa we realized there was a need for a capacity building project in the region. As previous projects had focused on mobility of students and staff, we wanted to create a project that would train and support the university staff in developing innovation in their universities.We put together a set of models which would affect employment of graduates, operation of innovation centers as well as structured meetings between universities and the industry. This has the potential to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in South Africa while increasing employment of graduates, increasing research collaborations with the industry and strengthening all sides of the knowledge triangle

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 524431,7 Eur

Project Coordinator

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET & Country: SE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE
• NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY
• THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
• UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID
• UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
• UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND