Strategic IP Management for Effective R&I in Asian Higher Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strategic IP Management for Effective R&I in Asian Higher Education

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Knowledge-based societies are underpinned by solid capacities in Intellectual Property (IP), research and innovation (R&I). These three pillars are closely interrelated, being sound IP practice instrumental in managing R&I effectively. The increased sophistication of research and global demand for competitive R&I conform challenging scenarios for HEIs, particularly in regions with unsteady IP systems, such as the ASEAN, where IP legislation and performance differs from country to country. The endeavours made at the regional level to align IP practice with international standards need to be supplemented with institutional actions of different nature if HEIs genuinely aspire to become active components in the innovation chain.Against this background, SPIRE’s overall objective is contributing to the effectiveness of R&I management at the PC HEIs by enhancing IP capacities at three complementary levels, thereby addressing major difficulties identified in the target ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand): ➢ Knowledge & kills of staff and students, by transferring good practices from EU HEIs, and implementing the Capacity Building Programme (on-site/online) for professional development;➢ Infrastructure & policy, by setting up IP Management Units (IPMUs) at HEIs to provide comprehensive and centralised IP assistance, and formulating/upgrading institutional IP policies; and ➢ Regional cooperation, by promoting regional-wide initiatives, such as a functional IP Network for HEIs, able to pass on experiences from more advanced countries to less developed ones and boost improvement.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 831506 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA & Country: MY

Project Partners

• BURAPHA UNIVERSITY
• INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI SEPULUH NOPEMBER
• AGORA INSTITUTE FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT SL
• UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SYSTEM
• MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
• MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA