Strengthening applied research and innovation capacities in Latin-America through co-creation labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strengthening applied research and innovation capacities in Latin-America through co-creation labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Climate Labs seeks to strengthen the applied research and innovation capacities of ten partner universities from Mexico, Brazil and Colombia through the design and implementation of Social Innovation Labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change. In a network with Universities from Spain, France, and Italy, plus Ashoka as a non-academic expert partner, the project seeks to build interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder labs that will institutionalize the applied research and innovation for climate change in the territories the partners are inserted. In a term of three years, the project expects to train scholars, students and staff members in Latin America, who will form changemaker leader teams, design and implement labs according to the needs, strengths, challenges and characteristics of the institutions and territories they serve. In this period, each university will also implement a pilot project, get connected with international relevant networks as well as other national institutions, build the physical and virtual infrastructure of the lab, and develop strategies for the sustainability and scalability of the project. The project seeks, ultimately, to build strong and connected areas of innovation and applied research within universities impacting in the overall capacities and strategies of the partner countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Project Website

http://www.ucaldas.edu.co/portal/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 956366,67 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS & Country: CO

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE MANIZALES
• UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE PEREIRA
• UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDUCACAO E ASSISTENCIA ASSOCIACAO
• CORPORACION UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS
• ASHOKA EMPRENDEDORES SOCIALES AC
• UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
• INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY