Boosting Digital Innovation and Transformation Capacity of HEIs in an Entrepreneurial ecosystem

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Fostering institutional engagement & change

Enhance the scale and scope of student engagement activities, set up or improve technology transfer offices.

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Strengthening partnerships

Collaborate with the EIT KICs, e.g. through peer-to-peer collaboration.

Contribution to developing innovations & businesses

Create structures and conditions for innovation-driven research.

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Enhancing the quality of innovation & entrepreneurial education

Develop and improve innovation and entrepreneurial curricula, assessments of teaching and learning practices.

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The DIN-ECO Project

Digital innovation has radically changed the nature and structure of new products and services. The challenges that societies face are many and complex. To address them, social, political and economic agents of modern societies, such as Higher Education Institutes-HEIs, governmental bodies, businesses, need to demonstrate proactive entrepreneurial behavior and creativity in the definition of digital strategies.

DIN-ECO AIMS TO

The Objectives

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digital skills
Digital Skills

Set up or expand structures within HEIs to enhance students’ digital skills and capacities in innovation and entrepreneurship.

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collaboration
Collaboration

Foster the collaboration between HEIs and the Enterprises, for exchange of knowledge and good practices in entrepreneurship and innovation.

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innovation studies
Innovation Studies

Introduce, support and enhance entrepreneurial and innovation studies in HEIs through the re- orientation of existing curricula and new education programs.

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knowledge transfer
Knowledge Transfer

Set up or expand processes within HEIs to facilitate the knowledge and innovation transfer from universities to the market and policymaking centers, and vice versa.

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research mechanism
Research Mechanisms

Create mechanisms for innovation-driven research resulting from collaboration with the partners coming from the industry.

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self assess
Self-assessment Support

Support the HEI’s continuous self-assessment of the impact produced by the implemented DIVAP’s actions.

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