Project information
Investing in Entrepreneurial Universities in Caucasus and Central Asia (EUCA-INVEST)

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This project doesn't include Faculty of Science. It includes Technology Transfer Office. Official project website can be found on muni.cz.
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Project Identification
561724-EPP-1-2015-1-DE-EPPKA2
Project Period
1/2016 - 12/2018
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
European Union
MU Faculty or unit
Technology Transfer Office
Project Website
http://www.euca-invest.eu/
Cooperating Organization
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

The broad goal of the project is to enhance an entrepreneurial culture within HE in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and to strengthen the role of HEIs as an active stakeholder that contributes to the socio-economic development of society by fostering cooperation enterprise-university at both academic and industry level as well as between the EU and the beneficiary countries.
Specific objectives of the proposal:
1.Creation or Reinforcement of Technological Transfer Offices as a bridge between enterprise and universities.
2. Improving the skills and competencies of staff working at TTOs to support entrepreneurship.
3. Designing an intensive training program on teaching entrepreneurship for professors and educators seeking to integrate effective and new methods of teaching entrepreneurship in the respective courses.
4. Implementation of pilot activities organized by the TTOs.
5. Create a network of professors and practitioners to encourage entrepreneurship in beneficiary countries.

Partners of the project:
EU (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg - coordinator, Glasgow Caledonian, KSU, Sunrise Valley, VUB, USC and Masaryk)
Georgia: ISU, Caucasus University, Georgian Agrarian University,Bank of Georgia University, Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency, Georgian Business Association
Kyrgyz Republic: University of Economics and Entrepreneurship in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyz Economic University, Attat-Tul University, Issyk-kul State University, Ednet.

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