This document outlines an action to promote innovation and research networks in Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova over 24 months. The action aims to improve competitiveness and support SME growth through stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship. Specific objectives include identifying innovative capacities, promoting an innovative regional culture, developing cross-border networking, stimulating SME innovation aspirations, and generating an innovative entrepreneurship approach among students. The action will address issues like low innovation potential, lack of cooperation and policy development, and limited SME and student innovation through activities focused on research, border regions, SMEs, and entrepreneurship.
This document outlines an action to promote innovation and research networks in Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova over 24 months. The action aims to improve competitiveness and support SME growth through stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship. Specific objectives include identifying innovative capacities, promoting an innovative regional culture, developing cross-border networking, stimulating SME innovation aspirations, and generating an innovative entrepreneurship approach among students. The action will address issues like low innovation potential, lack of cooperation and policy development, and limited SME and student innovation through activities focused on research, border regions, SMEs, and entrepreneurship.
This document outlines an action to promote innovation and research networks in Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova over 24 months. The action aims to improve competitiveness and support SME growth through stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship. Specific objectives include identifying innovative capacities, promoting an innovative regional culture, developing cross-border networking, stimulating SME innovation aspirations, and generating an innovative entrepreneurship approach among students. The action will address issues like low innovation potential, lack of cooperation and policy development, and limited SME and student innovation through activities focused on research, border regions, SMEs, and entrepreneurship.
TITLE INNOVA TRIANGLE - Promotion, Stimulation and Development
of Innovation and Research Cross-border Networks in the triangle
Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova Total duration of the 24 months action Overall objectives: 1) To contribute to the improvement of Objectives of the action competitiveness across the economy, particularly for Innovation and Research and Development (R&D) in the Projects area. 2) To contribute to the support of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME`s) growth through stimulating innovative entrepreneurship in the Projects area. 3) To contribute to the development of attractiveness of the euro-regions Lower Danube, Siret-Prut-Dniester and Upper Prut for foreign direct investments (FDI); 4) To develop and establish INNOVA-TRIANGLE as an umbrella and as catalyst for future activities, as a means for cross- border branding, marketing etc. Specific Objectives: 1. To identify the potential innovative capacities in the representative sectors of economy in the Projects area. 2. To promote and strengthen innovative regional culture in the Projects area and to build cross-border consensus of the key-actors on development issues. 3. To develop cross-border networking between public authorities, academic/research/know-how and technology transfer related institutions and business community in the Projects area. 4. To stimulate innovation aspirations and demands of the SME`s in the Projects area. 5. To facilitate the access of the SME`s from the Projects area to financial sources for the realisation of their innovative projects. 6. To generate innovative approach towards entrepreneurship among young people, especially students, in the Projects area. Partner(s)
Applicant Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Centre for Studies in
European Integration (Republic of Moldova)
Partner no.1 University Alexandru Ioan Cuza from Iasi, (Romania)
Partner no.2 Dunarea de Jos University from Galati (Romania)
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine) Partner no.3 Association for Ethnic and Regional Studies (Republic of Moldova) Partner no.4
Target group(s) 1) academic and administrative staff of the universities; 2) members of
regional authorities and Chambers of Commerce; 3) representatives of R&D institutions, agencies of science and technology, institutions of know-how transfer; 4) representatives of SMEs, young entrepreneurs and their respective associations/ organisations; 5) Representatives of financial institutions (mainly pre-seed, seed, risk capital and venture capital funds); 6) Students of last years of the universities. Final beneficiaries 1) Universities; 2) Regional and local authorities; 3) R&D institutions, agencies of science and technology, institutions of know-how transfer; 4) Business Incubation centres; 5) SMEs, young entrepreneurs and their respective associations/ organisations; 6) Chambers of Commerce; 7) Financial institutions (mainly pre-seed, seed, risk capital and venture capital funds); 8) National and International experts for specific topics in the Project issues; 9) Journalists; 10) The wide public, which could not be identified. 1) About 450 Trained and educated regional public authority Estimated results representatives; 2) About 450 Informed and trained academic and administrative staff of the universities; 3) About 200 Informed and educated young people, especially young entrepreneurs and students; 4) About 250 Informed and educated SME`s representatives; 5) Established dialogue and cooperation between government-academic-business societies in Projects area; 6) Improved understanding of stakeholders in the EU of the actual development problems and tendencies in the Projects area; 7) Better informed national governments and the relevant EU bodies on the view-points and opinions; 8) Better advised and informed wider public in the Projects area on the Projects` topics. GA 1: Project Management and Communication Strategy Main activities GA 2: Research Desk GA 3: Innovating Border Regions GA4: Innovating SME`s GA5: Developing Innovative Approach for Entrepreneurship Identify clearly the specific problems to be addressed by the action and the perceived needs and constraints of the target groups. On the basis of the JOP Romania-Ukraine- Republic of Moldova SWOT analysis and of the documents of the national governmental organisations in Romania Ukraine- Republic of Moldova the following common problems and needs were identified: 1. Low innovative potential in the Project`s area. There is the need to identify the potential innovative capacities in the representative sectors of economy in the Programme area. 2. Low level of involvement of public administration, universities and business community in the fields of policy development related to innovative culture. Therefore, there is the need to promote and strengthen the innovative regional culture in the Project`s area, in general, and among the specific target groups (young entrepreneurs, etc.), in particular. 3. Lack of formulation and implementation of a policy related to innovation development. The project therefore will address the needs to assess the state-of the-art and to stimulate the cross-border transfer of know-how on innovation policy development in the Project`s area. 4. Absence of cross-border networks between public authorities, academic/research/know- how and technology transfer related institutions and business community in the Programme area. There is the need to develop cross-border cooperation and networking between public authorities, academic/research/know-how and technology transfer related institutions and business community in the Project`s area in the Project`s issues. 5. Passive attitude due to lack of information, counselling and supporting of SME`s, young entrepreneurs, students of the Programme area as potentials promoters/ bearers of innovation. It is necessary to stimulate innovation aspirations and demands of the SMEs in the Project`s area. 6. Low level of capacity, information, ability of SME`s and other identified potentials promoters/ bearers of innovation to access the financial sources for Research, Development and Innovation (RDI). This needs to be addressed by facilitating the access of the SMEs from the Project`s area to financial sources for the realisation of their innovative projects. 7. Complete lack of attitude and inspirations of students to become innovative entrepreneurs in order to start cross-border businesses. There is the need to generate an innovative approach towards entrepreneurship among young people, especially students in the Project`s area, and to identify and create a portfolio of pilot-projects for establishing and developing innovative cross-border start-ups.