UNITA inter-territorial interfaces for innovation

Task number	1
Name	UNITA inter-territorial interfaces for innovation
Strategic Axes	Education and Pedagogical Innovation
Workpackage	Knowledge-based growth in rural, mountain and cross-border territories

Objectives

• Create a strong connection among public institutions, industries and the civil society throughout the UNITA alliance, pulling together knowledge and resources to improve and widen the service given to all UNITA economic and social environments, in the context of their regional smart specialization strategy.

Inputs & Resources

Source documentation:

• UNITA Tasks_Team_List_20231120
• UNITA Budget documents

Resources

• Human Resources: List of staff on the task, roles and position: 39 people involved in the task. Dina Pereira and Begoña Vicente Yenes  are the co-leaders. Rectors, vice-rectors, academics, administrative staff and student representatives are present.
• Financial: Budget allocated to the task: 60.000€ (40.000€ UNITA prizes for students/ 20.000€ Interface with the territories – event and tool – 1 event / 2 year – 2 * 10 events → matching event or already existing events (+ erasmus+ grant for the partners who join) → 1000 euros / event) +104.000€ (total 3.4).
• Materials: Type of materials required (computers, software, scientific tools):
• Intangible: Type of intangible materials (communication tools, data bases,…):

Activities & Sub-Tasks

Source documentation: In each WP folder, document entitled “WPx_full_description)

• Task Description – T4.1 description
• GANTT – WP4 GANTT

List of activities	Actions to implement	Deadline
A4.1.1 Chart the cartography of the smart specialization strategies and ecosystems	* A4.1.1.2 Definition of a normalized report about: (i) each smart specialization strategy and the ways in which each university contributes to it (ii) the main actors of each ecosystem, with an emphasis on those actively engaged in university-industry collaboration A4.1.1.3 Elaboration of the reports at each university level A4.1.1.4 Post-processing (homogenization) and identification of alignments, similarities and complementarities A4.1.1.5 Definition of normalized reports about each university's programmes, services, and activities on: (i) entrepreneurship (ii) industry-driven and challenge-based education (iii) technology transfer (iv) science dissemination A4.1.1.6 Elaboration of the reports at each university level A4.1.1.7 Post-processing (homogenization) and identification of collaboration opportunities A4.1.1.8 Presentation of the results (the guide/report which serves as deliverable of the task) in a UNITA Conference on Innovation, which includes a matching event to launch the first cooperations in the four fronts (‘Open living lab days’, Timisoara, September 2024) A4.1.1.9 Joint Entrepreneurship courses (entrepreneurial mindset lectures/ECTS, accelerators, mentoring) A4.1.1.9.1 Design entrepreneurship courses A4.1.1.9.2 Promote the courses A4.1.1.9.3 Launch of Joint entrepreneurship courses and selection of applicants A4.1.1.9.4 Training joint entrepreneurship courses A4.1.1.10 Starting and advanced tech transfer grants between 2 or more UNITA partners A4.1.1.10.1 Design guidelines and policy documents A4.1.1.10.2 Launch Starting grants A4.1.1.10.3 Launch Advanced grants A4.1.1.11 Entrepreneurs internships in industry	01/2024 05/2024 08/2024 01/2024 05/2024 08/2024 10/2024 03/2025 09/2024 10/2024 11/2024 03/2025 10/2027 09/2024 04/2025 04/2026 10/2027
A4.1.2 Enlarge and reinforce the UNITA entrepreneurship network created in the InnoUNITA project	Not specified	10/2027
A4.1.3 Build an industry-driven and challenge-based teaching and learning network	Not specified	10/2027
A4.1.4 Create a tech transfer offices network	Not specified	10/2027
A4.1.5 Enlarge and reinforce the UNITA science dissemination community	Not specified	10/2027