GIENAHS
through a closer iNterAction between Heis and Smes
GIENAHS
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“After careful selection Idea75 had been chosen as our partner to make its contribution in finding innovative and effective forms of communication and cooperation between the world of academic and industrial research. They highlighted their ability to work successfully in heterogeneous and complex contexts thanks to their dynamic and highly qualified team.”
GIENAHS
“Working with Idea75 is a real pleasure. A young and competent team which strategically organized our activities taking care of every detail and respecting deadlines. Very positive feedback.”
PROJECT DATA
Project Coordinator: Universus CSEI
Category: PMI, Innovation R&D
Location: Italy, Greece, UK, Romania,
Poland, Sweden
Start: 01/2018 – End: 04/2021
PROJECT “GIENAHS – Grasping Innovation in Europe through a closer iNterAction between Heis and Smes”
Project Number: 588071-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-K | GRANT AGREEMENT n. 2017-2866/001-001 | ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME – KNOWLEDGE ALLIANCES ACTION
PROJECT DATA
Project Coordinator: Universus CSEI
Category: PMI, Innovation R&D
Location: Italy, Greece, UK, Romania,
Poland, Sweden
Start: 01/2018 – End: 04/2021
PROJECT “GIENAHS – Grasping Innovation in Europe through a closer iNterAction between Heis and Smes”
Project Number: 588071-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-KA | GRANT AGREEMENT n. 2017-2866/001-001 | ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME – KNOWLEDGE ALLIANCES ACTION
OBJECTIVES
GIENAHS alliance aims to address the strategic issue of the interaction between Universities and SMEs. Despite being the real driving force of the EU economy, they often encounter considerable difficulties in the management of R&D processes. Innovation plays an important role both for citizens (workers or consumers) and for businesses, thanks to its contribution to speeding up and improving the creation of new products and services. But there can be no innovation without research and education: to reach the investment target of 3% of EU GDP in R&D by 2020, more researchers need to be trained over the next decade, eliminating the obstacles to their mobility. GIENAHS intends to contribute to the objectives of the knowledge alliances by improving the key competences of researchers, providing them with greater mobility opportunities, promoting transnational cooperation between Universities and SMEs and contributing to the “knowledge triangle”, the connection between education, research and innovation.
SOLUTIONS
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GIENAHS intends to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the knowledge alliances and in particular:
- to improve key competences and skills, with an emphasis on their relevance to the labor market by means of greater mobility opportunities for researchers and enhanced cooperation between university and work environments;
- to promote quality improvement, innovation excellence and internationalization at university level, in particular through enhanced transnational cooperation between universities and SMEs;
- to improve the quality of training of industrial researchers and company staff, defining reference standards for universities and SMEs;
- to improve the “knowledge triangle” by linking education, research and innovation.
GIENAHS objectives compared: small and medium-sized enterprises and universities.
GIENAHS promotes the matching process between universities and SMEs through the following steps:
- definition of an EU standard of interaction between small and medium-sized enterprises and universities to improve territorial competitiveness thanks to the co-creation of knowledge and innovation;
- definition of a new methodological approach for the design of “SME-oriented” industrial doctorate courses focusing the specific needs of European SMEs that pragmatically allow the integration of different cultural approaches to R&D;
- testing of the new methodological approach by designing a new “SME-oriented” industrial doctorate course in the manufacturing sector;
- proposition of an harmonization of industrial doctorate disciplines in Europe, thus concretely promoting the mobility of researchers; therefore, the project committed in the regulation the industrial research doctorate at national level in six partner countries, comparing them according to European provisions;
- establishment of an Observatory capable of creating virtuous and intensive cooperation between SMEs, universities and researchers, multiplying employment opportunities for industrial research in European SMEs.
Characteristics of GIENAHS
Matching between small and medium-sized enterprises and universities (IIS)
GINEAHS WEBSITE
PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, AWARDS
Funding of over €999K received for group project
May 01, 2018
“SMEs are the foundation of Europe’s economy, yet just 22% of them are positioned towards innovation. In this perspective, HEIs can and should strengthen them. What’s required is a greater, more structured interaction among HEIs and SMEs and a higher ability of European universities to train industrial researchers and prepare them to deal with the unique cultural and research contexts of SMEs. The GIENAHS project intends to contribute to the growth of innovation culture in European SMEs by developing a smart and common European standard of interaction, fostering a stronger collaboration between HEIs and SMEs through a new methodological approach, where they design industrial PhD pathways.”
Gienahs – Newsletter N. 1
July 16, 2019
In questa newsletter:
- The project
- The Meetings
- Interaction between universities and SMEs: technical activities of the first year
- Conferences Exhibits and publications
- The partsnership
Τhe design and establishment of Industrial PhDs in the main focus of GIENAHS project
January 16, 2020
The European project GIENAHS – Grasping innovation in Europe through a closer interaction between HEIs and SMEs, is in progress involving the definition of an innovative methodological approach for the design and establishment of Industrial PhDs in the European universities. GIENAHS project aims to enhance interaction and cooperation between HEIS and SmEs. The Greek partners are the Lab. of Knowledge and Intelligence Computing, University of Ioannina and the Noesis Technologies enterprise. It should be noted that an industrial PhD is a research doctoral programme with industrial orientation. This programme enables the researchers to conduct their research under an innovative research field so that their findings would be adaptable and provide solutions in industrials challenges, supporting the R&D departures of SmEs and other enterprises; while, they will be able to strengthen their competitiveness on a national and European level. In this line, Noesis, the Greek enterprise that participates in the project, introduces a PhD candidate to its workforce who will be able to implement a research programme closely affiliated with Noesis’s operations. To this end Noesis is expected to be improve its financial performance. Translated from an article in the magazine titled “INNOVATION, Research & Technology” issued by the Hellenic National Documentation Centre, Vol. September- November 2019, Issue 117, pp.10-11.
Gienahs – Newsletter N. 2
April 27, 2020
In this newsletter:
- The project
- The Meetings
- Interaction between higher education institutions and SMEs: first year technical activities
- Conferences Exhibitions and publications
- The partnerships
GIENAHS project in the University-Industry Interaction Online Conference 2020
June 17, 2020
GIENAHS project and next steps were presented in the University-Industry Interaction Online Conference, which was realized from 8-11 June 2020, with two contributions. The first one was a poster regarding the new GIENAHS path, presented by prof. Chrysostomos Stylios (University of Ioannina). Prof. Stylios talked about the concept of Industrial PhD and how it can be applied by HEIs in cooperation with SMEs. He also presented the new GIENAHS Industrial PhD path that defines HEI and SME roles and addresses issues regarding compulsory courses, candidate PhD students etc.
You can find more information here.
The second paper was presented by prof. Per Lövsund (Chalmers University of Technology), focusing on the fact that advanced research has a great potential to be significantly increased by a larger amount of collaboration between HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) and SMEs and that a specific aim of GIENAHS is to propose strategies and methods for optimal long-term relations and collaborations including win-win situations for HEIs and SMEs.
You can find the abstract of the paper here.
“Industrial PhD – A Challenge for both Small/Medium Size Enterprise (SMEs) and Technical Universities (HEIs). GIENAHS Project – Case Study”
June 25, 2020
Industrial doctorate is increasingly encountered in industrially developed countries. This is due to a need to solve production problems or to make new products in medium-sized companies. At European level, the concept is developed differently and the legislation in the field of education is not uniform. The paper aims to present an initiative at European level materialized through the ERASMUS + project. Also, there is a case study conducted within the company EXQUISITE that can very easily be assimilated to a PhD theme.
You can find the entire published paper here.
Gienahs – Newsletter N. 3
April 28, 2021
In this newsletter:
- The project
- The Meetings
- Interaction between higher education institutions and SMEs: first year technical activities
- Conferences Exhibitions and publications
- The partnerships
STAKEHOLDERS & CREDITS
MSc with honors & PhD in Electrical Eng.
Politecnico di Bari (IT)
EU Marie Curie Fellow
Nottingham University (UK)
40+ international papers
30+ industrial and R&D projects
Degree in economics
Università del Salento (IT)
Full Professor of Economics and Management of Public Administration and Business Auditing
Università del Salento (IT)
President of the University Research and Training Consortium UNIVERSUS CSEI
30+ publications
Degree with honors in Electronics Engineering
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Full Professor of Intelligent Identification and Control
Politecnico di Bari (IT)
Head of the Control Systems line
Energy Factory Bari
100+ international publications
A large higher education institution that has been at the forefront of teaching and research in Greece for over 50 years.
www.uoi.gr
Universus is a university consortium for training and innovation. Universus develops advanced training programs for young graduates, business managers and local authorities.
Anglia Ruskin University is a public university in England. It represents one of the most prestigious and popular English university institutions with a number of students of over 31,500, coming from over 100 nations all throughout the world.
aru.ac.uk
Noesis is an SME specialized in the hardware implementation of highly computationally complex telecommunication algorithms.
noesis-tech.com
The Warsaw Polytechnic is one of the leading technological institutes in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe.
www.pw.edu.pl
The “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University is a high-level research and education institution. Its mission is to carry out specific activities to create, exploit and transfer knowledge to society in key areas of Technical Sciences, Architecture and Urban Planning.
www.tuiasi.ro
Exquisite is a design, consulting, production and service company specialized in the construction of automatic bottling lines.
www.exquisite.ro
Chalmers University of Technology is consistently ranked in the top 100 engineering universities in the world. Education in Chalmers is strongly linked to advanced research in areas of particular relevance.
www.chalmers.se
PROTEC CSS is a manufacturer of universal CAN-Bus wiring kits for tow bars.
sklep.proteccss.pl
