SMART Training in Vlora, Albania
The second onsite phase of the SMART project took place as 2,5 day synchronous hybrid activity, hosted by University of Vlorë in Vlore, Albania from 19th to 21st November 2023.
The Focus was on two Modules – Module 3: “Understanding the Meaning of the Local Ecosystem for Sustainable Innovation” and Module 4: “Supply Chains and Digital Transformation” – which gives room for local topics like tourism and agriculture. During the training, attention was given to the ecosystem, i.e. the dimension of regionality so on first day participants had opportunity to visit Old Town of Vlora, as a real example of urban revival through innovative solutions.
Day 2 – Partners from Technische Universität Dresden opened the Module 3: “Understanding the Meaning of the Local Ecosystem for Sustainable Innovation” with themes Agile Project Management and Perspectives for entrepreneurial thinking in the SMART network. Partners from Politecnico di Milano and Milan Polytechnic Foundation were leading the theme HEI-business cooperation at EU, national, regional, and local level: Q&A which was completed successfully with disscusion of all partners. During the second part of the second day, partners DOBA Faculty of Applied Business and Social Studies, Slovenia and University of East Sarajevo from Bosnia and Herzegovina share insight on business modelling and public tendering. Second day was finished with Hands on Case study: tourism and agriculture which was held by University of Vlorë in Vlore, Albania and representative of local industry / economic sector.
Day 3 – Partners from Technische Universität Dresden opened the Module 4: “Supply Chains and Digital Transformation”. The themes were Digital Innovation: – the role of (Open) Data – identifying the Digital Ecosystem and Innovation supply chains: – in the local (industrial) ecosystems – training and functioning of SMART centers – hybrid teaching and learning ibid. The second part of the training was held by Partners from Politecnico di Milano and Milan Polytechnic Foundation who were leading the themes in IPR Management.
Project team from Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, was represented by prof. Dragan Gligorić, Ph.D., Jadranka Petrović, Ph.D and prof. Goran Janjić, Ph.D. Our team presented the concept of the future SMART Innovation Centre, which will be established by the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, and will start operating in 2024, according to the project proposal.
All partner institutions have participants both on-site and online.
Published 01.12.2023 at 15:27
The Faculty of Economics of the University of Banja Luka hosts the meeting within the SMART Erasmus + project
In the period from the 26th to the 29th September 2023 the Faculty of Economics of the University of Banja Luka hosted the second meeting within the SMART Erasmus + project.
The meeting was attended by the representatives of 14 partner institutions (higher education institutions, local development agencies and the chambers of commerce and industry) from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Germany, Slovenia and Montenegro. The University of Banja Luka was represented by professor Dragan Gligorić, professor Goran Janjić and Jadranka Petrović, PhD.
In addition to the meeting of the Project Management Board, the event included a three-day training of the trainers, i.e. the staff of higher education institutions in the field of smart specialization, digitization, innovation and entrepreneurship. The training was conducted by representatives of the Technical University of Dresden and the Polytechnic University of Milan.
The goal of the training was to support the professional development of HEIs academic staff engaged in the SMART Innovation Centers that will be established within the Project.
Published 02.10.2023 at 16:09
SMART consortium meeting
On April 24, 2023, an online consortium meeting of the SMART project was held, attended by Dragan Gligorić, Ph.D. project manager on behalf of the University of Banja Luka and Jadranka Petrović, researcher. The aim of the meeting was to analyze progress in the project realization, and to define the deadline for the future project activities. As part of the project activities, the University of Banja Luka organized a focus group where the previous activities in the development of the Smart Specialization Strategy of Republika Srpska were discussed, with a special emphasis on the necessary trainings for the effective specialization of Republika Srpska. Within the defined deadline, the University of Banja Luka project team submitted to the project coordinator the Report on the situation in the field of smart specialization in Republika Srpska, with special emphasis on Banja Luka region, which is the focus of this project.
Published 04.05.2023 at 14:59
Partners Meeting - Maribor, Slovenia, 23-24 January, 2023.
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Published 10.02.2023 at 10:59