Head of the Department of International Economic Relations Yuriy Petrushenko took part in the meeting of the consortium of the international DISCO project, which took place on March 15-17 at the Krakow University of Economics (Poland, Krakow).
The DISCO project aims to strengthen the innovation capacity of European higher education institutions (HEIs) through shared learning, cooperation and flow of knowledge among the three participating HEIs, one non-profit enterprise and one small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), representing the broader innovation ecosystem.
Participation in the consortium of the DISCO project financed by the HORIZON program
Head of the Department of International Economic Relations Yuriy Petrushenko took part in the meeting of the consortium of the international DISCO project, which took place on March 15-17 at the Krakow University of Economics (Poland, Krakow).
The project is financed as part of the Horizon Europe program.
DISCO will boost the development of innovation and entrepreneurship skills in the entire knowledge triangle. This will be achieved through student training, advisory and coaching support for start-ups and scale-ups, as well as structured capacity-building among scientific and non-scientific staff of participating HEIs. The project will achieve its aims by designing and creating new forms of cooperation and experimentation through innovation labs, an observatory and the development of a common massive open online course, all with a view to supporting the development of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurial mindsets across the EU.
DISCO partnerships will implement a coherent and comprehensive set of six actions. They will focus on institutional engagement for the Innovation Vision Action Plan, new collaborations, exchanging good practices, start-up and scale-up support, innovation-driven research, training and mentoring for students and staff.
The project will create three interinstitutional and cross-sectoral communities bringing partner HEIs, innovators as well as business, societal and governmental partners into meaningful cooperation. These communities will be initially focused on three challenges:
- Digital innovations ‒ as increasingly important aspects both for economic development and the European labour market;
- Sustainable innovations, especially sustainable mobility ‒ to reflect EU’s transition to a greener economy;
- Global business services ‒ to reflect an even closer cooperation to address the diversified service needs at scale.
In 2023, Sumy State University will join the DISCO project. At the meeting, the terms of accession, which form the basis of the cooperation agreement, were discussed.
