The BIOHEALTH Gear Box Alliance (BIO-ALL) results from the reflection around the entrepreneurial skills development instruments which are not effectively structured and implanted into the education curricula offers of schools and universities and are especially needed in sectors where the acceleration processes to the commercialization is more difficult, BIOHEALTH.The report Entrepreneurship Education and the Future of Learning (2013), pointed out challenges to be addressed: how to scale up good practice small scale/pilots to implementation on a broad scale; overcome the insufficient involvement of stakeholders (particularly business/community); monitor programs and methods; overcome the lack of data for alumni/start-ups; impact assessment to guide policy makers; assessment not suitable to methods/outcomes; and lack of interest.BIO-ALL is coherent with the challenges presented and aims to develop innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning entrepreneurial skills and competences, easing the exchange, flow and co-creation of educational assets and knowledge. BIO-ALL will foster co creation collaborative dynamics between and within relevant actors of the ecosystem (HEI staff/students, Business, Incubators/Accelerators, Investors and other relevant stakeholders), which will underpin and sustain ground-breaking educative assets (international joint post-graduation), methodologies and schemes (international joint acceleration programme and a dedicated Hub), stepping up the responsiveness of the higher educational offer to the current and future needs and supporting entrepreneurship in the sector.The main results include a sectoral Blueprint, an International Joint Post-Graduation, an International Joint Acceleration Programme and a Virtual Hub, designed and feed by the cooperation between Academia, Business and Incubators/Accelerators.
Aiming to promote new skills and competencies for professionals in the BIOHEALTH sector, and give them the opportunity to engage in several programmes such as an International Joint Post Graduation, or an International Joint Accelerator. With these tools, the intention was to reinforce the cooperation between Academia and Business, as well as target new graduates and professionals in this sector, develop ideas, modernise education and training, create a blueprint and disseminate good practices.
The BIO-ALL project was created taking into consideration the lack of instruments to boost entrepreneurial skills inserted in the education curricula of schools and universities, customized and adjusted to the Biohealth sector. This Knowledge Alliance emerged to gather European forces that can accelerate the learning of knowledge and competencies, boosting efficient innovation and entrepreneurial processes, specifically targeted at the Biohealth sector.
<< Background >> The BIO-ALL project was created taking into consideration the lack of instruments to boost entrepreneurial skills inserted in the education curricula of schools and universities, customized and adjusted to the Biohealth sector. This Knowledge Alliance emerged to gather European forces that can accelerate the learning of knowledge and competencies, boosting efficient innovation and entrepreneurial processes, specifically targeted at the Biohealth sector. << Objectives >> Aiming to promote new skills and competencies for professionals in the BIOHEALTH sector, and give them the opportunity to engage in several programmes such as an International Joint Post Graduation, or an International Joint Accelerator. With these tools, the intention was to reinforce the cooperation between Academia and Business, as well as target new graduates and professionals in this sector, develop ideas, modernise education and training, create a blueprint and disseminate good practices. << Implementation >> The implementation of the BIO-ALL project was made by all 13 partners through 8 WP. This took place through cooperation between all partners (and also relevant participant stakeholders), taking into consideration a collaborative network. In this sense, the participation of the partners also looked to the high standards of quality, regarding the implementation of the activities throughout the project, as well as delivering all information on time to better execute all the activities planned. << Results >> Results of BIO-ALL include the creation of a Good Practices Report, a Blueprint for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biohealth, the creation of an International Joint Post-Graduation in "Advanced Skills for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Biohealth Sector" (which occurred in the 3 countries - Portugal, Spain, and Italy), the International Joint Acceleration Programme, the International Hub, and several events such as Sparkathons, Unconferences, Igniting Events, and GearBox Labs.