The aim of the project is to improve Libyan HEIs' role for the economic and social development of the country. The specific objective is to enhance HEIs specific capacities to connect academia and research activities to the labour market and civil society trough the establishment of TTOs - Technology Transfer Offices. HEIs in Libya need support, on the one hand, in improving their internal organisational capacity and on the other hand, in networking and coordinating to gain international visibility and to maximise the impact of their work. They have to play a stronger role in order to be active actors and to promote innovation processes. Actually there are several universities with an high level in academic community that could revoulizionise process by expoliting research results. The Technological Transfer Office represents the academic window on the market, it will give visibility to ideas and researches of the Libyan Universities giving them a role in the promotion of innovation and creativity, enhancement of social dialogue and accompaniment of youth to labour market. Thus, the present project, after a thorough analysis of the legal, social and economic situation of Libya, as well as of the level and the potentialities of scientific and technological research in the Universities, will be aimed at developing a complete and updated academic system on the subject of the valorisation and exploitation of the academic research results. In order to achieve the objectives and to tackle the identified challenge, the project has a multidisciplinary approach focused on:- Developing new innovative and multidisciplinary abilities to promote HEIs activities;- Facilitating the exchange, flow and joint creation of knowledge among the universities.- Stimulating the entrepreneurial spirit and abilities of HEI’s staff in order to propose innovative actions;- Creating thematic national and international network.
The project aimed to bring the involved Libyan HEIs closer to their EU counterparts in the knowledge transfer management. It means:- enhance HEIs specific capacities to connect academia/research activities to the labour market and civil society trough establishment of internal TTOs;- develop the networking among libyan HEIs to maximize the synergies;- improve Libyan HEIs' role for the economic/social development of the country;- stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of HEI’s staff/students.
LIBYA UP is a capacity building project financially supported by the ERASMUS+ programme. The project stems from the idea of the partners to promote cooperation and exchange of good practices to strengthen their operational and organisational capacities in the field of technological and knowledge transfer and management. This idea has been crossed with the request to a clear need expressed by the partner libyan Universities to improve their level of innovation and operational capabilities.
<< Background >> LIBYA UP is a capacity building project financially supported by the ERASMUS+ programme. The project stems from the idea of the partners to promote cooperation and exchange of good practices to strengthen their operational and organisational capacities in the field of technological and knowledge transfer and management. This idea has been crossed with the request to a clear need expressed by the partner libyan Universities to improve their level of innovation and operational capabilities. << Objectives >> The project aimed to bring the involved Libyan HEIs closer to their EU counterparts in the knowledge transfer management. It means:- enhance HEIs specific capacities to connect academia/research activities to the labour market and civil society trough establishment of internal TTOs;- develop the networking among libyan HEIs to maximize the synergies;- improve Libyan HEIs' role for the economic/social development of the country;- stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of HEI’s staff/students. << Implementation >> The project implementation suffered initially the worldwide Covid19 restrictions. The activities timeline has been shifted of some months. Neverthless, as the project started, it went on smoothly task by task, reaching the most planned results. The start of in-person activities has allowed an incredible acceleration. Financially speaking, the Consortium was not able no spend the full contractual grant because at the beginning the training activities/partners' meetings have been organized online. << Results >> The following main results were reached and published on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform:1. Libyan Minister of HE and Scientific Research approval of the TTOs in the Libyan Universities (Resolution n. 1633/2022);2. Analysis of TT model in EU, Libya and North Africa countries HE area;3. Creation of national TTOs network;4. Creation of international TTOs network;5. Design and implementation of TTOs in the partner HEIs;6. Testing and approval of an innovative training architecture.