We are proud to announce that 15 new RIS Education projects were selected as a result of RIS Education call launched in May 2024. The call received 22 project proposals from applicants from more than 15 countries, most of them coming from the RIS region.
The thematic focus of the projects varies from winter and summer schools in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Urban Mobility to trainings focused on logistics, automation, machine learning, greening corporate urban mobility among others.
The projects cover a wide group of stakeholders ranging from young women, students to professionals working in industry and municipalities, addressing and covering the knowledge triangle integration.
Geographically, the projects cover almost entire RIS region expanding our RIS activities to countries in Outermost Regions such as Madeira, Azores and Reunion Island and brining new countries into RIS Education portfolio such as Ukraine, Cyprus and Turkiye.
Selected projects:
1. InnoMobility
The project sets up the mechanism for designing and implementing a summer school curriculum that cultivates the entrepreneurial mindset and innovative thinking in Smart Urban Mobility. It elaborates on a mix of challenge-based learning methods to create a holistic knowledge approach, ‘from concept to market’.
Partner: CENTRE FOR RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY HELLAS.
Country: Greece.
2. UMDisruptor
The Urban Mobility Disruptor (UMDisruptor) is a pan-European initiative fostering innovation and entrepreneurship skills among researchers and university professors in RIS countries, promoting knowledge transfer from research to industry and beyond, and helping universities leverage relationships to improve knowledge generation, deploy innovation, upskill staff and contribute to financial sustainability goals
Partners: BGI, Kimitisik, Farklabs.
Countries: Portugal, The Netherlands, Turkiye.
3. CoCreate2Innovate
The CoCreate2Innovate program is designed to establish a dynamic ecosystem of co-creation by offering extensive training and support to startups, companies, public institutions’ innovation managers, and business consultants from university-driven and private incubators and accelerators. The overarching aim is to cultivate a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, particularly in the smart mobility sector.
Partners: Munich University of Applied Sciences, University of Pisa, The Edge.
Countries: Germany, Italy, Bulgaria.
4. ELEVATE
This project aims to inspire diverse students with innovation and entrepreneurship skills through intensive training events in Madeira, Azores, and Reunion. Each location hosts a 3-day session on design thinking, entrepreneurial mindset, ideation, business pitching, and market introduction. Participants will tackle real-world challenges and compete in pitch events.
Partners: Kimitisik, MCAST, Madeira University, University of the Azores, Reunion Island Agency for Innovation.
Countries: The Netherlands, Malta, Portugal, France.
5. ChargeUp Summer School
ChargeUp Summer School is contributing to closing the knowledge gap within the area of e-mobility by raising the abilities of students – as future urban mobility professionals – to implement and leverage new EV-related technologies, additionally strengthening their capacities to act as innovators and entrepreneurs.
Partners: REGEA, University of Zagreb.
Country: Croatia.
6. AIM4Mobility
The AIM4Mobility program aims to reskill the workforce in urban planning, transportation, and data science with AI and ML skills to tackle urban mobility challenges. It includes the development and implementation of six modules: four online, self-paced modules covering AI/ML trends in urban mobility, geospatial ML tools, predictive modeling for transportation, and ethical AI in urban mobility, plus two in-person, hands-on workshops: City Data Integration Lab and Entrepreneurship in Urban Mobility.
Partners: xval.ai, Factual.
Countries: Spain
7. Innov4Mobility
Innov4Mobility RIS Winter School is an immersive learning experience that empowers students to tackle the pressing challenges of urban mobility through an entrepreneurial perspective. Through a challenge-based approach, students will engage in hands-on learning, applying entrepreneurial principles to identify, analyze, and propose innovative solutions to real-world urban mobility issues faced by European cities today
Partners: BGI, TU Berlin.
Countries: Portugal, Germany.
8. EIP 24/25
European Innovation Programme 2024/25 offers a unique programme for students where they can learn programming and handling industrial robotics and automation while in parallel, developing crucial enterprise skills making themselves highly employable. Students will complete either a winter or a summer school in innovation and robotics in Center for Robotics in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina combining challenge-based robotic courses with intercultural exchange.
Partners: Industrial Automation doo Tuzla, Cluj Cluster of Education C-EDU.
Countries: Bosna and Herzegovina, Romania.
9. RIS EcoMove
RIS EcoMove targets public and private organisations from RIS regions, with more than 20 employees and/or more than 20 motorised vehicles in their corporate fleet. RIS EcoMove aims to support the uptake of developing and implementing green travel plans for employees, and initiate actions to green the corporate fleets of RIS companies.
Partners: Erkon, Green Innovation Cluster.
Countries: Croatia
10. URBANLOGIX
The Urban Logistics Innovation and Knowledge Exchange for Sustainable Cities project addresses the need for sustainable urban logistics in Latvia and Malta. With the exponential growth of e-commerce, urban areas face increased congestion, overcrowding of pedestrian infrastructure, and higher emissions from delivery vehicles. This project aims to tackle these challenges through a structured educational program targeting municipalities, private businesses, and local communities.
Partners: Vefresh, Latvian Post, Project Eagle Foundation.
Countries: Latvia, Malta
11. Cyprus Winter School
The Cyprus Winter School project empowers bachelor students from Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) countries with essential skills in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) for the urban mobility sector. The project will provide 40 bachelor students from RIS countries with practical training in sustainable urban mobility through a 7-day challenge-based course and study trip. It will integrate real-world urban mobility challenges into the program, enhancing education quality and fostering practical problem-solving skills.
Partners: Kimitisik, SocialTechLab.
Countries: The Netherlands, Cyprus.
12. MobilityMINT
The project aims to strengthen the local urban mobility ecosystem holistically by providing targeted education and training to researchers, students, young entrepreneurs, and civil servants. It focuses on three key pillars: Urban Mobility Themes, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Cutting Eedge Technologies for the future of urban mobility.
Partners: YTU Yildiz Technopark, Factual, FarkLabs,
Countries: Turkiye, Spain.
13. Young Women Entrepreneurs
YWE is focused on capacity building in entrepreneurship and urban mobility among secondary school girl population. This objective is being reflected in the activity types proposed by YWE including e-learning and face-to-face trainings, also networking events. YWE activities will improve transferrable skills that will lead to further innovation and entrepreneurship in urban mobility in RIS countries.
Partners: Centre for Modern Education, Kimitisik.
Countries: Hungary, The Netherlands.
14. NUMA
Leveraging the knowledge triangle of education, research and business with active city involvement, NUMA aims to drive long-term innovation through tailored education. Key activities include developing courses for municipal employees and university students, organizing stakeholder events and emphasizing women’s participation in urban mobility. Using innovative teaching methods, hands-on applications, and a blend of theoretical and practical formats, courses will span six modules with self-study components fostering urban sustainability, innovation and gender perspectives. impressions.
Partners: University of West Attica, Sultanbeyli Municipality, Ardem Project R&D Consultancy, EcoMuse Consulting.
Countries: Greece, Turkiye.
15. UrbanElevate
The project aims to boost entrepreneurial and innovation skills in urban mobility by empowering researchers, youth, students, industry and other stakeholders in Zhytomyr. Through skills enhancement events, commercialization support for researchers, a youth entrepreneurship program, and collaborative synergies with EU initiatives like Start for Future and Girls Go Circular, we seek to foster a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Partners: Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Home of Startups Accelerator LLC.
Countries: Ukraine.
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