One objective, two approaches. Content – comparison of projects Aim of the project Consortium...

One objective, two approaches

Content – comparison of projects

• Aim of the project• Consortium• Recruitment of target groups• Beneficiaries - course participants• Conception of the training• Textbooks and publications• Feedback• Results• Strategy of sustainability

WHY CENMAD?

• To enhance the competitiveness of the region NUTS II North-East Bohemia

• To enhance the qualification and competence of researchers

• The specific objective of OP HR Development

WHY TRANSCEN?

• To enhance the competitiveness of the NUTS III Liberec region

• To enhance the qualification and competence of researchers living/working in the respective region

• The specific objective of OP HR Development

WHO?

CENMAD consortium– University, – consultation company, – training company,– association of PR agencies

WHO?

TRANSCEN consortium– University, – Research institute, – Innovative SME

Target groups - recruitment of participants

CENMAD– Invitation letters to regional universities,

research institutes and R&D departments of innovative enterprises/companies

– Advertising in local newspaper, professional journals and broadcast

– Individual consultations with personnel managers

TRANSCEN• List of research and innovation organizations – 158

contacts– Continuous direct communication– Invitation letters (paper version and e-mail) to university

departments, innovative SMEs within NUTSII region (created and updated database of contacts)

– Advertisements on project website + websites communicating R&D activities, advertising in regional newspaper

– Posters placed in the buildings of the university and VUTS Liberec

Target groups - recruitment of participants

Beneficiaries - participants

CENMAD– Participants of the pilot course attended

all nine training units– 570 presences in total– 25 participants completed their final

projects and were awarded the CENMAD Certificate

Beneficiaries - participants

TRANSCEN– Open approach– Courses have been attended by 164

participants in total– Average No. of participants per workshop

… 19

HOW?

CENMAD virtual Centre for the Improvement of Managerial Skills

in Research (CENMAD) established within the Department for Development and International Affaires of the University of Pardubice

– the Centre provided a Pilot integrated training course called „Development of managerial skills in research“

• 6 thematic modules divided into 9 training units• Most participants attended the whole course

HOW?

TRANSCEN Regional centre of education in the field of knowledge

and technology transfer (TRANSCEN) established in cooperation of TU Liberec, VUTS Liberec and Elmarco, Ltd. – centre is located at the premises of VUTS

– The centre provides courses related to the all fields of knowledge and technology transfer

– 7 thematic modules – more than 34 individual pilot courses

– The courses are designed according to the special needs and interests of R&D workers within the region

Textbooks and publications

CENMAD– Copies of all lectures distributed stepwise on training

sessions

– Downloads from project's web pages (password for participants)

– Printed Guide for Project Managers - compiled lessons in form of small brochure and CD (booklets in Czech and English)

Textbooks

TRANSCEN– The copies of presentations and additional study

materials (documents, CDs) are distributed to the participants at the beginning of the single pilot courses

– Publications created during the project – available to all interested persons (order form on project website) – hardcopy version

– Selected information presented on-line (IPR, innovation etc.)

Publications and conferences

TRANSCEN• Publications created during the project:

– Explanatory dictionary of innovation (ISBN 978-80-903865-0-1)

– Supporting programmes for SMEs– Explanatory dictionary of ERA (ISBN 978-80-903865-4-9)

– publication in phase of preparation • Conferences (8 in total, so far)

Feedback from course participants

CENMAD– Participants evaluated each training unit– Most popular and necessary: Communication

and presentations skills, PR– Necessary: Project management– Interesting: Sustainable development and

ecology

Feedback from course participants

TRANSCEN• Most popular courses:

– Presentation skills– Financial audit of a project– Inspiriting sources of creativity development and

emotional intelligence– New trends in application of scientific and research

knowledge – Nanotechnologies in practice

Results

CENMAD– Intergated training course: 1– Total number of lectures: 58– Overall number of individual participants: 72– Participants successful completion of the course: 25– Average evaluation of the courses: 1.39 points

(scale from 1 to 5; 1 = excellent, 5 = unsatisfactory)– Publications created: 2

Results

TRANSCEN– Total number of organised courses: 31– Overall number of individual participants: 164– Average number of participant per course: 19– Average evaluation of the courses: 4.71 points

(5 points max.; 1 point min.)– Publications created: 3

What to keep in mind

• Budget• Underestimate of paperwork• Deadlines• Motivation of course participants

Strategy of sustainabilityCENMAD

– The single thematic modules will be offered to other researchers and interested persons as a further education course after termination of the project

TRANSCEN– 2 new training programmes incorporated into current

university programmes offer (Innovation entrepreneurship and Financial management of innovations) + single workshops will be offered to public on the commercial basis

Strategy of sustainability

TRANSCEN– Creation of two new obligatory facultative

subjects of master study on the Faculty of Economy, Technical University in Liberec

Thank you for your attention.

http://cenmad.upce.czwww.transcen.cz

Ing. Monika Vejchodova, CENMAD project coordinator monika.vejchodova@upce.cz

Ing. Radka Pittnerova, TRANSCEN project manager radka.pittnerova@vuts.cz