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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 [email protected]
Ing. Radka Pittnerova, TRANSCEN project manager [email protected]
