National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

ODESSA I.I.MECHNIKOV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

IS LOOKING FOR COOPERATION IN TEMPUS IV PROJECT

1. Name of university interested in participating in TEMPUS project:

International name: Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Centre “Innovation office”, Ukraine

National name: Одеський національний університет ім. І.І. Мечникова, Центр «Інноваційний офіс»

2. Main field of activities:

Centre “Innovation office”(http://www.innocentre.onu.edu.ua) of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University (http://www.onu.edu.ua) main objectives are:

- to support the national policy of Ukraine in the field of innovative activity, knowledge and technology transfer under the framework of the National Strategy for economic and social development for 2004-2015 “Following the Way of European Integration” by scientific and education activities;

- to contribute to forming a nation-wide network of researchers and inventors by integrating local actors into national and international knowledge dissemination activities, to shorten the innovation development lifecycle by facilitating ONU researchers and business cooperation.

3. Information about the intended TEMPUS project:

Work in following national priorities:

3.1 For Structural Measures: Higher Education and Society: Knowledge triangle: education, innovation, research; development partnership with enterprises.

3.2 Regional Priorities: Higher Education and Society, University-Industry collaboration, Life-long learning.

4. Projects description:

4.1 Making easier the way “from idea to business and society”, to organize legal and managerial support at each link of the technology transfer chain from Ukrainian universities to business through pioneer operations (starting from the IP ownership rights registration and finalize by negotiating contracts between business and universities). The main idea is to create a project partnership of interdisciplinary actors and subjects of innovative activity, including: Universities’ innovation and technology transfer offices; lawyers, engaged to the reforms of the Ukrainian innovative legislation (Institute of the Legal Provision of Innovative Development of Ukraine of the National Academy of Law Sciences, Kharkiv); Ukrainian leaders of TT with a strong experienced IP subdivisions; experienced in technology transfer and intellectual property European institutions, in order to adapt best European practice and share best Ukrainian leaders’ experience of TT for making easier the step-by-step process of TT. The key distinction of this project will be development and sharing experience of legal and managerial provision during technology transfer operations, that is very often the main barrier for it.

The operations of knowledge and technology transfer in Ukraine and abroad have to be accompanied by managerial and legal support (concretely, with the participation of the Scientific and Research Institute of the Legal Provision of Innovative Development of Ukraine, Kharkiv – member of the working group for creation the Innovation Code of Ukraine). The success stories of technology transfer must be widely disseminated and announced (as well in the handbook “TIPs for real technology transfer for Ukrainian researchers”).

4.2 In the framework of one of the National project “Futurecity”: under the priority “New quality of life”, operated by the State agency for investment and national project of Ukraine (http://www.ukrproject.gov.ua): Creation of IPR-helpdesk for functioning and international development of Ukrainian technoparks: i.e. Chemo-Paul (Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University http://chemopol.com.ua), technopark Slobozhanshina (http://www.ukr-rus-technopark.com/), technopolis “Pyatihatki” (http://technopolis5.com), etc.

4.3 Development the Life-long learning programs with a Coordination Centre for Distance Learning (http://e-learning.onu.edu.ua) – part of the Institute of Innovative and Postgraduate Education of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University (http://onu.edu.ua/en/structure/institutes/iipo), which consists of:

- Chairs of: clinical psychology, economics and modeling of market relations; computer networks and information technology; social theories; economic cybernetics and applied economy;

- College of enterprise and social work: preparation of the bachelors of specialties: finance and credit, applied mathematics, accounting, social work.

5. Previous international experience:

The examples of TEMPUS projects:

1. Tempus SCM_T015B05-2005 WIPATH “Workshop for Introduction Practical Approaches for Transforming Higher Education in Ukraine”

2. Tempus “Boosting the knowledge triangle by establishing innovation offices” 159359-2009–ES-JPHES - 3 years, acting

“Universities for Innovations” – www.uni4inno.eu

Please contact: Iryna Nyenno, Head of the Centre “Innovation office”, PhD., innott@onu.edu.ua,

skype: Vesna-Leto 2009, tel. +38 050 585 65 74