ИСТИНА

The project objective is to create for partner universities new type of platform for collaboration with enterprises. The developing platform serves as a sustainable set of value added collaborative activities with enterprises in invention and improvement of product/services. The main feature of the platform is an easy access for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to universities' and alumni’s' expertise in design research, prototyping, engineering, materials, technologies, and product/service development methodologies. Core of the platform is industrial design and innovation management practices that integrate universities', SMEs and alumni’s expertise around building product/services prototypes, and follow on commercial validations. The following main elements, which are at the core of the project explain how it addresses the priorities: -Multi-disciplinarity (science, engineering, design, management) -Multi-national experience in management of innovation and university-enterprise cooperation -Multi-faced concept of innovation and innovation management -Open and collaborative innovation tools -Complete product development process from concept to prototype.

- Collaborative Open Innovation Laboratories (COILabs) and operations (value proposition, business-model, management procedures, services and facilities) of COILabs for multi-country co-creation activities in new product/service development. - Executive program to improve new product/service development competences.