First ERA Talents project EdTEch Talents launched at Tallinn University
On June 1, the first Horizon Europe ERA Talents project EdTech Talents was launched at Tallinn University. The project aims to strengthen the skills of researchers and research administrators to become better in knowledge transfer activities and developing the entrepreneurial mindset. Institutional change of participating institutions is also one of the key targets of the EdTech Talents project.
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The goal of the EdTech Talents project is to strengthen academia/non-academia cooperation and reinforce the EdTech innovation ecosystems of Estonia, Hungary and Serbia by conducting a long-term knowledge transfer process for (a) the researchers and their support staff of these widening countries to learn from the EdTech spin-offs and consulting companies of Austria, Germany and Spain; and (b) the researchers of these advanced countries to share their relevant intellectual capital with the EdTech start-ups of these widening countries. During this process, knowledge transfer is supported via dedicated mentoring and training activities that aim at establishing continuous and more impactful flow of innovation, ideas, knowledge, know-how and relevant services among all he partners involved, corresponding to the scope of ERA Policy Agenda and ERA Talents call for cross-sectoral talent circulation and academia-business collaboration, with the focus on widening countries.
The consortium is coordinated by Tallinn University, our partners are Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria; Juan Rey Carlos University, Spain, Novi Sad University, Serbia, and Bielefeld University, Germany. Our business partners are BLINC (Blended Learning Institutions Cooperative), Germany, Lurtis Rules SL, Spain and Mathearena GMBH, Germany as well as the EdTech umbrella organisations from Estonia, Serbia and Hungary. Obuda University from Hungary is involved as an associated partner.