Knowledge transfer among education, research and industry entities as support to the education under the PRODE project!

Monday, November 28th, 2016.
The Directorate for Finance and Contracting of the EU Assistance Funds, Ministry of Finance has approved new project Knowledge transfer among education, research and industry entities under Call for proposal Transfer of knowledge between sectors of higher education, research and industry, which will be realized by University of Donja Gorica and Bild Studio.

 

 


Having in mind the priorities of the call: prototype, innovative product, service, organizational models and improvement of the HR skills and the globall and specific actions strengthen innovation capacities of higher education, research and economy and improvement of knowledge transfer between academic and industry sector, in both directions, this action will support education of modern technologies in Laboratory for Product Design which is established under PRODE project. All activities under the project are designed to improve the quality of modern technologies in Montenegro through collaboration of UDG (www.udg.edu.me) and Bild Studio. The aim is to provide 9 modules of specialized trainings which will target knowledge gaps in formal education that represent obstacle for employment of graduates, but also a significant difficulty to business sector in Montenegro. The action will also include analyses of this model and provide UDG with an opportunity to adjust its curriculum according to the findings of the report and evaluation that will be done after the completion of trainings.


Within this project students from University of Donja Gorica will have chance to pass 9 training modules to provide deeper knowledge in areas of design, UX design, graphic and web design with continuous mentorship provided by Bild Studio professionals and under the guidance of UDG professors. The training will be focused around real projects that UDG and Build Studio will be working on, it will not be theoretical but highly practical, and will involve modern and up-to date technologies. Also, Bild studio will give their entrepreneurship experience to students, and reinforce the importance of constant fine-tuning in order to respond to market needs, but also to raise awareness among students on entrepreneurship and motivate them to start up their own businesses after graduation.