INSO-4-2015

a)      Inter-sectorial mobility

The actions should aim at:

• The development and implementation of a policy of double nominations of research staff in academia, companies and other relevant employment sectors.
• The development and implementation of a policy to further and recognise inter-sectorial mobility as a demonstrably positive career asset.

The new policies should be operational before the end of the EU funding and sustainable after the end of the EU funding.

c)    Innovation leadership programme for public administrations and researchers

The actions should focus on developing curricula and providing freely through online platforms, possibly combined with other delivery mechanisms, innovation training for public administrations and researchers. The actions would go beyond state of the art training programmes and produce curricula and modules for a ‘deep-dive’ short leadership programme, supported by a sustainable platform or community of innovation trainers in order to create and run the leadership programme.

Identification of users’ needs is of central importance. The R&I efforts required would involve exploration, design, development and piloting of pedagogies as well as methods and tools for collaboration and knowledge sharing, including MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses).

International aspects should be taken into account, while appropriate consideration should be given to the gender dimension in the design, development and delivery of the actions.

The new courses and platforms should be operational before the end of the EU funding and sustainable after the end of the EU funding.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 2.5 and 3.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected impact:

The actions are expected to allow a wide range of research organisations to do better in areas which are essential to their performance as actors or facilitators of collaborative research and innovation. These organisations will be in a stronger position to interact fruitfully with innovators in industry and the public sector. Their increased potential to innovate will contribute to the socio-economic performance of the societies in which they operate. Universities will take a more prominent role in innovation, together with business and other actors, and thereby contribute to the objectives of the Innovation Union and ERA. The actions will also boost innovation competences in public administrations and equip researchers with innovation leadership knowledge, thereby creating more innovative societies.

c)    The Innovation leadership programme and platforms, notably the online platforms, will enable public administrations and researchers to drive innovation with newly acquired skills relating to creativity, critical thinking, idea generation, visualisation and entrepreneurship. The actions will reach out to some 60.000 leaders throughout the EU, at central, regional and local level.

Knowledge sharing through the platforms will create more new ideas and innovative approaches. The actions will complement the European research base with innovation skills which are crucial for business and research in the global market. The actions will also foster the widest possible use of new training provision through standards on inter-operability, quality assurance and recognition of the training modules towards degrees of accredited universities.

Type of action:

c)   Research and innovation actions