The kick-off meeting of the INITIATE project, held in Zagreb, Croatia on 27-28th February 2024 marked the beginning of the collaboration between 13 partners from 10 countries, among which is the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies (FEEIT) at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. The INITIATE project aims to empower higher education institutions to develop R&I through institution transformation, by designing an approach for this transformation that considers the institution’s needs, available resources, policy barriers, good practices from other initiatives, and potential collaboration opportunities with other institutions and local ecosystems.
The FEEIT team presented the institutional, research and infrastructure capacities of FEEIT, as well as the concept behind the demonstration and validataion of the INITIATE approach intended to enhance the R&I excellence of FEEIT, stimulate the retention of young researchers and improve the networking with international institutions working on the green and digital transition.
The project is funded under the Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation of the European Commission Horizonе Europe (Grant agreement ID: 101136775). |