4th Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ...
24. Mar. 2011
Call for Applications "Capacity Building on Social Innovation Research and Management in South East Europe in the context of ICEIRD 2011":
ASO Ljubljana side-event
to 4th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development
“From Entrepreneurial Learning to Innovations and Regional Development”
Workshop
Capacity Building on Social Innovation Research and Management in South East Europe
May 4th 2011, Ohrid, Macedonia
9.00-17.00
in cooperation with:
· National Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Learning, Skopje - www.ncdiel.mk
· Manchester Institute of Innovation Research http://research.mbs.ac.uk/innovation/
· Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna www.zsi.at
· The Institute of Economics, Zagreb www.eizg.hr/
· wbc-inco.net project – Coordination of Research Policies with WBC http://wbc-inco.net/about/index_en.html
Objectives of ICEIRD 2011 and ASO SEE Social Innovation Workshop
‘4th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development’ aims to bring together decision makers (government, ministries and state agencies), innovation experts (universities, research and development centres, technology transfer centers, start-up centres) and practitioners (SMEs, business incubators and business support organisations) to generate discussion and exchange on the potential of entrepreneurship promotion and innovation to national and regional competitiveness. These objectives are very much in line with European Innovation Agenda http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfmand as ICEIRD has established itself as a regional hub for innovation research, ASO Ljubljana – with financial support of Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research – decided to facilitate the participation of about 10 innovation researchers at ICEIRD in the context of ASO Ljubljana SEE Capacity building series (like the research management capacity building in the context of EARMA 2010 Annual conference www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3518.htmland higher education governance and sustainable development in the context of Annual Conference of Global University Network for Innovation 2010 www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3663.html).
In addition to facilitating participation in ICEIRD ASO Ljubljana organizes in cooperation with above listed partners a workshop on “Social Innovation research and management” as pre-conference event. The subject of “social innovation” has been identified at 1st WBC Innovation Dialogue Forum http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/calendar/94692.htmlin Becici/Montenegro in November 2010 as interesting thematic niche for ASO Ljubljana capacity building and networking workshop.
The methodological approach of the pre-conference workshop is a combination of
- theory(first half day),
- a practical exercise of developing the concept for a social innovation information system related to green economy
- networkingand social capital building by participation in “4th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development”
Target group
Researchers, research managers, and science/technology/innovation/education experts from Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia).
ASO Ljubljana will cover travel for economy class travel, accommodation and costs of participation in ICEIRD for 8-12 people.
Trainers
- Zoran Aralica, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
http://www.eizg.hr/dr-zoran-aralica-en-US/589.aspx
- Josef Hochgerner, Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna
- Ozcan Saritas, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research http://www.mbs.ac.uk/research/academicdirectory/profiles/ozcan.saritas.aspx
- Cristiano Cagnin, JRC-IPTS, European Commission (to be confirmed)
- Miroslav Polzer, ASO Ljubljana
How to apply
The link to the online application form will be available on ASO-Ljubljana homepage www.aso.zsi.at by March 25 2011; deadline for applications: April 10 2011.
For further information regarding this call please contact: Dr. Miroslav Polzer, Director ASO Ljubljana (aso-ljubljana@zsi.at) or Mr. Gorazd Weiss (weiss@zsi.at), tel. 00 386-1-568 41 68
Info about ASO Ljubljana:
The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana has been established in October 1990 to intensify scientific contacts between Austria and Slovenia as well as to initiate scientific co-operation. The ASO Ljubljana is operated on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF) with partial co-funding from Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia. Since March 2004 the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO) Ljubljana is being coordinated by the Center for Social Innovation (ZSI).
The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana supports the science policy of the BMWF in South Eastern Europe. Head of the ASO Ljubljana is Miroslav Polzer since 1996.
Premisses of the ASO Ljubljana are located at International Centre for the Promotion of Enterprises:Dunajska 104
SI 1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: +386 (0)1 568 41 68
Fax.: +386 (0)1 568 41 69
e-mail:aso-ljubljana@zsi.at
For Further information about ICEIRD conference see: www.iceird.org/2011/home.html
