RAINOVA

Vocational training centres and, in general, most small and medium-sized companies do not have tools or systems that enable them to manage innovation effectively. Their management systems are geared more towards tackling the tasks that represent their day-to-day work rather than creating time and resources for forward planning to enable them to work on innovative projects.

 Responding to this widely recognised systemic deficit, the headline aim of the RAINOVA project is to encourage the development of innovation systems for the regions represented by the project partners.

 Sponsored by the European Commission, the RAINOVA project has the ambition to generate at least the following innovative outcomes:

·         Establishing interlinked Regional Innovation Networks, bringing together key European actors involved in innovation and knowledge transfer in order to meet the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.

·         Creating an Innovation Management Model, providing both a climate and culture for effective transfer of knowledge.

·         Initiating Innovation Observatories, providing the necessary support for the members both to promote new innovations and benefit from them, as well as a management process for developing and exploiting the results of innovation projects, which will help to bring about more flexible, demand-led VET systems.

The RAINOVA partners

·         IKASLAN Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

·         EUC Syd, Denmark

·         STPKC (Swedish Telepedagogic Knowledge Centre), Sweden

·         Adastra Cymru Ltd, Wales, UK

·         Mazhar Zorlu TTC, Turkey

·         TKNIKA, Basque Country, Spain

·         Lower Silesian Innovation and Science Park, Poland

·         CSCS, Italy

·         ColegauCymru / CollegesWales, Wales, UK

·         Tolosaldea Garatzen, Basque Country, Spain

·         University of Pitesti, Romania

·         REK (National Association of E-Competences), Sweden

·         EfVET (European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training), Belgium

·         Paul Garvey Consultancy Ltd, England, UK

·         CSMC (Sino-Spanish Machine Tool Vocational Training Center), China

·         CEGEP (Cégep de l'Outaouais), Québec, Canada

THE PROJECT OF "TRAINING FOR AZERBAIJANI TECHNICAL TEACHERS ON INDUSTRIAL AUTOAMTION TECHNOLOGIES "

The project  was fulfilled on the demand of Azerbaijan Ministry of Education and Turkish International Coordination and Development Agency(TIKA) and put into effect in 2008. Within the context of this project, the knowledge and experinces gained through the projects with JICA have been transferred by the end of 2011 to the  Azerbaijani teachers of 30.

PLASTIC TECHNOLOGIES FIELD VISIT

Plastic Technologies Field teachers performed some Eurepean Union project visits between 2005. In 2012, Florance / ITALY, within the scope of training on "European Project Planning".