InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEsLLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

InnoSkills Innovation Skills for SMEs

A Leonardo da Vinci – Transfer of Innovation – Project

Final Event30 September 2010



Treviso Tecnologia is the Special Agency for Innovation created in 1989 by the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso in order to promote a business culture based on innovation with the copnstant the support of :

– development of services and projects with an elevated innovative and technological content, in cooperation with the university and scientific institutions;

– The implementation of training programmes aimed at creating professionalism and specialized, innovative and cosmopolitan skills, within a lifelong learning context;

– Information and technical support for the fulfilment of projects targeted at the certification of products and quality management systems.

Treviso Tecnologia acts as a facilitator for the information, training and development of services, in order to spread technological innovation to business to the fundamental stimulus of the network made up of research channels, university, chambers of commerce and public institutions.



Innovation and Technology TransferServices for the development of innovation projectsand technology tranfer together with the development of innovative products and processes.

Vocational and Managerial TrainingServices for vocational and managerial training on innovative fields , focusing on the development of new professional skills.

Business Services and Industrial Property Rights Integrated services for business on Quality, Safety and Environment together with the evaluation and protection of Industrial Property.



Innovation and Technology Tranfer

• Design, development and realization of innovation and technology transfer projects aimed at increasing the competitiveness of local companies.

• Identification and diffusion of funding opportunities within R & D projects and innovative initiatives, including facilitating the identification of a "partner"

• Mapping and helping contacts between the participants involved in research and technological innovation, linking with existing initiatives and promoting the exchange of information, methods and networking (examples are the partnership with the Fraunhofer Institutes, ENEA, and PHILIPS APPTECH and the European network of the Innovation Relay Centre - IRC).

• Consolidation of the diffusion and transfer of technological innovation throughout the territory, responding to market changes while maintaining the standards of excellence.



Vocational and Managerial training

• Design, development and realization of training projects for individual firms or between different firms aimed at increasing the competitiveness of people working in local companies. • Identification and diffusion of funding opportunities with the European Social Fund for training or other opportunities and innovative initiatives.• Collaboration with High Schools in the Province of Treviso and Universities of the Region of Veneto for the realization of projects to enter the world of work: school-to-work transition, specialized training. • Project and creation of training courses to improve professional skills and transversal abilities of those people who wish to enter the world of work particularly in local enterprises, with a professional education.



This is a transfer project of a previous Leonardo “InnoSupport” project which evolved in the elaboration of a guide for small and medium-sized businesses for solving varying problems which may emerge during work of various nature.

From the result of the project a new version of the Innovation Guide has been drawn up, translated and contextualized in 5 languages: English, German, Czech, Portuguese and Italian.

Where Innoskills start from



• Innovation processes have less to do with inspiration and more with systematic work routines • Need to increase the implementation and use, by SMEs, of innovative approaches and procedures • Levels of SMEs competitiveness increase as their employees skills increase • Innovation must be a transversal process, involving all staff, in particular, those operating the real change

Why InnoSkills



• Improvement of the competitiveness and sustainability of SME through the diffusion of innovation management techniques and tools• Development of abilities in the application of innovation methodologies through the learning materials and tools• Close a gap in vocational education through the online learning materials and cooperative platform • Dissemination of learning materials on innovation issues

InnoSkills Aims



• SME workers, especially middle management• Consultants and Advisors• Researchers• Students • Teachers/trainers

• Organizations working with SMEs• Large enterprises, in particular, human resources departments

• … Anyone interested in innovation issues

Target groups



• Guide and learning objects to support innovation in SMEs

• Self Assessment Tool to identify your learning needs

• Web Portal that allows collaborative and informal learning scenarios on creativity and innovation management

All the products of the project will be available in Czech, English, German, Italian and Portuguese

Products



• Learning system especially available “just enough and just in time” from the work station of any possible end user

• Dynamism of economic systems competitiveness and increase of enterprise abilities to adopt new innovative systems or general innovative procedures

• Guide and platform offering orientation, learning and exchange

• Cooperative and informal learning methodology, involving partners and users

Benefits



AustriaE-Learning Concepts Rietsch KEG

Czech RepublicUniversity of West Bohemia

GermanyLiNK MVInstitute for Project Support and Competencies Development - Pro-Kompetenz

ItalyTreviso Tecnologia – Special Agency for Innovation of Chamber of CommerceTinnova-Special Agency of the Chambers of Commerce of Florence and Prato.

PortugalParkurbis, Science and Technology Park of Covilhã, SA

Partners



InnoSkills Innovation Skills for SMEs

A Leonardo da Vinci – Transfer of Innovation – ProjectFinal Event

October, 2008 – September, 2010



Focus on tools available:

Self –assessment tool for training needs This is an online tool that allows self-evaluation of needs for training on the management of innovation.

What is innovation?(Characteristics and types of innovation, how to identify and analyze the need for innovation)

How to develop, apply and protect innovative ideas and solutions? (How to develop and evaluate ideas and innovative solutions; how to use creative techniques; how to apply innovative manufacturing strategies; how to protect innovative ideas and solutions)

How to manage innovation?(Finance and marketing innovation; how to manage human resources to support innovation; how to use the networks for innovation; how can language and intercultural skills be useful in the innovation process)




Self –assessment tool for training needs This is an online tool that allows self-evaluation of needs for training on the management of innovation.

Results

More tips in the Guide




Innovation GuideInnovation Guide available in 5 languages: English, German,

Italian, Czech and Portuguese.

The guide is divided into 36 topics assembled in 12 chaptersFor each topic:

- Overview- What it is- Where it can be used- How it can be implemented- Bibliography










Innovation Guideavailable for each topic are :- Cases- Practical Examples- External References



Icone per la lettura



Area risorse:Wikipossibilità di aggiungere risorseRSS





GUIDE TO COOPERATIVE AND INFORMAL LEARNING

Available at www.innoskills.net

This document is a collection of various experiences of piloting



For more informationwww.innoskills.net

National contact:Parkurbis, Science and Technology Park of Covilhã, SA

Name: Pedro Farromba/Daniela Marta

Address: Parkurbis, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da Covilhã

6200-865 Covilhã

Tel.: +351 275 957000

Fax: +351 275 957005

E-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Website: www.parkurbis.pt



Today’s Laboratories



Powered by:Mike van der VijverGabriella BettiolMassimo Plescia



TRIZ - “the theory of inventive problem solving"- Overview of the of TRIZ Tool box - Some TRIZ tools are not only presented but are also tried out "live".- Some "good practice“ examples of TRIZ applications for solving problems or creating new/better products are presented.

Michael DellMember of the Board of the TRIZ Competence Centre, Austria



Technology Roadmapping• The role of the TRM in the innovation process.• TRM as a tool for planning, supplementation ,

communication.• How to build a TRM.• How to use TRM results.• Application experiences within SME

surrounds.



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InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication