INNO-PRO is a project supported by the Leonardo da Vinci
program of the EU which serves as a laboratory of innovation
in the field of lifelong learning. The project is based on
the results of an earlier INNOMAT developed, piloted and disseminated
a training package on innovation management techniques for
use by business managers.
The objectives of INNO-PRO is to adapt, promote, disseminate,
and improve the INNOMAT training package in as many different
sectors and countries as possible by establishing a network
of organisations to carry out specific tasks which include:
Awareness and dissemination campaign for the promotion of
the INNOMAT training package both among the network members
as well as towards each member's clientele and collaborators
Examining the INNOMAT training package against the needs
of the new target groups, sectors, cultures, languages
Piloting and promoting the package to SME managers and trainers
through workshops and conferences
Developing printed as well as off and on-line promotional
material (newsletter, Internet site, CD-ROMs, brochures, leaflets)
Networking with relevant bodies each partner is a member
of
Publishing and commercialising the INNOMAT training package
Fostering an innovation culture among European businesses
and generating discussion, exchange of ideas / views and transfer
of experience on innovation management.
The INNO-PRO network has three different kinds of memberships,
each with different roles and degrees of involvement:
- the Contractor and the Core team,
- the permanent relay points of social partners, local authorities
and / or professional organisations who, under the coordination
of the core team, provide the initiatives for the promotion
of the training package,
- a set of occasional correspondents that support the other
partners in realising various promotion initiatives.
ARC Fund is one of the permanent relay points of the project.
The INNO-PRO target groups in Bulgaria are primarily
SMEs. The innovation management needs of 78 SMEs were analyzed
during 2002. The survey involved companies from the food and
beverage, metals and machinery, hotels and restaurants and
agricultural sectors. The INNOMAT Book, CD-ROM and Trainers
Manual have been translated in Bulgarian. A pilot workshop
for 15 SMEs is scheduled to take place in January 2004 in
Sofia. Upon completion of the project the INNOMAT package
will be widely disseminated in Bulgaria.
Additional information on INNO-PRO and INNOMAT at:
http://www.mmsunshine4.freeserve.co.uk/innopro/innopro.htm
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