The RiHEI (Responsible and Impactful Universities as Sustainable Growth and Enterprise Catalysts in Georgia) project team, consisting of: Dr Magdalena Wiśniewska, Dr Małgorzata Żak-Skwierczyńska, Dr hab. Paweł Głodek, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz and mgr Izabella Szudrowicz, is led by the project manager and coordinator of the international consortium, Dr. hab. T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz.
The RiHEI project aims to transform the Georgian HEI ecosystem into an engine of sustainable and responsible growth for enterprise and job creation. It is to better align education, research and innovation with the needs of the private sector. Key objectives of the project include:
- Modernisation, internationalisation and increasing the access to Georgian higher education for next generation labour market actors with emphasis on equal opportunities, gender sensitivity and the inclusion of marginalised (including better services to students from remote/rural areas).
- Addressing the challenges faced by Georgian HEIs towards becoming a transformational engine of sustainable and responsible (environmentally, socially) engine of growth, jobs and enterprise creation by radically transforming how innovation production is being performed within universities and by training HEIs to become quadruple helix ecosystem mobilisers, while bringing youth closer to STEAM.
- Strengthening cooperation with the EU by developing a network of HEI capacity building provision, staff exchange and multi-ecosystem cocreation and by motivating Georgian HEIs to voluntarily converge with EU standards in higher education while promoting cross-societal exchange and collaboration, intercultural awareness, and understanding.
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The project is financed by the Erasmus + Capacity Building Higher Education programme (contract number: 101125355).