AI & Deep Tech for Sustainable Innovation: ISO-Driven Approach
Course format: Online
This course equips learners with practical knowledge in AI-driven Deep Tech innovation, focusing on ISO standards, sustainability, and commercialization strategies. Participants will explore ISO 56002 (Innovation Management), ISO 42001 (AI Governance), and ISO 9001 (Quality Management) while applying AI to solve real-world challenges. The course is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as professionals aiming to integrate ISO-aligned innovation frameworks into Deep Tech development.
GrantLab.Hack: Erasmus+ Digital Hackathon for Proposal Development
Course format: Online / Hybrid (12-week program)
This course enables cross-sectoral teams to develop fully compliant, competitive project proposals aligned with the Erasmus+ 2021–2027 priorities. Participants move from idea generation to final application through a mentored hackathon-based format that integrates policy alignment, work package development, budgeting, and impact logic. Each team finishes the course with a complete, ready-to-submit Erasmus+ project package and a visual pitch deck.
Strategic Fundraising and Resource Mobilization for Universities, Non-Profits, and Public Sector Institutions
Course format: Online / Blended
Designed for institutions operating in dynamic, crisis-affected, or transitioning environments, this course responds to growing demand for financial autonomy, impact-driven funding, and systemic capacity to lead change. It introduces strategic fundraising not as isolated grant-seeking, but as a governance function, deeply embedded in institutional identity and societal mission.
Knowledge Valorisation for Societal Impact: University Leadership in the New ERA
Course format: Online / Blended
This course empowers university professionals to transform research and innovation outputs into societal, economic, and territorial value. Learners will map existing knowledge flows, analyze internal institutional capacities, and design structured valorisation frameworks through multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and multi-stakeholder approaches.
It is specifically designed for Ukrainian and Eastern Partnership universities preparing to align with EU knowledge valorisation policies, especially in contexts of recovery, resilience, and regional regeneration.
Virtual Exchange Facilitator Certification Program
Course format: Blended
The Virtual Exchange Facilitator Certification Program equips participants with the skills and tools to design, implement, and assess intercultural, inclusive, and digitally mediated educational experiences. The course emphasizes Virtual Exchange (VE) as a method of collaborative, dialogue-driven learning across borders, aligned with European education strategies such as Erasmus+, Digital Education Action Plan, and Blended Intensive Programs (BIPs). Participants will explore VE models (COIL, dialogue-based, project-based), develop digital facilitation skills, and apply ethical frameworks to ensure inclusive, safe, and impactful online engagements. The capstone project includes the real-world facilitation of a Virtual Exchange session.
The Third Mission of Universities: Strategic Leadership and Transformation Management
Course format: Blended (recorded online modules + offline facilitation + individual and group work)
Total workload: 60 academic hours
This course provides a structured and evidence-informed approach to understanding and implementing the Third Mission of universities and VET institutions. Participants will explore the strategic and institutional dimensions of civic engagement, stakeholder cooperation, social innovation, and knowledge valorisation.
The program is grounded in real institutional needs and supports the development of applicable transformation projects. Learners will work with curated materials, recorded video lectures, group exercises, and receive offline facilitation. The course concludes with a capstone project aligned with each institution’s mission and development trajectory.
