PARTNERS
The project partners of Smart by Design are from Bulgaria, Romania, Spain and the Netherlands.
Project Coordinator
The Knowledge, Innovation and Strategies Management Club (KISMC) is a Bulgarian NGO established in 2012 by experienced consultants and adults’ trainers united by the primary purpose to stimulate the transfer and use of contemporary methodologies and tools in the Bulgarian organisations for better management efficiency and labour force skills. The main objective of KISMC is to promote the transfer and use of modern methods and tools for knowledge, innovation and strategies management in companies and organisations in Bulgaria in order to achieve higher efficiency of governance in the country and improve the competitive position of individual businesses and organisations.
The Knowledge, Innovation and Strategies Management Club is:
The Knowledge, Innovation and Strategies Management Club is:
- an accredited training partner of the Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI);
- a member of Cluster Sofia knowledge city;
- an Innovation Management Academy brand for IM activities;
- a strategic partner of a recognised management consultancy in BG
- working with variety of national and international partners.
Project Partners
The ULSIT social mission is to prepare highly qualified, socially responsible personally motivated and adaptive to the labour market specialists. The University has the strategic aim for sustainable development as a leading higher school with a significant scientific, technological and innovative potential. ULSIT has the ambition to continue the implementation of the so-called Third Mission of the universities – to work on projects with national and regional significance.
ULSIT has gained educational, scientific, technological and innovation capacity, able to get actively involved in the European Research and Innovation Area by implementing projects under Horizon 2020, Erasmus+ and TEMPUS Programmes, as well as in other international projects, and initiatives. ULSIT has partnerships with many European research and educational centres and high technological companies especially in the field of Internet technologies, education technologies, etc.
ULSIT has gained educational, scientific, technological and innovation capacity, able to get actively involved in the European Research and Innovation Area by implementing projects under Horizon 2020, Erasmus+ and TEMPUS Programmes, as well as in other international projects, and initiatives. ULSIT has partnerships with many European research and educational centres and high technological companies especially in the field of Internet technologies, education technologies, etc.
The University of Deusto, founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus, works in seven main areas: Business, Law, Psychology and Education, Theology, Social and Human Sciences, Engineering and Health Sciences, which was incorporated in September 2020. The objective of this academic centre is to develop, through a complete offer of studies, leaders who know how to integrate a professional vision, but also humanistic and ethical. In the top positions in Spain, with more than 1500 international students, the university has an increasingly significant presence in international rankings and encourages entrepreneurship, training in the company, through dual programs, and employability with internships for 100% of students.
The Faculty of Engineering teaches a Degree in Industrial Design, a Master in Strategic Design and has a Fablab, so it has developed extensive experience in the field of design, both product and service. On the other hand, the same Faculty offers Degrees and Masters in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Electronics so there is a great knowledge accumulated in the area of information technology. Linked to the Faculty there is a Technological Institute where research and transfer linked to the above areas is carried out.
The Faculty of Engineering teaches a Degree in Industrial Design, a Master in Strategic Design and has a Fablab, so it has developed extensive experience in the field of design, both product and service. On the other hand, the same Faculty offers Degrees and Masters in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Electronics so there is a great knowledge accumulated in the area of information technology. Linked to the Faculty there is a Technological Institute where research and transfer linked to the above areas is carried out.
GAIA is the Association of Knowledge and Applied Technologies Industries (ICTA) in the Basque Country, a private and professional non-profit organisation, established in 1983, currently made up of 260 companies that offer products and services in the field of electronics, information technology, consulting, engineering and telecommunications.
GAIA’s mission is to boost the development and growth in the ICTA sector, and to favour the assimilation and efficient usage of the sector’s technologies, with the aim of collaborating in the development of the Information and Knowledge Society. It is also a regional Cluster and it promotes the Networking with key stakeholders within the Basque Region, and policy and ICT Deployment to the industry.
GAIA’s mission is to boost the development and growth in the ICTA sector, and to favour the assimilation and efficient usage of the sector’s technologies, with the aim of collaborating in the development of the Information and Knowledge Society. It is also a regional Cluster and it promotes the Networking with key stakeholders within the Basque Region, and policy and ICT Deployment to the industry.
ARIES Transilvania (Transilvanian Branch of the Romanian Association for Electronic Industry and Software) is the strongest IT industry driven structure based in Cluj-Napoca, North-West of Romania and is currently composed of 120+ members, as well as public administration structures, universities and catalysers.
Main focus of ARIES Transilvania is to act on behalf of producers of IT&C collectively, regardless of ownership, with the aim to continuously develop the IT&C field in Transilvania. Its plan is to develop organizational digital business models based on technologies and digital skills, with the purpose to generate strategic insights and intelligence on competitive advantage and new types of values based on technologies, services, platforms and digital capabilities.
Main focus of ARIES Transilvania is to act on behalf of producers of IT&C collectively, regardless of ownership, with the aim to continuously develop the IT&C field in Transilvania. Its plan is to develop organizational digital business models based on technologies and digital skills, with the purpose to generate strategic insights and intelligence on competitive advantage and new types of values based on technologies, services, platforms and digital capabilities.
The United Academics Foundation (UAF) is a not-for-profit organization. It was founded in January 2013 by Louis Lapidaire, Robert Paul Kuiper and Anouk Vleugels. The Foundation is based in Amsterdam, but our team is international, with a group of dedicated people working remotely on several continents. The mission of the United Academics Foundation (UAF) is to connect science and society: creating a world where scientific research results are accessible for all, so that knowledge can be easily spread and built upon.