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5Oct

Meeting with stakeholders, joint activity of General Directorate of Marine Durres and University of Tirana, Faculty of Economy

A productive meeting with stakeholders was organized on October 4th, 2022, from General Directorate of Marine in Durres and University of Tirana, Faculty of Economy. The partners presented the outputs of the project and the contribution that they can give to the sector and the industry through the project. Upgrading the HEIs curricula in the Tourism Programs in UT as well as the Centers for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are discussed and presented as the project offer to collaborate with industry partners.

1Oct

Available use of the equipment at the I&E Center in Kotor

A variety of equipment are installed within the Centre to provide connections between the academic staff and students of the Faculty of Maritime Studies and the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality of the University of Montenegro and employers, entrepreneurs innovators, doing business in the field of Blue economy. The Faculties provide through the Centre relevant equipment including notebooks, All in one PCs, book scanner (conceded to the Maritime Library), 3D scanner, 3D printers, eye tracking glasses with recording unit and controller app, statistic database software with structural equation modeling software, industrial chassis for temperature measurement, led screen, sensor base station for ambient air quality and environmental monitoring with wind and PM sensors. These equipment will be used for improving higher education process for the students and professionals within the institutions.

Another scientific contribution of the project

The BLUEWBC coordinator for the University of Tirana, Prof. Dr. Klodiana Gorica, published an article in Business Magazine Albania titled “Capacity Building through Joint Projects: BLUEWBC at the University of Tirana”. “…

15Sep

Corner: Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) at the University of Tirana

In regard to WP 3- Establishment of I&E center at Montenegrin and Albanian HEIs, a very fruitful meeting, took place at UT, on October 12 th , 2020, among the partners of the Western Balkans, the University of Montenegro, the University of Vlora (UV) and the University of Tirana .
Read more at: https://bluewbc.eu/blogs.php?id=16

12Sep

BLUEWBC project at the conference “Blue Wave Week Montenegro 2022” in Budva

The first Conference on blue economy titled “Innovation for the sustainable use of marine and maritime resources in our Seas” was held in Budva (Montenegro) from 7th to 9th June 2022, organized by the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro.

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11Sep

Info day and training held at the University of Montenegro

The Faculty of Maritime Studies Kotor of the University of Montenegro organized a two-day training on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) practices in the blue economy for students, academics and representatives of relevant economic entities within the Erasmus + project entitled “Sustainable development of Blue economies through higher education and innovation in Western Balkan Countries – BLUEWBC”.

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10Sep

Equipment in use at the University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”

The University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali” completed the installation of all equipment obtained under the BLUEWBC project. All the equipment are part of an upgrade of the existing equipment, which will take a step further the maritime engineering studies in this University.

8Sep

The inauguration of UV center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Info Day and Training

The inauguration of the newest UV Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship funded by the European Union within the Erasmus + CBHE project “Sustainable development of BLUE economies through higher education and innovation in the Western Balkan Countries (BLUEWBC)” brought together on 26 of April 2022 project partners, students, professionals, business partners, public authorities and UV collaborators.

8Sep

Inauguration of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Marketing – Tourism, Faculty of Economy, Info Day and training

On April 27th , the Department of Marketing-Tourism, Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, launched the “Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Marketing – Tourism” in the framework of the Erasmus+ project BLUEWBC – “Sustainable development of BLUE economies through higher education and innovation in Western Balkan Countries”, funded by EU.

1Sep

A contribution to the Blue economy sectors: the case of Montenegro

This paper is published in “Sustainability” journal indexed in Scopus, https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/6/3079, as one of the outcomes of the ‘Sustainable development of BLUE economies through higher education and innovation in Western Balkan Countries (BLUEWBC)’ project of the Erasmus+ program where the Faculty of Maritime Studies Kotor of the University of Montenegro acts as a partner institution.