The EDO-UAB in charge of new project to launch training proposals for the Bio sector in Europe

10/05/2019

On 14 May, the Faculty of Education hosted a seminar which marked the starting point for the project "UrBIOfuture - Boosting future careers, education and research activities in the European bio-based industry", coordinated by the UAB Organisational Development Team (EDO-UAB) and whose objective is to launch future academic programmes and courses within the Bio sector in Europe.

The coordinator of the project will be Professor Joaquín Gairín, also Dean of the faculty, who will present the seminar alongside Vice Rector for Innovation and Strategic Projects Javier Lafuente. The event will be held in the Sala de juntes at 9 a.m. The project receives funding from the European Union through the Bio-Based Industries consortium, which forms part of the Horizon 2020 programme, for a total amount of €946,586.

With the objective of placing Europe in the leading position globally in the Bio sector, the UrBIOfuture project aims to identify the discordances between educational proposals and the real needs of the sector's professionals and businesses, thereby achieving to align education and research centres with industries by proposing ways to encourage students to enter the sector.

Participating in the project are the following institutions: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), Taknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Finland), Agro Business Park AS (Denmark), Fundación Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía (Spain), Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologish Onderzoek N.V. (Belgium), Stichting IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (the Netherlands), Sustainable Innovations Europe SL (Spain) and Fundacja Uniwersytetyu im Adama Michiewicza W Poznaniu (Poland).

More information: UrBIOfuture