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Cross-border · Research collaboration · Germany

EU project VALORWIDE meets in Plovdiv to set four-year plan for research valorisation

Partners in VALORWIDE, an EU project on turning research into value for business and society, have drafted a joint four-year roadmap. Reutlingen University and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum are among the partners.

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Why it matters: Reutlingen University and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum are partners in a four-year EU project aimed at strengthening technology and knowledge transfer to Baden-Württemberg.

Partners in the EU project VALORWIDE developed a shared roadmap for the next four years at a kick-off meeting in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, according to a press release.

The project addresses how research can be turned into concrete value for business and society.

Steinbeis Europa Zentrum said it contributes expertise in communication, knowledge transfer and exploitation of results.

Together with Reutlingen University, another partner, the project is intended to strengthen technology and knowledge transfer to the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Editor’s view

Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor

Reutlingen University and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum now work to a roadmap agreed at the Plovdiv kick-off; if the plan is delivered as intended, technology and knowledge transfer to Baden-Württemberg will be strengthened over the project's four years.

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