2018-01-23
The project "Design Lab"
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship department implements the project "Design Lab" (No. BG05M9OP001-4.001-0097-C01, call “Transnational and Danube partnerships for employment and growth”), financed by Operational Programme “Human Resources Development”.
The project aims to support the transnational cooperation between the Cluster for Education, Trainings and Qualifications and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in terms of exchange of experience, best practices and models for promoting self-employment, entrepreneurship and establishment of creative enterprises.
The project focus will be on adaptation, validation and pilot implementation of innovative practices that have demonstrated outstanding results in other sectors/ countries, as well as on their smart integration. With the help of Designation, the most suitable candidates will be selected to start their own business, and by the Design center they will be assisted in the development, prototyping, testing and marketing of their design ideas. The combination of the 2 practices will form a kind of incubator for freelancers and entrepreneurs in the field of design, applied arts and crafts (so called Design lab).
The project implementation will allow the target group (designers, artists, photographers, craftsmen) to unleash their potential and create new jobs – both for themselves and for people with other professions to take on activities such as sales and marketing, manufacturing, logistics and/or others, required by the new Internet reality. In combination with the horizons offered by e-commerce, the representatives of the target group not only will get a real alternative to stay in Bulgaria, but also to sell their products abroad and turning problems into solutions.
Project coordinator: the Cluster for Education, Trainings and Qualifications, Bulgaria (CETQ Project Coordinator Dimitar Dimitrov, the main researcher dr. Svetoslav Novkov).
Project partner: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship department (Project Head of VGTU part prof. dr. Jurgita Raudeliūnienė, the main researcher prof. dr. Vida Davidavičienė).
The project duration: 2017 October – 2018 December.