On February 10-12, the INVESTech project partner consortium met in Piraeus, Greece, to jointly evaluate the work done over the past year of project implementation and to plan future activities in detail.

During the meeting, the partners shared their experiences of establishing Centers of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in their countries and discussed their planned objectives. The Lithuanian representatives participating in the project from the Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (KMTP), Klaipėda State College (KVK) and the Klaipėda Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPRAR), presented the CoVe established in Klaipėda, which will provide opportunities for employees of companies operating in the region to acquire knowledge and provide opportunities for continuous professional development by raising their qualifications in the field of ICT.

KMTP representatives Erika Zavackienė and Karolina Jasaitytė, who participated in the INVESTech consortium meeting, note that the ICT professional mastery centers established in the partner countries are a broad community of business and science representatives that brings together highly competent experts and creates opportunities for innovation development and international cooperation. There are more than 70 competence centers operating in the European Union (as part of the Erasmus+ program). CoVE and its founders have the opportunity to offer businesses in the western Lithuania region employee training opportunities, which are evaluated through microcredits and skill development practices.

During the project partners’ meeting in Piraeus, an introductory visit to the National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos was organized for the project partners. During the visit, individual research institutes were presented: Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT), Biological Sciences and Applications (IBA), Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP), Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (INN), Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technologies, Energy and Safety (INRASTES), and Quantum Computing and Quantum Technologies (IQCQT). Another part of the visit was an introduction to the start-ups and spin-offs based at the institutes, whose solutions could also be implemented in Lithuania.

The INVESTech project has already reached the halfway point, and i-Lab, a collaboration and partnership platform and open space for training, will soon open its doors at the Klaipėda Science and Technology Park. It will host expert consultation sessions on innovation implementation and technology development, events presenting innovative solutions, hackathons, summer camps, and other events and training sessions that will enable synergy between the academic community, business, and technology development.

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Projekto numeris: ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PEX-COVE-101143958