Work Package number 5 “Strengthening cooperation between universities and enterprises” aims at identifying and analysing strategies and practices implemented within the Alliance’s Members to improve the cooperation with the private sector and key societal stakeholders in the full spectrum of their activities: training, entrepreneurship, collaborative research, economic valorisation. Cooperation between universities, enterprises and societal actors allows enhancing innovations and creativity by boosting the exchange of skills and ideas, creating long-term partnerships, and promoting entrepreneurial culture alongside students and researchers.

The five CHARM’s s alliance-universities, Eötvös Loránd, Barcelona, Montpellier, Utrecht, and Trinity College of Dublin, have all developed strong ties with the business world and societal stakeholders of the national and local innovation ecosystems, from education to research and valorisation. This first report of WP5 aims at introducing and analysing these strategies by putting them into context, underlining the best practices, and formulate recommendations to overcome identified barriers.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101017229