U-SIA Laboratory Inauguration at the Mediterranean University of Albania (MUA)

In Albania, universities face considerable challenges in terms of quality of research, transfer of knowledge, collaboration with external stakeholders, and generation of innovation with impact. Although, part of important EU schemes, universities in the country still struggle to effectuate meaningful collaboration with other actors in society and in generating added value in developmental process.

Among many challenges, from January 15, 2021, the Mediterranean Center – Mediterranean University of Albania in the leading role and 11 other partners from Albania, Serbia, Italy, Germany are implementing the project “University to Society Innomediaries in Albania: Co-production of knowledge and research that matters/ U-SIA”. The project is funded by the Erasmus + Program of the European Union.
In the framework of this project and in respect and memory of the former rector of MUA, on April 22, 2022, MUA inaugurated the new multimedia center “Gudar Beqiraj”, an investment of the Erasmus + Program of the European Union.
In his speech, the president of MUA, Prof. Dr. Anastas Angjeli emphasized: “I am confident that from such projects, universities in Albania will improve and develop capacities to co-produce knowledge and research. Additionally, I believe that these projects will enable a more effective and sustainable cooperation between Albanian universities and public institutions, business, civil society, and media in the Quadruple Helix Model.

ERASMUS+ Capacity Building In Higher Education Project”𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂: 𝑪𝒐-𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔”