UNIVERSITY – BUSINESS ALLIANCE IN MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY APPROACHES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS: IN SEARCH FOR NEW COMPETENCES
TRAYANA NEDEVA1*, VENTSISLAVA PETROVA1, ANNA KUJUMDZIEVA2, KLIMENT PETROV3, PAVLINA MITKOVA4, SAMANTZIS BABIS5, ZOI GEORGIOU6, DIANA DI GOYA7,BRANKO KAUCIC8, GAMZE YÜCEL IŞILDAR 9, DENIZ IŞILDAR10
1 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of general and industrial microbiology;
2 Intellect Foundation, BG;
3 BULGAP Ltd., BG;
4 EKO-Znanie GT Ltd., BG;
5 University of Thessaly, GR;
6 Biognosis, GR;
7 University of Bologna, IT;
8 Initut Ltd., SI;
9 Gazi University, TR;
10 Planart Ltd, TR
* Corresponding author: nedeva@biofac.uni-sofia.bg
Keywords: blended learning, cloud-based web portal
Abstract: The initiative University-business alliance in modern biotechnology approaches for climate change mitigation solutions (BIO-Save) is focused on sharing best prac-tices and developing new strategies about the management of education and creative enterprises sectors. It fosters closer engagements between HE and business by en-couraging a better understanding of the role of the different professionals involved in BIO-Save implementation; practices implemented to strengthen cooperation between tutors and trainees to improve the quality of HE, its responsiveness to the labor market needs and assurance of high-quality learning experiences; empowerment of trainees in HE & Business.
BIO-Save strives to bridge the gap between HE and the biotech business; promotes the best practices and advanced knowledge and skills in modern biotechnology; boost innovation through a novel programme “Modern biotechnology approaches for climate change mitigation”; stimulates the shift of the education towards smart and green competences; introduces up-to-date knowledge in climate protective biotechnology; uses ICT-based flexible, transferable Learning Outcomes and Learning Pathways to build a competence-based learning system; contributes to the (re)training of the work-force to answer the Industry 4.0 requirements for the digital transformation of the economy, the business, and our life.
The BIO-Save innovative differentiators are blending of different learning tools, “for-mal” hard-skill courses and resources, peer-to-peer learning, online support, a learning programme, a hub of cloud-based resources, events across Europe for networking, a web-based application for a diagnostic tool kit, a repository of learning objects, and personalized learning.
BIO-Save‘s main achievements comprise a cloud-based web portal, modular educa-tion programme, blended learning model, career guidance. The sustainability of these outcomes will be ensured by the flexibility and modularisation of the learning content, the diversity of the educational solutions and the versatility of the e-learning materials and blended learning methodology. The BIO-Save programme offers as well self-training and reproduction on-demand options that will close the “return on investment” cycle and focus on the “knowledge strategy” based on the competency-based model.
Thus, BIO-Save makes the difference by promoting smart and inclusive growth in Eu-rope by addressing sustainability, skills and mobility, cooperation and intersectoral re-lations.