Consortium

Project partners

INITIATE brings together 13 multidisciplinary partners, with the intention to connect knowledge and speed up the transformation of higher education institutions towards stronger R&I and scientific excellence.

  • Coordinator · Croatia

    University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

    The University of Zagreb (1669) is the oldest and biggest university in South-Eastern Europe. As a comprehensive public Central European university, University of Zagreb offers education and research in all scientific fields (arts, biomedicine, biotechnology, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences) and a broad spectrum of courses at all study levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate.

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  • Austria

    European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance

    ESEIA, the European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance, is a European association of cross-sector organisations leading the field of sustainable energy systems, from energy provision to energy consumption in research, teaching and innovation.

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  • Cyprus

    The Cyprus Institute

    The Cyprus Institute (CyI) is a world-class, non-profit research and educational institution with a strong scientific and technological orientation. It is a regional Center of Excellence, addressing issues of regional interest but of global significance, with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary research and international collaborations.

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  • Slovenia

    Jožef Stefan Institute

    The mission of the Institute is to create, spread and transfer knowledge in the field of natural and technical sciences and life sciences. The institute carries out cutting-edge research and development of technologies such as nanotechnologies, new materials, biotechnologies, management and production technologies, communication technologies, computer and knowledge technologies, environmental technologies and reactor technologies.

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  • Ukraine

    Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics

    Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, NURE, is one of the most distinctly profiled universities in Ukraine, where applied IT and innovation for sustainability are in focus. NURE has the vision to conduct education and research in which engineering and IT can be integrated with other disciplines. Everything NURE does has three distinct perspectives: innovation, sustainability and real life, which means collaboration and exchange with business and industry as well as society.

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  • Croatia

    Brain Information Technologies d.o.o.

    Brainit is one of the fastest-growing software agencies, based in Zagreb. For clients around the globe, the brainit team has solved various challenges and produced innovative solutions to help them achieve their goals.

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  • Croatia

    B1 Media

    The company B1 MEDIA was founded in 1998. At that time, the advertising market lacked quality and innovative communication channels, and advertisers were looking for new ways to reach customers. Guided by a clear vision, the founders of the company recognized the needs of the advertising market and discovered ways to reach different target groups through new communication channels.

  • North Macedonia

    Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

    A distinguished university committed to excellence in diverse fields. The institution takes pride in offering a comprehensive spectrum of teaching, scholarly, and applied activities across technical, natural sciences, mathematics, bio-technical, artistic, medical, and social sciences.

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  • Portugal

    Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

    The Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon was founded in 1972 as one of Portugal's first modern universities, with the central aim of studying labour and social dynamics in a rapidly changing world. Since its establishment, the university has expanded its disciplinary reach into four schools: Iscte Business School, the School of Sociology and Public Policy, the School of Technology and Architecture and the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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  • Romania

    Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov

    Transilvania University of Brașov is the largest comprehensive public university in central Romania. It was founded in 1948 and currently has 21,857 students and 722 full-time academic staff. The university provides a broad spectrum of academic programs (98 bachelor's, 84 master's, and 24 doctoral programs) covering 43 scientific fields, including engineering, social sciences, humanities, arts, medicine, mathematics, and sports.

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  • Serbia

    Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences

    The Vinča Institute belongs to scientific institutions whose activity consists of basic research, followed by applied research, which is in the function of valorizing the results of basic research of general national, i.e. strategic importance for the Republic. It is unique in the multidisciplinarity of its scientific capacities, with a unique infrastructure for the most ambitious research projects.

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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Elektroprivreda BiH

    The mission of the company is generation and distribution of electricity, reliable supply to customers and electricity trade in a competitive environment, using domestic resources and meeting environmental requirements, contributing to the sustainable development of quality of life of society.

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  • Ukraine

    Lviv Polytechnic National University

    Lviv Polytechnic National University is the oldest technical higher educational institution in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1816. The university consists of 17 institutes, more than 100 departments, and autonomous, additional and general subdivisions.

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