The project is designed to define clearly the mechanisms of transfer and commercialization of knowledge and technologies, which are to be understandable unambiguously and executable within the reasonable timeframes. Realization of the project will enable to eliminate the existing difficulties and bottlenecks in cooperation with enterprises, to make structure of the cooperation more clear and robust and to give new opportunities and open new work horizons.The project is aimed to bring cooperation quality to a new level, to improve it and to enlarge. It means that new communicative, scientific and business links will be established between the enterprises and HEIs.The cooperation to be improved for the following groups: students, teaching and administrative staff of the university and the enterprise. The changes are to be executed at the level of the consortium and to be applied to all the participants. The cooperation for the abovementioned groups will be realized in the forms of internships, workshops, meetings, conferences and round tables. There are no spin-off network between Russia, Portugal, the UK, Spain, China and Georgia. The first steps to build such effectively operating network will be taken in the project by the specialists from the participating parties.The wider objective is promoting Bologna process implementation through enhancing university-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies best practices. Specific objectives are the following: 1. Development of effective SOC-Model for university-enterprise partnership and piloting in RF and Georgia HEIs.2. Creating of virtual international spin-off network.Project outcomes: 1. SOC-Model for university-enterprise partnership.2. Guidelines for SPC-Model for university-enterprise partnership implementation in partner HEIs (EU countries, Russia, China and Georgia). 3. Training courses for spin-off developers. 4. Virtual international spin-off network.

"MODEST project aims at modernization of doctoral education in Science in Partner Countries. Wider project objective is ""To enhance cooperation capacities of Higher educational institutions of Partner Countries in the field of Doctoral Studies within European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and European Research Area (ERA)"" and specific objectives are:- Improve quality and employability of doctoral graduates of PC HEI's by modernizing doctoral education towards interdisiplinarity, internationalisation, enhancing mobility, using new teaching methodologies in line with Salzburg Principles, BFGU recommendations- Facilitate successful adherence with Bologna reforms and its instruments by organization of special training sessions for academic and administrative staff of HEI's in PCs- Improve up-skills of research and educational staff by retraining them on new teaching methods and create modern learning and research environment based on student centred approach, competence based program development- Improve structure and internal capacities of services of doctoral education and reseach by setting up Doctoral Training Centers in PC HEI’s; ensure their sustainability and cooperation with EU partners by establishing a professional network using modern ICT tools. To meet these objectives, the project will make use of the analysis of best EU practices and of the needs of PC to develop training materials and organize intensive retraining of HEI’s staff. Structure and content of DTCs will be worked out, including set of regulatory documents, instructions for DTC creation, programs and materials for DTCs and interdisciplinary Summer schools for doctoral students. To ensure sustainability, a web-platform and Virtual Network environment will be developed using participatory approaches and ICT methodologies. Synergy with other European initiatives will be sought via participation of consortium members in EU networks and organizations (Coimbra Group, EURASHE, etc)."

"The project aimed to pilot the implementation of the European Credit Transfer System for VET (ECVET) in the national HE&VET system of Russia and Uzbekistan by creating a long-term platform of collaboration between leading HEIs engaged in the training of VET teachers for post-secondary non-tertiary education level. The key idea of the project was to focus on the transfer and adaptation of the ECVET technical framework by utilizing the expertise of three HEIs from Programme Countries, in order to explore the applicability of ECVET in Russia and Uzbekistan for creating a compatible and comparable VET system that serves both horizontally (within VET) and vertically (from VET to HE) at national and transnational level. The basic ECVET technical features such as learning outcomes, credit transfer, etc. were tested and adapted to legislative rules of the Partners Countries; results of the project were submitted to national Ministries of Education for policy development and further implementation. The project is related to the main priorities of the state program “Development of Education"" of the Russian Federation for 2013–2020 and the Resolution (2015, #52) of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan ""On measures for further development of employability of VET graduates”. Beneficiaries of the project are HE & VET institutions, teachers & managers, VET facilitators (instructors, trainers) & VET learners, Industry, Education Policy Makers and the educational community and society at large in Russia and Uzbekistan. The piloting of ECVET is considered a key measure for facilitating the flexibility and internationalization of VET in Russia and Uzbekistan - while at the same time contributing to the development of a common educational area encompassing both the HE&VET field between Europe and neighbouring countries. The global impact of our project is modernisation, accessibility and internationalization of the HE & VET area in Russia and Uzbekistan."