The AHEAD project is a partnership between 4 HEIs (Romania, Poland, UK, Italy), 1 SME from Bulgaria, 5 HEIs from Kenya, 2 HEIs from Tanzania and 3 HEIs from Uganda. Its overall objective is to enhance the management, governance, teaching, research and evaluation capacities of Partner Country HEIs in view of enabling them to implement the knowledge triangle and better integrate their research, education and innovation functions in support of innovation for sustainable development and inclusive growth.The secific objectives of the project are:- To enable PC HEIs to review and reform their institutional structures and agendas, build the vital human capital and strengthen the managerial expertise needed to lead and manage knowledge flows and innovation partnerships with a variety of stakeholders in the field of sustainable development, entrepreneurship and inclusive growth;- To contribute to the PC HEIs’ knowledge and teaching base in the field of innovation management and inclusive innovation, as well as to build PC HEIs’ capacities for entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship education;- To create inclusive stakeholder-oriented university-led support structures and communication platforms with diverse partners in the innovation system in view of nurturing local entrepreneurship and inclusive development in the participating PCs.The main activities include:-Analysis of national innovation systems and institutional innovation capacities;-Developing learning materials in Innovation Management and Inclusive Innovation-Training of trainers and workshops;-Improving the good-practice and evidence base for delivering (social) entrepreneurship education;-Creation of Virtual Knowledge Gateways (VKGs) for structured cooperation between PC HEIs and key stakeholders and strengthening stakeholder collaboration and consultation;-Establishment of Innovation for Development Hubs (IDHs) encouraging local and regional development and stakeholder co-creation in innovation.