Donor and Partner Organizations: European Commission – KU Leuven, P.PORTO, KTH, Volvo Car Gent
Project Implementation Timeline: 2020-2024 years
Funding Scheme: Erasmus+ CBHE
Acronym: HEIn4
Project Status: Completed
HEIn4 project aims at solving the identified problem of disproportion between the availability of technologies relevant to Industry 4.0 and the lack of experience in Georgia and Ukraine in re-setting the business model of an enterprise in order to enable comprehensive utilization of the opportunities arising under the emerging paradigm of the new Industrial Revolution.
The Wider objective is – to reinforce the role of HEIs in assisting the industrial transformation in Ukraine and Georgia under the Industry 4.0 paradigm.
Specific objectives:
- To reinforce capacities in HEIs (human resource, material base, institutional units) in response to emerging Industry 4.0 paradigm;
- To reinforce collaboration of HEIs with industry by delivery tailored courses and consultancy services for companies (large and SME) towards exploring the opportunities of new Industrial Revolution through reconfiguration of business models;
- To set new taught module “Industry 4.0 Business Management” for the MSc students for enhancing graduates’ employability under emerging market conditions;
- To develop recommendations for updating the Engineering curriculum towards competencies required for operating the factories of the future.