This presentation will examine 12 years of experience and evidence towards the creation of a community knowledge network based on a human-centred strategy and powered by a medium-sized university (32,000 students) in Portugal.
Creating a community of practice that drives R&D products into strategic future business opportunities was the “inspiration” from the start. One of the main results was the establishment of a large network of partnerships all over the world, always focused on organisations / institutions such as universities, accelerators, funding agencies, embassies, scientific and technological organisations (e.g. European Space Agency or Fraunhofer Institute in Germany), corporations, among many others.
At the same time, and as the project evolved, mobilising technology and releasing human capacity to face new challenges and shape a new socioeconomic system capable of offering opportunities for all as a community also required the definition of a strategy to empower the entire community (not just leaders) to co-create a new vision on 1) growth and competitiveness; 2) education, skills and work; 3) equality, diversity and inclusion.
Today the main challenges remain on the side of long-term sustainability partnerships with communities (local and foreign) and the constant creation of new forward-looking activities to infinity and beyond!
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