Making Knowledge Work (MKW)

MKW analyses and transfers successful actions that stimulate the take up of innovative ideas and knowledge in the Regions. The project applies a combined micro- and meso-level approach as it addresses micro-level projects as well as the necessary meso-level structures, platforms and mechanisms to make these successful activities fit into the specific regional ecosystems.

MKW mainstreams good practices that involve all actors of the triple helix, such as:

• activities that pick up and valorise unused ideas and patents from universities or larger companies;

• good practices that put researchers in contact with potential launching customers;

• public authorities stimulating innovation;

• improving the availability and access to seed capital;

• strategies to address intellectual property and manage patents.

MKW aims to achieve intensive stakeholder involvement, which is a prerequisite for successful policy mainstreaming in the increasingly complex intra-regional stakeholder landscapes that characterise successful triple-helix interactions. The Managing Authorities of the regions are closely involved in the project. The European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) will guarantee that the project is accompanied and reflected throughout its network of 80 dynamic Regions in Europe.

For further information, please contact Nigel Godfrey on 0121 464 8163 or via email at: nigel.godfrey@birmingham.gov.uk

See the YouTube Link below to find out more about Making Knowledge Work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBc-7UznGG0

Please find attached below pages from a press statement that has been released relating to MKW:

Making Knowledge Work has now ended but the team are working with partners to now deliver the Innovation Engine - an outcome from the project. Further details relating to the Innovation Engine are to follow soon.