DEMOLA SLOVENIA: Global Best Practice of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer – The Slovenian CaseEmilija Stojmenova DuhRAZ:UM

Slovenia

Population: 2 061 085

Education

• 3 public universities• 83 700 students – 47 % of all young people study

WHAT ABOUT SLOVENIA?

• the percentage of people with completed tertiary education aged between 30 and 34 years: 41 %

• percentage of people aged between 18 and 24 years who do not continue with tertiary education: 4,4%

When asked, “what are the three most important skills or attributes new hires need in order to succeed at your organization” the top three were:

Problem Solving (49%) Collaboration/Ability to Work as a Team (43%)

Critical Thinking (36%)

According to research by Woods Bagot (Holmes, 2012), entitled “Why University Graduates Don’t Make the Grade” (based on a survey of 500 business leaders)

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DEMOLA IS A PROCESS THAT IS FORMATTED AND FACILITATED

We connect talents into teams to create solutions for challenges with the project partners.

REAL CASE AND COMPANY

EXPERTS

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM

UNIVERSITY STAFF

DEMOLA SLOVENIA

DEMOLA Slovenia structure:

Demola Slovenia operator: RAZ:UM

Common web platform and interface for businesses and students in Slovenia and beyondslovenia.demola.net

Two co-locations: Maribor, Ljubljana

305STUDENTS

(3 Universities + High schools)

64REAL PROJECTS

49

PROJECT PARTNERS(3 countries)

192TEAM PRESENTATIONS

Validated concepts and demosInspiration and innovation cultureMultidisciplinary and multisectoral collaborationNew jobs

DEMOLA SLOVENIA IN FIGURES

DEMOLACO-CREATION

Expected DEMOLA Slovenia impact in 2016:

- 60 projects- 300 students- 30 project partners- joint Ljubljana-Maribor student teams - joint DEMOLA Slovenia events alternately organised in Maribor and Ljubljana- introducing DEMOLA Slovenia as a national innovation platform and smart specialisation instrument- preparing for adding new co-locations (Koper, Nova Gorica)- international collaboration with Demola Network

Flagship Project Label within Priority Area 7

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