Call for mentors: Cluster Mentoring Reloaded
THE NEXT SOCIETY is looking for cluster practitioners, cluster managers or cluster management experts willing to share their knowledge as mentors. The Cluster Mentoring Reloaded programme aims to go in-depth into cluster management topics and improve the management skills of cluster beneficiaries through the support of an experienced peer.
Applications should be sent by 4 December 2020.
24 | 11 | 2020
Call for experts - Palestine
The purpose of this consultancy mission is to support the Higher Council for Innovation and Excellence (HCIE) to develop a National Innovation Strategy in Palestine. He/she will also be in charge to design programs that allow to implement this strategy by assigning roles and responsibilities within the ecosystem.
Applications should be sent to welcome@thenextsociety.co before December 3rd, 2020.
16 | 11 | 2020
Initiation to the Culture of Innovation and Technology Transfer
The SATELIT project - Academic Solutions for the Euro-Mediterranean Territory Leader of Innovations and Technological Transfers of Excellence, ecosystem partner of THE NEXT SOCIETY, has published a MOOC on “Initiation to the Culture of Innovation and Technology Transfer”.
24 | 09 | 2020
1st Policy Lab THE NEXT SOCIETY - Full online session
Watch now the full online Policy Lab session organised by THE NEXT SOCIETY and unravel the main features of the Start-up Act, the challenges faced for its implementation and its impact on the Tunisian entrepreneurial ecosystem.
12 | 08 | 2020
First Policy Lab THE NEXT SOCIETY: Amel Saidane’s contribution, President of Tunisian Startups
On 29 June 2020, THE NEXT SOCIETY organised “Unravel the Tunisian Startup Act: Impact, challenges and lessons for the region”, first Policy Lab of the initiative which addressed the experience of the Tunisian Start-up Act, the first legislation of its kind in Africa approved by the Tunisian Parliament back in 2018, which paved the way for the country to become a start-up nation and a digital hub in the region.
06 | 08 | 2020
THE NEXT SOCIETY - 29 actionable recommendations to boost the technology transfer in Lebanon (short version)
THE NEXT SOCIETY developed a technical assistance mission in Lebanon supported by Berytech, THE NEXT SOCIETY Lebanon’s exclusive partner, in order to establish a solid technology transfer process at Lebanese universities and give researchers the knowledge and tools to innovate and commercialize their research.
10 | 07 | 2020
29 actionable recommendations to boost the technology transfer in Lebanon
Berytech, through THE NEXT SOCIETY Advocacy Panel, has been leading on setting a national innovation strategy for Lebanon since 2017, as part of THE NEXT SOCIETY action plan. The final report proposes a roadmap of 29 actionable recommendations for universities and other key ecosystem players to boost the technology transfer dynamics in Lebanon. It defines a financing mechanism and a reward system in order to incentivize researchers in Lebanon to develop projects with a commercialization potential.
13 | 05 | 2020
THE NEXT SOCIETY - 29 actionable recommendations to boost the technology transfer in Lebanon (full version)
Berytech, through THE NEXT SOCIETY Advocacy Panel, has been leading on setting a national innovation strategy for Lebanon since 2017, as part of THE NEXT SOCIETY action plan. The final report proposes a roadmap of 29 actionable recommendations for universities and other key ecosystem players to boost the technology transfer dynamics in Lebanon. It defines a financing mechanism and a reward system in order to incentivize researchers in Lebanon to develop projects with a commercialization potential.
13 | 05 | 2020
SBAT – West Bank & Gaza
Kedge Business School, in the framework of the Observatory on practices of entrepreneurs and enterprises, developed for THE NEXT SOCIETY the Small Business Assessment Tool (SBAT).
This tool allows to position any firm in relation to a reference group considering several criteria such as financing, innovation or Internationalisation. Take a look at some key figures for companies from West Bank & Gaza!
05 | 05 | 2020