Fablab Erasmus+

“FabLab KPI” was created by the initiative of the “Institute for applied system analysis” at “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, which is now a partner of the ERASMUS+ program «Development of Network Infrastructure for Youth Innovation Entrepreneurship Support on FABLAB Platforms » (561536-ЕРР-1-2015-1-UK-ЕРРКА2-СВНЕ-JP) project «FABLAB». Cofounded by the Erasmus+

Project coordinator: Dorin Festeu, Ph.D. Buckinghamshire New University, United Kingdom

Contacts:

phone.: +01494 522 141
е-mail: dorin.festeu@bucks.ac.uk

THE GOAL AND MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

THE PROJECT GOAL is to develop an environment that stimulates engineering creativity, entrepreneurial activities & fosters youth employability via university-business-industry networking on fablab platforms. 5 university fabrication laboratories with innovative equipment were created at universities in Belarus and Ukraine for implementation of students’ engineering projects and serve as university-enterprise “meeting points”, opening networking opportunities in both directions.

PROJECT DURATION: 15 October 2015 – 31 March 2019.

TARGET GROUPS: students, participants of the system of continuous education;

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

to establish 5 partner countries Universities Fablabs;
to develop teaching methodology and courses, as well as upgrade partner countries HEIs curricula;
to develop Uni-business-industry network infrastructure for youth innovation entrepreneurship support.

PROJECT TASKS:

Analysis of creating and running FABLABs experience in EU and partner countries;
Training faculty and administrative staff of the FABLABS in European universities and factory laboratories;
Developing methodological support for teaching courses and e-learning materials;
Creating a partner network and launching a web portal;
Creating 5 FabLabs Laboratories in Ukraine and Belarussia;
Pilot training of students and participants of the system of continuous education on the basis of partner universities and FabLab laboratories;
Development and implementation of project quality assessment plan;
Implementation of sustainable development strategies, project dissemination operations and financial management.

FABLAB PROJECT RESULTS

1. The experience of creating falbabs in the EU and partner countries have been analyzed.

2. The training of faculty and administrative staff of faculties in European universities and factories-laboratories was conducted.

3. The methodological materials for teaching courses and e-learning materials were developed:

4. Upgraded engineering curricula

5. Fablab partner network and project website created

Project website: http://fablab-erasmus.eu/
Social networks:
- https://www.facebook.com/fablaberasmus/

FABLAB PARTNERS NETWORK:

Buckinghamshire New University, United Kingdom
Gent University, Belgium
University of Valencia, Spain
Fablab Greta du Velay, France
Fablab Veaksthus Zealand, Denmark
IrRADIARE, Portugal
Belarus National Technical University, Belarus
Belarus State University, Belarus
Republic Innovative Unitary Enterprise «Science and Technology Park BNTU Polytechnic», Belarus
Harkov National University of Economics. S. Kuznets, Ukraine
Educational-scientific complex “Institute for Applied Systems Analysis” of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine
Ternopil National Technical University named after. I. Puluj, Ukraine