UNISPIN, The university spin-off scheme
The objective of the UNISPIN project is to assist regions in Europe to set up spin-off programmes, Together, the UNISPIN partners developed a three step approach:
- Step 1: Participation in the UNISPIN workshop: the workshop is built up around the UNISPIN model and describes the various stages involved in the development of a new business, the various types of support available to new entrepreneurs, and the ways in which both the entrepreneurial activities and the spin-off programme itself can be financed.
- Step 2: Development of a regional plan: A regional plan describes how to implement a spin-off programme in a particular region. The UNISPIN partners support the participants in developing this.
- Step 3: Implementation of the spin-off programme: The activities at the present moment are concerned with the regional plan. None of the current participants is ready yet to implement their spin-off programme. Some participants who already had an operational spin-off programme are preparing improvements.
UNISPIN Partners
University of Twente, Van der Meer & Van Tilburg, BTC-Twente, University of Ulster, Regional Technical College Dundalk, University of Linköping, TII, Catania Richerche and CNAM.
UNISPIN was launched under the Innovation Networks and Services Programme of DG13 and the initiative still operates as a Special Interest Section of TII.
