The main outcomes of the “LEATHUB: project will be the establishment of four training and innovation centers in four universities in Russia and Mongolia, which will provide training services for tanneries, support the design and the implementation of research and development services from the university according to the specific needs of the companies, and also implement research on the use environmentally friendly technologies for tanning raw materials and recycling of collagen-containing waste.
Furthermore, to meet the aforementioned challenges, the established centres will be equipped with modern analytical and testing equipment, professional literature, journals, and regulatory documents in force in Russia, Mongolia and the EU. These centres will act also as technology brokers for local leather industry. The partners of the EU, as well as trade unions (the Russian Union of Leatherworkers and Shoemakers and the Mongolian Tanning Association) of the two countries will help in the establishment of the centres and the evaluation of their work.
The aim of the project is to bridge the gap between the leather industry and the Universities by enhancing the collaboration at the research and development base in schemas, where industry will be the innovation seeker. The intense collaboration between industries and universities will:
- Accelerate the pace of applied research in advanced industries in leather sector
- Drive down the cost of advanced industries technologies and accelerate their deployment
- Contribute to workforce development not just at the Ph.D. level but at all levels
- Boost exports and enable the specific regions in Russia and Mongolia to compete effectively in global markets, which in turn will ensure a vibrant national economy
Project Τitle: “LEΑTHUB – Establishment of Leather Hubs in Russia and Mongolia”
Project Duration: 15 January 2019 – 14 January 2022
Project URL: https://leathub.eu/
Project Framework & Funding:
ERASMUS +: KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practise – Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education
Funding: 995.950,00 €. For UNIWA: 67.492,00 €
Principal Investigator (UNIWA): Dr Nikos Tsotsolas, Email: ntsotsol@uniwa.gr, Tel: +30-2105381823
Consortium – Partners:
- EGE UNIVERSITY (Turkey)
- C.G.S. DI COLUCCIA MICHELE & C. S.A.S. (Italy)
- CREATIVE THINKING DEVELOPMENT (Greece)
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU TEXTILE SI (Romania)
- UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA
- Instytut Przemyslu Skorzanego w Lodzi (Poland)
- KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS (Lithuania)
- Eastern Siberia State University for Technology and Management (Russia)
- THE FEDERAL STATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL (Russia)
- Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Buryatia (Russia)
- MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES (Mongolia)
- MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Mongolia)
- Mongolian Leather Industry Association (Mongolia)
Research Publications / Results / Patents
Report on Training Needs – CGS (on https://leathub.eu/index.php/results/)
