The E.I.N.S. Open Innovation Hub for Smart and Sustainable Cities, Regions and Villages at Vidzeme UAS is led by Liga Jupatova. The Hub focuses strongly on the sustainable development of regions.
The mission of this Open Sustainability Center is to create, accumulate and exchange knowledge and experience for the sustainable development of the region. The vision of the center is to be a dynamic and accessible place for any member of the community, where solutions are created together through collaboration, experimentation and local and international knowledge.
Vidzeme UAS, together with the OIH, has taken a course towards the development of the region, being the middle point where solutions are created through studies, research and innovation activities and sustainable changes are promoted in the Vidzeme region. The hub promotes entrepreneurial thinking in the community, integrating challenges in the study process, organizes and participates in entrepreneurship activities, as well as offering services within the competence of Vidzeme UAS researchers, cooperation partners and students.
The Hub is part of the project E.I.N.S., the E³UDRES² Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network for Smart and Sustainable European Regions, funded by the EIT HEI Initiative. E.I.N.S. promotes that results from teaching and research contribute to new marketable products and services through business start-ups and other forms of knowledge transfer.
