About the project
It aimed at promoting the cooperation of the EU and its Members States/Associated Countries with the Eastern Partnership Countries namely: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on bridging the gap between research and innovation. NoGAP contributes to taking advantage of the innovation potential of SMEs based on a better cooperation with researchers, transferring and using knowledge resulting from research.
The overall objective of the project was to reinforce cooperation with Eastern Partnership countries to develop a “Common Knowledge and Innovation Space”.
Activities
The RECP Centre joined the NoGAP project in 2015 and carried out most its activities in 2016. The Centre conducted a review of enterprises engaged in the UNIDO project on required innovation technologies. In June 2016, the Final report of the NoGAP project was prepared and submitted to the Project Manager by the RECPC expert which was followed by the closure of the project.
One of the results of the NoGAP and the UNIDO project was the synergy effect which resulted in a number partnerships and furthermore in business opportunities for the national companies.