SERVICES:

assistance and advice to economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in obtaining funds / attracting sources of funding and in implementing projects;
identification of partners in academia, research and business;
ensuring access to specialized databases;
information on national, regional and local priorities;
information on the regulated framework at national and European level;
access to communication infrastructure;
access to office space;
design and design for online presentations;
assistance and consultancy for the development of experimental models and prototypes through research and development and related;
technological information, dissemination of technical-scientific information;
assistance and consultancy for the protection of intellectual property rights (including pre-diagnosis);
training and training in ITT;
digitization audit;
assistance and advice for the exploitation of intellectual property rights;
technology transfer assistance and advice;
assistance and consultancy for the evaluation of the results of RDI activities for accounting and, where appropriate, for their capitalization;
identification of research and development services required by the economic operator;
identification of research and development infrastructures.

Beneficiaries:

central and local public administration authorities;

universities and faculties;

economic agents in the field of tehnology;

PNCDI programs;

Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, other bodies of the central and local state administration;

Inventors, university teachers, researchers and young graduates of higher education;

other similar entities.

Advantages of the products / services offered:

price ( lower cost due to new technologies );

quality ( superior with use to IT & C );

special characteristics: accredited experts.

Increasing the degree of interest and awareness of European funded programs among research organizations and enterprises in the region concerned by conducting an online and offline promotion campaign for the need for training/ development in terms of accessing programs on European funds and highlighting development opportunities by participating in these programs.

Development of competencies regarding the access of European funds by implementing a complex training program for applicant entities, as well as staff at the University of Craiova, and to offer a theoretical and especially practical guide to initiation in terms of accessing European funds, thus contributing to the increase of Romanian participation in research.

Support and support for research organizations and enterprises in S-V Oltenia in terms of participation in programs to finance research activities and capitalization of results.

Sustainability

• general and specialised translation services
• interpretation services
• language administration and training
• accurate identification of clients’ needs and interests

Innovation:

• enhancement of innovation and good practices
• development of a state-of-the

art translation and interpreting infrastructure (dedicated software, remote translation, etc.)

Institutional

• capacity Building
• effective use of the members’ expertise and extension of competences
• exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities

Main Activities

Promoting research programs that meet market requirements for retrofitting, restructuring and modernization;

• Identification of the requests of economic agents for staff training, technical assistance, legal advice, etc.;

• Identifying collaborations with economic agents abroad;

• Correlation of graduates’ skills with demands on the labor market;

• Promoting job offers;

• Identifying collaborations at regional and national level;

• Establishing cooperation links with similar departments in the country and abroad.

Organisation

The activities of the Centre of Relations with the socio-Economic and Cultural Environment are coordinated by THE DR.-MESC Board, chaired by a Director and subordinated to the Rector who is responsible for scientific research and relations with the economic environment.

THE DR-MESC Board consists of:

• Director DR-MESC;

• A representative of each faculty within the UCV.

Objective

Ensuring the interface between the University of Craiova and the socio-economic environment by promoting research programs that meet the market requirements for retooling, restructuring and modernization;

• Creating the appropriate framework for the implementation of training activities, technical assistance, consultancy, etc. by launching the university’s offer in the socio-economic and cultural environment, on the one hand and identifying the needs / expectations specific to the socio-economic environment and their correlation with the university’s offer, on the other hand;

• Identification of the requests of economic agents for staff training;

• Promoting personalized internships in order to carry out projects / bachelor works and dissertations, based on topics formulated in collaboration with representatives of the socio-economic and cultural environment;

• Creating the conditions and achieving a partnership between the University of Craiova and the socio-economic environment to support the development of students’ practice in the country or abroad, in order to apply also in this aspect the European system of transferable credits.