The University of Bari Aldo Moro - Center of Excellence for Innovation and Creativity, and the CIHEAM Bari have established for the A.Y. 2019/2020 the Higher Education Course aimed at training the Innovation Broker, a key specialist figure in facilitating cooperation for innovation between companies and research organizations. During the course, the Innovation broker will develop skills to create partnerships for innovation, read the innovation needs of companies, identify appropriate skills and solutions within the research organizations and develop negotiation skills, develop a project based on the Project Cycle Management methodology, developing business oriented enhancement and dissemination plans, enhancing research products, supporting commercial exploitation.

The course, which will be held from 12 June to 10 July 2020, is part of the activities provided by the FILA Project - "Strengthening and empowering of cross border innovation networks through Fertilization Innovation Labs in Agro-food for improving the connection between research and SMEs (EIP approach)" funded by the INTERREG IPA CBC program Italy - Albania - Montenegro "and coordinated by CIHEAM Bari.