EduMin David suggests expanding European Institute of Innovation and Technology's influence in Romania
Bucharest, March 20 /Agerpres/ - Romania's Minister of Education and Research Daniel David said on Thursday that he wants to expand the influence of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in the country, in order to boost innovation to the benefit of people's well-being and to increase the country's competitiveness.
David had a meeting with the management of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, for the release of 'EIT Community HUB Romania' in Romania, according to the ministry.
'I know the major role of the EIT in innovation and technology at European and international level, both as a scientist and as rector of the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, the university that already hosts the EIT Digital office for Romania. Now, from the position of minister, I want to extend the influence of the EIT in the country, to boost innovation to the benefit of people's well-being and to increase the country's competitiveness in an increasingly competitive world,' the minister said.
According to him, there is agreement for a memorandum with two major objectives: the extension of the EIT's presence and the EIT innovation model in Romania, a highly-performing model that is based on ecosystems (made up of universities, institutes, companies, authorities, etc.) democratically and efficiently distributed around the education-research-innovation triad; promoting more specific aspects of innovation and technology in the country, related to EIT excellence, major international issues and the country's needs - for example, in the field of artificial intelligence, healthcare and energy. AGERPRES (RO - editing by: Roberto Stan; EN - writing by: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu)
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