BRIDGE - BRilliant Innovation through DiGital Engagement

We applied for this project because we want to create a more sustainable future. To make this possible, more people with innovative and entrepreneurial skills are needed. It is important that the ...

The BRIDGE project was designed to achieve; A more effective use of digital platforms and tools to promote collaborative innovation between the stakeholders that will help solve the challenges of EU and UN Sustainable Development Goals; A verified digital methodology for a digital transition of teaching that improves student innovation mindset, entrepreneurial ability and capability to collaborate for a sustainable future; Stronger networks and networking capacity between project partners and stakeholders.

We implemented the following activities in the BRIDGE project: The project started with a preparation phase, where the set-up and partner agreements were finalized. There was a virtual Kick-Off management meeting, where topics such as quality assurance, time management and follow up rules for the project were discussed and decided. There were four (4) projects results during the project: PR1 delivered guidance for the BRIDGE methodology; PR2 delivered guidance in using the best suitable digital tools when running a Digital Impact Day event; PR3 delivered a community platform, open for all students, staff, companies and organizations that participated in BRIDGE events; PR4 delivered a digital trainer-to-trainer handbook including videos and instructions on the community platform. The main core of the BRIDGE project were the five (5) events called Digital Impact Days, which are LTT events where students, staff and companies meet and work to solve a challenge formulated by a company or organization found in the ecosystem of an arranging university (partner). These events were online and blended distance learning, teaching and training activities. There were four multiplier events. The first three were held after the first three Digital Impact Days. The fourth multiplier event, in the fall of 2024, was held when all five LTT: s and PR4, the digital handbook, was finished. The stakeholders of all three universities were invited as well as interested European HEIs and Erasmus officers. This Multiplier event was held in Brussels and was arranged as a blended activity in order to attract as many European HEIs as possible.