Universities have a distinctive role in the society by disposing over a wide range of scientific knowledge which is to be efficiently funnelled into societal use. Thus, they have to move from a reactive mode to a proactive mode of operation. As a result, new frameworks must be created in which universities can participate in developing products and offer services to their partners. This is especially true for universities of technology, which makes EELISA alliance focused on this task.

This document is the first deliverable of work package 6 (WP6) of EELISA InnoCORE project. The title of WP6 is “Reinforcing cooperation in R&I with other sectors, especially academia- business cooperation” and its implementation is based on six tasks.

Science Parks – conceived as networked smart spaces where industrial, governmental, academic, and research stakeholders come together in close proximity and offer new services - may prove to be vital instruments of transformation for the universities. They can multiply the innovation potential and contribute to creating New Technology Based Firms to streamline innovation. WP6 is concerned with fully exploring the Science Park concept and its application as a networked RDI among the consortium members. As a part of this, Deliverable 6.2 is focusing on the “Plan for collaborative RDI, technology transfer and innovation ecosystems