KT SoftSkills

The KTSoftSkills project, co-funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme of the European Union, which aims to remove barriers between Higher Education Institutions and external partners by supporting their mutual understanding and negotiation processes.es.

Duration of the project: December 2022 – November 2025

The KT SoftSkills project, co-funded by the European Union, aims to enhance the soft skills of Knowledge Transfer (KT) professionals to foster effective collaboration between academia, the business sector, and community organizations. The project commenced in December 2022 and is structured into three phases: conducting interviews with KT professionals to identify their soft skill needs; testing and validating a set of soft skills through interviews and focus groups with KT professionals and experts; and developing a training programme and toolkit to improve KT professionals' soft skills based on insights from the previous phases. By strengthening skills such as communication, negotiation, empathy, critical thinking, and adaptability, KT SoftSkills aims to make academic knowledge more accessible and to build effective, inclusive partnerships across various sectors. 

The materials produced in the framework of this project are intended for direct use by the community (please note no automatic CE accreditation is included). ASTP may further adapt these materials when designing future formal training offers in this field.

Project partners

• University of Bologna (UNIBO) (Italy)
• ASTP – (Netherlands)
• Helsinki Think Company (Finland)
• Jagiellonian University (JAG) (Poland)
• Netval (Italy)
• SOPU Academy (Finland)

More information:

• Visit Project Website: https://www.ktsoftskills.eu/
• Download the training materials: Results
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