From the 15-th to the 19-th of April of 2013 in the framework of TEMPUS program project named "Support of innovations by improving the regulatory environment of higher education in Ukraine" (in implementation of which the National University "Odessa Law Academy" is involved) a study visit of associate professor of business law and process department Mrs. Dina Ziatina and associate professor, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Institute of the National University "Odessa Law Academy" Mr. Georgiy Serdyuk to the Gdansk Technical University (Poland) has taken place.

Representatives of the National University "Odessa Law Academy" got acquainted with the operation of Centre Knowledge and Business of Gdansk Polytechnic University. Also, they visited the Gdansk Science and Technology Park, Centre of Nanotechnology, got acquainted with the various programs to support innovation, actively participated in the meetings of the working group, which aims to study the experience of Poland in the commercialization of innovative research of university institutions and the establishing of the enterprises for implementation of innovations (spin-off).

From March 17 to March 23, 2013 within the TEMPUS program « Support of innovations through improvement of regulatory framework for higher education in Ukraine", in the implementation of which National University “Odesa Law Academy” is involved, study visit of the Dean of Faculty of Civil and Economic Justice Andriy Neugodnikov and Associate Professor of Department of International Law and International Relations Nataliya Sevostyanova to the Polytechnic University of Porto (Portugal) was held.

Representatives of National University "Odesa Law Academy" got acquainted with the peculiarities of procedures of intellectual property protection in Portugal and the structural units of the University, who have successfully patented their innovations. Also as part of the program a visit to "Technological City" - a business incubator for the initial support of enterprises implementing research findings into practice was carried out.

From March 17 till March 23, 2013 within the project “Support of innovations through improvement of regulatory framework for higher education in Ukraine” of TEMPUS program, in realization of which National University “Odesa Law Academy” participates, study visit of Associate Professor of Department of Commercial Law and Procedure Mikhail Kartuzov and Associate Professor of Department of Foreign Languages Yulia Yulinetska to the Coventry University (Great Britain) was held.

Representatives of National University “Odesa Law Academy” acquainted with the work of Faculty of Engineering and Computing of Coventry University, departments and enterprises of Coventry University which participate in commercialization of innovations; took part in the meetings of study group aimed at studying experience of Great Britain in the fiend of commercialization of innovation researches of university institutions and creation of subsidiaries for implementation the innovations (spin off).

National University “Odessa Law Academy” in the consortium, which includes the Gdansk University of Technology (Poland), University of Lund (Sweden), Coventry University (UK), University of Technology (Porto) and a number of leading technical universities of Ukraine launched a project TEMPUS IV program "Support of Innovations Through Improvement of the Legal Framework of Higher Education in Ukraine."

More information about the project can be found at: http://spinoff-ua.eu/