1. Overall objective.
The Joint Master's Program TESI intends to develop and promote the culture and the instruments of
social innovation approach in the social policies of the Adriatic-Ionian area.
The project is based on the relevant partnership developed during the first step of the TESI Project in
2023. The partnership includes 6 Universities and one research center from 6 Adrion Countries (Italy,
Croatia, Greece, Albania, Serbia, and Slovenia), with the support of the University of San Marino as an
associated Partner.
The JM will enroll 25 participants from the Adrion countries.
2. The expected change your project will make to the current situation.
The TESI TN Master, starting with the student selection processes, will avoid discrimination based on
gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. Through the
implementation of the Master, the importance of sharing knowledge, good practices on social
innovation, and the principle of equal access to information and training will be emphasized. Within
the project activities, including the people selection for the Master, gender equality will be strongly
promoted by adopting the 'gendered innovation' approach, defined by the EC, which integrates the sex and gender perspective in knowledge generation and develops specific tools.
Competencies and skills in social innovation should be raised through capacity-building approaches,
focusing on contemporary social challenges in public administration's governance, urban
regeneration, social entrepreneurship, welfare, social services, and migration.
The JM will include an internship abroad in one of the partner Universities and a "project work"
applicable: a) to develop social innovation management strategies in a real-life working or b) to
research a specific case study in one of the developing areas studied during the teaching modules.
3. The main outputs you will produce and those who will benefit from them.
The primary outcomes of the project will be:
- to form the professional figure of the social innovator;
- to develop an education process/program for 25 social innovation managers;
- to strengthen and extend the inter-university network for social innovation training and education;
- to improve and diffuse the social innovation stakeholder network;
- to create a sustainability plan for a new edition of the self-financed TESI master's degree;
- to disseminate new training models on social innovation and related challenges in the IPA ADRION
area.
4. The approach you plan to adopt-
All partners will be included in the process in the specific phases of the project.
1) Initial phase. Public presentation of the Master's program in each partner's country to
communicate the significance of the project;
2) Central phase. Development, organization, and delivery of the Master's program;
3) Final phase. Evaluation of the Master's program and elaboration of a new sustainable project to
develop in the following years.
Specifically, the Master's course will be organized through dedicated teaching modules with
innovative teaching techniques. Each module will be divided into three parts: theory, case studies,
histories, and practical laboratories. The program envisages funded mobility schemes to partner
universities. Also, it includes a training/internship period to allow students to write their thesis in a
real-life working or research context. For that purpose, TESI embraces several businesses and
consortia in the project partnership, with which agreements for hosting students have been
established. During the two-year project period, various monitoring and evaluation activities will be
carried out to analyze and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the project.
5. Future sustainability plan.
All stakeholders, such as teachers, students, and the Scientific board, will be involved in the
evaluation process. It will promote a continuous comparison with the network of stakeholders to
identify the elements of sustainability functional to replicate the Master in the future with an eye to
the needs of the social context and the academic offer, having as a horizon the Adrion IPA countries
The Joint Master's Program TESI intends to develop and promote the culture and the instruments of
social innovation approach in the social policies of the Adriatic-Ionian area.
The project is based on the relevant partnership developed during the first step of the TESI Project in
2023. The partnership includes 6 Universities and one research center from 6 Adrion Countries (Italy,
Croatia, Greece, Albania, Serbia, and Slovenia), with the support of the University of San Marino as an
associated Partner.
The JM will enroll 25 participants from the Adrion countries.
2. The expected change your project will make to the current situation.
The TESI TN Master, starting with the student selection processes, will avoid discrimination based on
gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. Through the
implementation of the Master, the importance of sharing knowledge, good practices on social
innovation, and the principle of equal access to information and training will be emphasized. Within
the project activities, including the people selection for the Master, gender equality will be strongly
promoted by adopting the 'gendered innovation' approach, defined by the EC, which integrates the sex and gender perspective in knowledge generation and develops specific tools.
Competencies and skills in social innovation should be raised through capacity-building approaches,
focusing on contemporary social challenges in public administration's governance, urban
regeneration, social entrepreneurship, welfare, social services, and migration.
The JM will include an internship abroad in one of the partner Universities and a "project work"
applicable: a) to develop social innovation management strategies in a real-life working or b) to
research a specific case study in one of the developing areas studied during the teaching modules.
3. The main outputs you will produce and those who will benefit from them.
The primary outcomes of the project will be:
- to form the professional figure of the social innovator;
- to develop an education process/program for 25 social innovation managers;
- to strengthen and extend the inter-university network for social innovation training and education;
- to improve and diffuse the social innovation stakeholder network;
- to create a sustainability plan for a new edition of the self-financed TESI master's degree;
- to disseminate new training models on social innovation and related challenges in the IPA ADRION
area.
4. The approach you plan to adopt-
All partners will be included in the process in the specific phases of the project.
1) Initial phase. Public presentation of the Master's program in each partner's country to
communicate the significance of the project;
2) Central phase. Development, organization, and delivery of the Master's program;
3) Final phase. Evaluation of the Master's program and elaboration of a new sustainable project to
develop in the following years.
Specifically, the Master's course will be organized through dedicated teaching modules with
innovative teaching techniques. Each module will be divided into three parts: theory, case studies,
histories, and practical laboratories. The program envisages funded mobility schemes to partner
universities. Also, it includes a training/internship period to allow students to write their thesis in a
real-life working or research context. For that purpose, TESI embraces several businesses and
consortia in the project partnership, with which agreements for hosting students have been
established. During the two-year project period, various monitoring and evaluation activities will be
carried out to analyze and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the project.
5. Future sustainability plan.
All stakeholders, such as teachers, students, and the Scientific board, will be involved in the
evaluation process. It will promote a continuous comparison with the network of stakeholders to
identify the elements of sustainability functional to replicate the Master in the future with an eye to
the needs of the social context and the academic offer, having as a horizon the Adrion IPA countries