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Assessment needs and main questions
Each of the Focus groups, as foreseen by the Application Form (WP2.A2 - Focus group on assessing the
open innovation awareness at national level), were carried out following an identical paradigm shared by
partners during the task’s preparation and based on a commonly accepted methodology proposed by
BitCZ.
They did take place between the end of February and the early days of April 2023, mainly – but not solely
- carried out in video-conference mode in accordance with the schedule here below.

PARTNER COUNTRY FOCUS GROUP
ARID POLAND 09/03/2023
BIT CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 23/03/2023
24/03/2023

DANMAR POLAND 16/02/2023
ECAM-EPMI FRANCE 24/03/2023
25/03/2023
28/03/2023
IFEL CAMPANIA ITALY 31/03/2023
05/04/2023
INNOMATE TURKEY 25/03/2023
INNOVED GREECE 22/02/2023

Each partner-country was supposed to involve 20 panellists from different backgrounds (entrepreneurial,
academic, institutional etc.) and the Focus groups did principally concentrate in assessing the following
three major issues:

1. Level of knowledge and diffusion of Open Innovation and of National and regional
strategic documents and/or regulatory processes with respect to these issues.

2. Assessing significant changes in business and professional life. Obstacles that SMEs and
professionals face in the implementation of open innovation. Role of decision makers in
fostering this change.
3. Good practices that can lead the way in spreading Open Innovation: universities,
companies or professionals at the forefront of open innovation in their territory.

In order to gain these information and lead the Focus group all partners followed the working
methodology set by partner BitCZ (WP2.A1 - Working methodology for the organization of focus groups)
for the organization and carrying out of the meeting and steered the debate so to get adequate responses
to the following set of questions:

OPEN4U: intrOducing Practices in opEn innovatioN 4U - project number 2022-1-IT01-KA220-VET-000085295
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