PLATFORM aims to develop cooperation tools and an infrastructure that will help to integrate the trans-disciplinary and international knowledge that is often necessary for project success.
for development of multi-national projects in education and research
The system perspective of this conceptual modeling is important for understanding the complexity and for identifying the feasible steps to improve scenario predictions and decision support.
Although the focus of the SI program is on countries in the “European Eastern Partnership” (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine), we expect to include other partners with interest for developing cooperation. In addition to Univ. Gothenburg (Sweden; coordinating) the initial PLATFORM consortium included Khazar Univ. (Azerbaijan), Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Russia), and SWS Scholarly Society (Austria).
We do not begin with building project consortia for specific case studies because we believe the tools for integrating the correct expertise with the relevant stakeholders is essential for addressing complex issues and providing decision support.
Participants In PLATFORM will hopefully come away with both tools and networks for this process of project initiation. Specific case studies (depending upon partner interests) will become increasingly in focus once the methods have been introduced. The initiation and development of the case-study groups project activities will illustrate the PLATFORM methodology for new project development.
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