{"id":9261,"date":"2022-05-09T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/innovation-factory\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:28:52","slug":"innovation-factory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/innovation-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9261\" class=\"elementor elementor-9261 elementor-3682\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac448c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"aac448c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eab34e\" data-id=\"5eab34e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcb20c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcb20c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>IF \u2013 INNOVATION FACTORY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20240e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20240e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 2019, Innovation Factory is an interdisciplinary unit within Polis University that seeks to support researchers, students, young creators, entrepreneurs and businesses to innovate. At the intersection of design, technology and entrepreneurship, IF operates conceptually by generating technical expertise and knowledge in and for the ecosystem, and as a physical space offering opportunities for digital prototyping and fabrication through its latest 3D printing and scanning technologies. Makerspace is the first FabLab of its kind in Albania. It works on the micro (small objects and housing) and macro (public space, city and territory as a whole) scale. The Makerspace has been designed and built in collaboration with the EU and their &#8216;Innovation Project&#8217; which has enabled investment in laboratory environments and a range of equipment that allow students, researchers, start-ups and young makers to design, experiment and fabricate their own models and prototypes, bringing together industry and academia through a mix of teaching, learning and doing (triple helix).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b030a76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b030a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><br \/>IF<\/strong>,<strong>Innovation Factory<\/strong>, is a <strong><em>&#8220;Multi-Disciplinary Unit&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> of U-POLIS specialized in innovation, which engages third research units of each Faculty. Specifically, this unit includes:<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/makerspace?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MakerSpace<\/a><\/strong> <strong><em>Architecture, Design and Engineering Research Center<\/em><\/strong> at FAD Faculty<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ombresearchseries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Observatory<\/strong><\/a> <strong><strong><em>Research Center of Sustainability<\/em><\/strong> at the FPMMU Faculty<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>BiblioPress<\/strong> <strong><em>The Resource and Information Center<\/em><\/strong> at the FKZH Faculty<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/makerspace?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MakerSpace<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u2013 it&#8217;s a \u201c<strong><em>FabLab 3D<\/em><\/strong>\u201d at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/if?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">IF<\/a> Innovation Factory, supported by <u>U-Polis<\/u>, <a href=\"https:\/\/euforinnovation.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>EU4Innovation<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\/html\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>GIZ<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sida.se\/en\/sidas-international-work\/countries-and-regions\/albania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>SIDA<\/u><\/a>.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/makerspace?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MakerSpace<\/a> works closely with \u201c<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/inkubatorin?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">Incubator<\/a> Multi-Universal\u201d<\/em><\/strong> of creative enterprise <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/tiranainc?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">TiranaInc<\/a><\/strong>. specialized for young people (students and alumni) founded by <em>Polis University<\/em> and 4 other universities: <a href=\"https:\/\/umt.edu.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Metropolitan<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unitir.edu.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>UT<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/upt.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>UPT<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epoka.edu.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Epoka <\/u><\/a>and supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/euforinnovation.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>EU4Innovation<\/u><\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.preneurz.amsterdam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Preneurz.Amsterdam<\/u><\/a>.<\/li><li>In this research unit also includes \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mad-center.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em><u>MAD Gallery<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>&#8211; Gezim Qendro<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201d (Multimedia, Art, Design). This gallery publishes an annual event calendar and magazine \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mad-center.org\/pubblications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>MAD Magazine<\/u><\/a>\u201d.<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ombresearchseries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>Observatory<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u2013 or OMB (Mediterranean Basin Observatory) is:<\/p><ul><li><strong><em>&#8220;Center of Excellence for Resilient Settlements&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/unece?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVM0p2EN9ytCjTdNljuLtYrqgyCdZ3huZn17dhnA0oTmjddd-tL6YkGxB3-Zwdg5iN8zjlMRmfAtnt2w2SUwmtZyHpBjrJWGXm_-EWThmu_bCjRCsd7bp4rffVyM7LKq_kneO3I1GFekx50Xqqc9Ldr3mLWjYUVZi9TDYwABloUkCaUq1rQ07NmuIaHbTjEVTM&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">UNECE<\/a><\/strong> (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) focused on issues of housing, planning and sustainable development.<\/li><li>Representative of the Western Balkan region in the &#8220;<strong><em>Initiative of Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Mediterranean<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; within the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/ufm?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVM0p2EN9ytCjTdNljuLtYrqgyCdZ3huZn17dhnA0oTmjddd-tL6YkGxB3-Zwdg5iN8zjlMRmfAtnt2w2SUwmtZyHpBjrJWGXm_-EWThmu_bCjRCsd7bp4rffVyM7LKq_kneO3I1GFekx50Xqqc9Ldr3mLWjYUVZi9TDYwABloUkCaUq1rQ07NmuIaHbTjEVTM&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">UfM<\/a><\/strong> (Union for the Mediterranean).<\/li><li>This research unit also includes \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/polisuniversity\/posts\/5353849828016155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em><u>LMUP<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> &#8211; Environmental Laboratory\u201d<\/em><\/strong> certified for analysis and services by the Albanian authority, as well as publishes the magazine \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/polisuniversity\/posts\/2841663155901514\/?locale=mk_MK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Habitat Magazine<\/u><\/a>\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a2e328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a2e328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-1024x977.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20499\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-1024x977.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-1536x1465.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-2048x1953.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skeme-e-OMB-01-600x572.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2266b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2266b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>BiblioPress<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 or QBI (Resource and Information Center) is a specialized unit for:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/biblo_polis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Biblio-Polis<\/strong><\/a>(Library of Polis University) which is organized in the &#8220;hard\/physical&#8221; version with over 10 thousand titles of specialization fields in Polis, and &#8220;soft\/online&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>EBSCO<\/u><\/a>dhe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>JSTOR<\/u><\/a>).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/press.universitetipolis.edu.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Polis-Press<\/strong><\/a>(<u>Polis University Publishing House<\/u>) which is organized into several components: scientific journals, other journals, textbooks, monographs, translations, etc.<\/li><\/ul><p>The laboratory meanwhile seeks to build expertise by creating reliable research and entrepreneurial skills in the fields of design, architecture, urban planning and technology, by attracting talent in strategic areas to activate innovation transfer processes. Facilitating horizontal collaboration between the university, entrepreneurs, businesses and local agencies has been a guiding principle since the beginning, aiming to build interdisciplinary structures that cultivate networks and help set milestones for an innovation-focused approach to both research and for entering and adapting to the labor market, a focus that can be achieved by supporting the commercialization of research through the ideation and creation of <em>startups<\/em>.<\/p><p>To date, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/if?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IF<\/a> has supported over a dozen early-stage <em>startups<\/em>, one of which is fully operational today in the market, while two others are finalizing their market entry strategies. As the first organization to fill this gap in the local ecosystem, what makes the lab unique is the combination of managerial and entrepreneurial knowledge with technical knowledge, as well as the possibility for manufacturers to test and optimize the latter in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/makerspace?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV3GgIZEzEH4TVlgoG5EKV_nPyKRfZsotHLmxG3gwME9KOAvh3wpx18g5mUkoZx589bPtiwvg-LnZw82P9DrgdXTokJ8SIBoJQSVolA9whjpUv70jfwgAyZhxyOIZvTOlUBn5gM4vpuQzXuvM4eg_bmfLnPghnd3Rk5qY4DTzonAgJEwk1cZdI4mHlDMdRpFL8&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Makerspace<\/em><\/a>. In addition to increasing the portfolio of projects, IF has collaborated with a number of organizations in the local and European ecosystem of research and innovation, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/tirana-inc.al\/?fbclid=IwAR0loZW1Xl08fKiT-LOOF1rQRWPzOcSVjkVcftwwXQNE6U0HQGwjqUG-9pI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tirana Inc.<\/em><\/a>, the first multi-university incubator in Albania, <a href=\"https:\/\/albaniatech.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Albania Tech<\/em><\/a>, a platform that aims to increase our visibility from key ecosystem players in the country, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preneurz.amsterdam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>PRENEURZ Amsterdam<\/em><\/a>, a Dutch consultancy that supports universities to bridge the gap between academia and industry. IF also cooperates on a macro scale with institutions with global, European and bilateral impact, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/european-union.europa.eu\/index_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unece.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN\/UNECE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/?fbclid=IwAR3nnlqM1QBezAMI2Boeozzy2L3f1IJ78nAprTv8EaqdvBu0wSl6tU-XYSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UfM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.mit.edu\/urbanupgrading\/upgrading\/resources\/organizations\/gtz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTZ<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sida.se\/en\/sidas-international-work\/countries-and-regions\/albania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIDA<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-033cef5 elementor-section-boxed 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href=\"https:\/\/challengefund.euforinnovation.al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><h2 class=\"img-accordion-title\">Challenge Fund<\/h2><\/a>                            <p><p><b>A grant program of EU for Innovation<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"eael-image-accordion-hover eael-image-accordion-item\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/connect-IT-2.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"0\">\n                <div class=\"overlay\">\n                                        <div class=\"overlay-inner \">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/euforinnovation.al\/connectit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><h2 class=\"img-accordion-title\">Connect IT<\/h2><\/a>                            <p><p>Digitizing business processes through industry-academia collaborations<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                         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entrepreneurs and businesses to innovate. At the intersection of design, technology and entrepreneurship, IF operates conceptually by generating technical expertise and knowledge in and for the ecosystem, and as a physical space offering opportunities for digital prototyping and fabrication through its latest 3D printing and scanning technologies. Makerspace is the first FabLab of its kind in Albania. It works on the micro (small objects and housing) and macro (public space, city and territory as a whole) scale. The Makerspace has been designed and built in collaboration with the EU and their &#8216;Innovation Project&#8217; which has enabled investment in laboratory environments and a range of equipment that allow students, researchers, start-ups and young makers to design, experiment and fabricate their own models and prototypes, bringing together industry and academia through a mix of teaching, learning and doing (triple helix). IF,Innovation Factory, is a &#8220;Multi-Disciplinary Unit&#8221; of U-POLIS specialized in innovation, which engages third research units of each Faculty. Specifically, this unit includes: MakerSpace Architecture, Design and Engineering Research Center at FAD Faculty Observatory Research Center of Sustainability at the FPMMU Faculty BiblioPress The Resource and Information Center at the FKZH Faculty MakerSpace\u2013 it&#8217;s a \u201cFabLab 3D\u201d atIF Innovation Factory, supported by U-Polis, EU4Innovation, GIZ and SIDA. MakerSpace works closely with \u201cIncubator Multi-Universal\u201d of creative enterprise TiranaInc. specialized for young people (students and alumni) founded by Polis University and 4 other universities: Metropolitan, UT, UPT, Epoka and supported by EU4Innovation andPreneurz.Amsterdam. In this research unit also includes \u201cMAD Gallery &#8211; Gezim Qendro\u201d (Multimedia, Art, Design). This gallery publishes an annual event calendar and magazine \u201cMAD Magazine\u201d. Observatory\u2013 or OMB (Mediterranean Basin Observatory) is: &#8220;Center of Excellence for Resilient Settlements&#8221; of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) focused on issues of housing, planning and sustainable development. Representative of the Western Balkan region in the &#8220;Initiative of Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Mediterranean&#8221; within the UfM (Union for the Mediterranean). This research unit also includes \u201cLMUP &#8211; Environmental Laboratory\u201d certified for analysis and services by the Albanian authority, as well as publishes the magazine \u201cHabitat Magazine\u201d. BiblioPress \u2013 or QBI (Resource and Information Center) is a specialized unit for: Biblio-Polis(Library of Polis University) which is organized in the &#8220;hard\/physical&#8221; version with over 10 thousand titles of specialization fields in Polis, and &#8220;soft\/online&#8221; (EBSCOdhe JSTOR). Polis-Press(Polis University Publishing House) which is organized into several components: scientific journals, other journals, textbooks, monographs, translations, etc. The laboratory meanwhile seeks to build expertise by creating reliable research and entrepreneurial skills in the fields of design, architecture, urban planning and technology, by attracting talent in strategic areas to activate innovation transfer processes. Facilitating horizontal collaboration between the university, entrepreneurs, businesses and local agencies has been a guiding principle since the beginning, aiming to build interdisciplinary structures that cultivate networks and help set milestones for an innovation-focused approach to both research and for entering and adapting to the labor market, a focus that can be achieved by supporting the commercialization of research through the ideation and creation of startups. To date, IF has supported over a dozen early-stage startups, one of which is fully operational today in the market, while two others are finalizing their market entry strategies. As the first organization to fill this gap in the local ecosystem, what makes the lab unique is the combination of managerial and entrepreneurial knowledge with technical knowledge, as well as the possibility for manufacturers to test and optimize the latter in our Makerspace. In addition to increasing the portfolio of projects, IF has collaborated with a number of organizations in the local and European ecosystem of research and innovation, such as Tirana Inc., the first multi-university incubator in Albania, Albania Tech, a platform that aims to increase our visibility from key ecosystem players in the country, and PRENEURZ Amsterdam, a Dutch consultancy that supports universities to bridge the gap between academia and industry. IF also cooperates on a macro scale with institutions with global, European and bilateral impact, such as BE, UN\/UNECE, UfM, GTZ, SIDA, etc. PROJECTS Challenge Fund A grant program of EU for Innovation Connect IT Digitizing business processes through industry-academia collaborations Innovative Network for Communication in Emergency Developing expertise in Research, Innovation, and Science Communication IF STRATEGY INNOVATION FACTORY (IF) STRATEGY 2022-2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-no-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universitetipolis.edu.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}