WHAT IS THE NAAC ?
The NAAC is the National Associations Advisory Committee, composed of 32 European national associations (NAs) of K/TT. The NAAC is a governing body within the ASTP-Proton association and chaired by the ASTP-Proton Vice President NAAC, Andrew Carlin.
A National Association is:
- a formal KTT Association (institutional or individual memberships), or
- an informal KTT association, with the intention to formalize its National Association
WHAT DOES THE NAAC OFFER?
The role of each national association is crucial to the development of national K/TT activities in Europe. ASTP-Proton, being the European association in knowledge and technology transfer, aims at increasing the efficiency of the European innovation system, but will not be able to reach a maximum level without the support of the national associations.
The NAAC facilitates interactions with its members in, at least, the following areas:
- EU representation
- the Body of Knowledge (for example staff exchange, building on TT library, peer review, exchange of case studies)
- regional Capacity Building Technology Transfer expertise
- European survey and impact measurement
- professional development on European, as well as on national level, such as trainings, courses or events
- Capacity Building National Associations (CBNA)
- support in the formalization process of National Associations
The NAAC have developed a Handbook for a National Association in Knowledge Transfer. Download the first edition here
WHICH COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE NAAC ?
Stating October 2015, the following 32 European national associations in K/TT are active NAAC members
| National association | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austrian TT Network | Austria |
| 2 | Reseau Lieu | Belgium |
| 3 | TTO Flanders | Belgium |
| 4 | Bulgarian Network of Technology Transfer (BNTT) | Bulgaria |
| 5 | Informal TT network | Croatia |
| 6 | Transfera | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Danish National Network for Technology Transfer (DNNT) | Denmark |
| 8 | Informal TT network | Estonia |
| 9 | Reseau C.U.R.I.E | France |
| 10 | TechnologieAllianz | Germany |
| 11 | Praxi Network | Greece |
| 12 | Technology and Knowledge Transfer Forum of Hungarian Universities | Hungary |
| 13 | Iceland TT Network | Iceland |
| 14 | IKTIG (Irish Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Group) | Ireland |
| 15 | Netval | Italy |
| 16 | Informal TT network | Lithuania |
| 17 | Maltese TT Network | Malta |
| 18 | Dutch Technology Transfer Professionals Association | Netherlands |
| 19 | Association of Innovation Companies in Norway (FIN) | Norway |
| 20 | PACTT (Polish Network of Academic Technology Transfer Centres) | Poland |
| 21 | IP Management Poland | Poland |
| 22 | UTEN/ GAPI (Informal network Portugal) | Portugal |
| 23 | Informal TT network | Serbia |
| 24 | Slovenian TT Network | Slovenia |
| 25 | RedOTRI | Spain |
| 26 | RedTransfer | Spain |
| 27 | Swedish Network for Innovation and Technology Transfer Support (SNITTS) | Sweden |
| 28 | The Swiss Technology Transfer Association (SwiTT) | Switzerland |
| 29 | University-Industry Collaboration Centers Platform (USIMP) | Turkey |
| 30 | TTIRA (Technology Transfer Inter-Regional Association) | Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova |
| 31 | PraxisUnico | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Association for University Research and Industry Links (Auril) | United Kingdom |
Would you like to learn more?
Please feel free to contact Andrew Carlin or Anne Disseldorp.