LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PHD PATH FOR SMEs
The task objectives are:
- To identify the different rules applied for the regulation of industrial PhDs at national level in six partner countries, comparing them with EU disposals
- To give to the new SME oriented industrial PhD path its own identity, compared to traditional doctoral paths
- To define the legal framework for the joint implementation among partner countries of the new industrial PhD path for SMEs
WP5 Activities | Short Description | Outputs | Status |
5.1 NATIONAL LEGISLATIONS ON INDUSTRIAL PHD | Study and analysis of the legislation of the 6 countries on Industrial PhD regulation of the 6 countries | Output 1: 6 National reports | Completed ![]() |
5.2 COMPARED STUDY & PROPOSAL FOR LEGAL HARMONIZATION | Compared analysis of the legislations with EU rules on industrial PhDs and a draft of proposal for a legal harmonization to bring to the attention of the European Commission | Output 1: Compared study with EU rules on Industrial PhD can be found here Output 2: draft of Proposal of harmonization can be found here | Completed ![]() |
5.3 NATIONAL LABOUR DISCIPLINE ANALYSIS: COMPARED STUDY | Study of the legislation of 6 countries in terms of labour disciplines that rule the participation of employees in industrial doctorate paths | Output 1: 6 Reports (one for each partner country) about national labour disciplines Main findings Country Report UK can be found here Main findings Country Report Greece can be found here Output 2: Compared study on labour disciplines can be found here | Completed ![]() |
5.4 RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING A JOINT STUDY COURSE | Definition of the procedure for the joint industrial PhD path to be adopted by the 6 partner countries | Output 1: 6 Reports (one for each partner country) about procedures currently adopted for implementing joint study courses Output 2: 1 Compared study for university procedures can be found here Output 3: 1 draft of Guidelines for the elaboration of the Consortium agreement can be found here | Completed ![]() |
5.5 EU RECOGNITION PROCEDURE Milestone of the project (M6) | Definition of the procedure for the European recognition of the new Industrial PhD path for SMEs compared to European legislation and accreditation systems | Output 1: 1 draft of Study of the EU procedure for the recognition of the new Industrial PhD path for SMEs can be found here | Completed ![]() |
5.6 TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP | Technical Meeting for the elaboration of the proposal for legal harmonization to bring to the attention of the European Commission | Output 1: Technical meeting on 27/11/2020 more details can be found here | Completed ![]() |
5.7 FINAL REPORTS | Final Proposal of harmonization to bring to the attention of EC and Final report about the procedure for the EU recognition of the new Industrial PhD path for SMEs | Output 1: Final Report have been completed | Completed ![]() |