As an integral part of EIT HEI community, the SMILE project team has been invited to take part in the Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the Higher Education Ecosystem Confirmation which was held on November 7th, 2024. The main objective of workshop was to ensure that the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework, within which impact Domains and Actions are established for the initiative reflects and aligns with the current needs/characteristics of the higher education innovation ecosystem.

Building on insights from the desk review as well as from first interviews and focus groups, the Consultation Workshop explored the dynamics and interconnections between enabling and influencing factors that affect HEIs on the journey of becoming more innovative and entrepreneurial, identifying causal relations and interconnections.