Advanced Photonic PRocesses for novel sOlar energy hArvesting teCHnologies

APPROACH is a multi-stakeholder project, aiming at democratizing the opportunity for post-academic training and professional development of young researchers and innovators. APPROACH is a partnership that will enable the enhancement of talents’ inventive thinking and creative knowledge in the development of nanofabricated materials and methods for solar energy harvesting applications. It will contribute to the growth of diversity of backgrounds, talents and motives of job expectations while will allow scientific knowledge advances through interaction and exchange of views. APPROACH’s basis of sustainable development has four dimensions merit attention: a) Placing knowledge, including high-level scientific knowledge, at the service of development, b) Converting knowledge, in all its forms, into value via applications and impact assessment and c) Sharing good practice, to ensure widespread benefits and d) importantly, apply a holistic talent development approach. Moreover, APPROACH aims to push forward the application and potential exploitation/valorization of the FORTH, UPOL PDOT, NoviNano and TSNUK know-how, through strong collaboration and well-designed research activities among the partners. Top-class experts in the field of applied research and talent development, like IMEC, Solaronix and VAMK will provide training courses, as well as hands-on experience and on-demand training to young researchers originating from these widening countries. Exchange of both young researchers and top-class experts is crucial for the successful realization of the proposal’s objectives. As an end product, this collaboration will set the widening partners as players of excellence in the development of advanced photonic processes for novel solar energy harvesting technologies.