Issue № 40. October 2013

Mechanisms of Youth Involvement in Innovative Activity in the Union State

Ekaterina V. Batovrina – Ph.D., associate professor, School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
E-mail: Batovrina@spa.msu.ru

Tatiana A. Sorokina – graduate student, School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
E-mail: SorokinaTA@spa.msu.ru

Alexey M. Shestoperov – Ph.D., researcher, School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
E-mail: chestal@yandex.ru

The article describes some issues related to youth involvement in innovative activity. The authors consider certain mechanisms used by innovation process actors (government, universities, employers, science and technology parks and business incubators) in the framework of integration processes between Russia and Belarus.

The authors emphasize that the development of the interstate mechanisms of youth involvement in innovative activity is one of the promising areas of integration of Russia and Belarus. Such integration has been determined by the long history of relations between higher education institutions and enterprises of two countries, the implementation of joint projects and innovative youth within the USSR.

This article provides an overview of the current status of ongoing projects in this direction. As an example, there is the activity of a business accelerator “Youth Innovation Centre” (“YIC”).

The authors also provide recommendations for the further of innovative-oriented staff training in Russia and Belarus in youth involvement.

Keywords

Innovation, the Union State, youth, innovative activity, innovative thinking, education process.