Summary

MIMIr was primarily designed to aid, assist, and soccour partner universities in South Neighbouring Countries to understand the status quo of their innovation and research, performance, efficacy, and practices and devise pathways to overcome impediments, hindrances, fiascos, and pitfalls that prevented them from achieving recognized stature in the international landscape. The core thread to accomplish this goal was to measure existing innovation and research activities, to gauge regulatory framework management, administration, and tools, and to scope opportunities for overcoming bureaucratic obstacles, stimulating conditions, and elevating mindsets. Coupled with the provision of comparative analysis to European processes, practices, and state-of-the-art, the consortium identified areas for change, targets for improvement, and a trajectory to excel. Accordingly, partner universities were informed on the organization and management of innovation and research in European universities, understood present models, principles, and standards, and embraced and partook in the opportunity for support, guidance, and corroboration from European partners.