Synergy among Knowledge, Creativity, Research, Innovation and Education

The synergy among knowledge, creativity, research, innovation and education represents the crucial point of the knowledge based society, representing the main priority of the competitive development. Taking into account the globalisation, the fast technological development, and the increasing demand on information and knowledge, the education should play a major part in redefining the chain knowledge-creativity-research-innovation. The new European strategic framework 2014-2020 focuses on the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. In this context, the role of the education system, in general and of the tertiary education in particular, is crucial from both perspectives: supporting the development of the learning society and contributing to the research and innovation activities. The education system has the major contribution in developing the new profile of the global citizen, i.e. new competences and skills: digital competences, capacity of learning to learn, abilities to manage the changes and the risk and to speed up innovation.