Bio’Occ Project Kick-Off Meeting
Winner in January 2023 of the AMI (Call for Expressions of Interest) project call-
CMA (Compétences et Métiers d’Avenir) in Biotherapies-Bioproduction, the University of Montpellier is a partner in the consortium that brings together training organizations (the University of Toulouse 3 (project leader), UM, INSA, the IMT training institute, GIP Training and Certification for Professional Integration), employers (GTP Bioways, Evotec, BioMed Alliance, the Eurobiomed Competitiveness Cluster, and INSERM), local authorities (Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée Region, Toulouse Métropole, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole), and hospitals (Toulouse University Hospital, Montpellier University Hospital, CIC Biothérapie).
The objective of this project, "Biotherapy & Bioproduction in Occitanie " (Bio'Occ) is to inform, attract, train, and retain the talent and players of tomorrow to support innovation in the field of bioproduction and biotherapies in response to significant growth in this sector in Occitanie (and more broadly in France) and to the demand from manufacturers facing recruitment difficulties, both in terms of quantity and quality.
The project is organized around four areas:
- Axis 1: Adapt existing training programs by strengthening partnerships with industry to improve their relevance to needs.
- Axis 2: Supplement the existing training offering to meet specific skills needs that are currently underserved by creating new courses.
- Axis 3: Develop forecasting tools to better target changing needs and thus better adapt continuing education programs.
- Axis 4: Deploy communication initiatives to improve the attractiveness of professions and the social acceptability of biotherapies, and better inform companies about training opportunities.
Steering committee for UM: Laila Gannoun, Thérèse Commes, Estelle Grousseau, Anne-Dominique Lajoix, John de Vos.
Registration is FREE but REQUIRED