Development of a Lifelong Learning Course for Rising Innovativeness of Raw Materials Professionals in Eastern and Southeastern Europe

A lack of lifelong learning courses on raw materials in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (ESEE) results lower levels innovativeness for this region’s professionals. The consortium Dubrovnik International ESEE Mining school—DIM project (2016–2020) conducted several questionnaire campaigns order to establish the main needs, challenges, current status innovation utilization among professionals region. Based these results, DIM developed four annual 3-day workshops within new project, ESEE-2: Implementing innovations, which would secure relevant content delivered by expert lecturers an affordable price.