Innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystems
Design integrated support systems linking ideation, coaching, incubation, governance and lasting institutional ownership.
Available for selected international expert assignments
Senior expert · Researcher-practitioner
Building ecosystems that turn knowledge into lasting institutional capability.
I help universities, development programmes and economic actors design innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-transfer systems that keep working after a project ends.
Innovation ecosystems · University–industry collaboration · Green entrepreneurship · Higher education transformation
Dr Mohamed BELHAJ · Sfax · Tunisia
Senior expert · Researcher-practitionerCV 360 · 2026
Three decades of building and delivering.
30+years of field-based experience
500+projects supported through the programmes led
144C career and competency centres coordinated
16institutions covered by one transformation diagnosis
Core expertise
Institutional problems require connected systems.
A portfolio built through delivery, programme leadership, international cooperation and applied research.
University–industry collaboration
Translate research capabilities and industry needs into practical partnerships and collaborative R&D pathways.
Technology transfer
Build structures, processes and teams able to convert scientific knowledge into economic and societal value.
Business models & finance readiness
Turn ideas into evidence-based business models, market validation, business plans, investment pitches and finance-ready ventures.
Green entrepreneurship
Combine green ideation, circularity, impact logic, the Green Business Model Canvas and Green Business Plans.
Higher education & responsible AI
Deliver institutional diagnosis, train-the-trainer programmes, digital learning and human-supervised AI for venture and programme development.
Selected transformations
Clear roles. Documented scale. Transferable results.
A focused selection showing the contribution, delivery model and scale of each assignment.
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University of Sfax · PEES / 4C / C’INNOVANT
An integrated university entrepreneurship system
A long-term institutional architecture connecting entrepreneurship, employability, skills development, technology transfer, coworking and prototyping.
500+ projects supported through the mechanisms · 14 career and competency centres coordinated
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PAQ-DGSU · University of Monastir
Institutional transformation across a university
A strategic diagnosis translated into nine structuring actions spanning innovation policy, entrepreneurship governance and capability development.
16 institutions diagnosed · 9 structuring actions
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SALEEM · SMTMC · Erasmus+ / EACEA
Institutional capability that outlasts the project
Programme design, consortium coordination and method transfer that help institutions continue operating beyond external funding.
11-institution consortium · cross-border cooperation
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UNIVEXPO 2026 · 28th University Exhibition · University of Sfax
A contribution recognised by the university ecosystem
At UNIVEXPO 2026, Dr Mohamed BELHAJ received an institutional distinction from the University of Sfax, recognising a sustained contribution to the university ecosystem.
Institutional recognition · UNIVEXPO 2026
Operating method
Diagnose. Design. Implement. Transfer.
The objective is not a report that sits on a shelf. It is an institution equipped to operate, adapt and improve the system independently.
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Diagnose
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Design
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Implement
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Transfer
In the field
Facilitation is where strategy becomes shared capability.
Workshops, training and stakeholder dialogue are used to move from diagnosis to ownership — with teams able to continue the work independently.
Greenovi · Sfax · 2026
Turning field realities into viable projects.
Facilitation, collective intelligence and green business-model development.
Field notes
Ideas tested against implementation.
Entrepreneurship ecosystems · 01
How university entrepreneurship systems survive beyond projects
Institutional design lessons from long-term work across student entrepreneurship and international programmes.
Read the insight →Technology transfer · 02
University–industry collaboration needs mechanisms, not slogans
Why interfaces, roles, incentives and capability transfer matter more than one-off partnership events.
Read the insight →Institutional capability · 03
What should remain when external funding ends?
A practical way to assess whether a development project created transferable institutional capability.
Read the insight →Working on an institutional challenge?
Share the context, location, expected role and indicative timeframe.