CNR-ULAVAL CANADA "When bilateralism approaches Research (Example of application of the triple helix model)"

The Joint International Research Unit (JIRU) between the CNR and the Laval University (ULAVAL) was born in 2016 with ambitious objectives related to the development of research projects, innovation and knowledge transfer in the emerging field of the biomolecular study of the microbiome. The creation of this important partnership between CNR-ULAVAL has gener-ated a new vision of international cooperation, useful to support an integrated approach that al-lows the development of a precompetitive Network model with an open system, involving the industrial world, the Institutions through a linear comparison (in this case Provincial and Feder-al), and the scientific community of the two countries. In short, Joint International Research Unit between the CNR and the Laval University is a concrete application of the Triple helix model with the difference that the players of the two countries work in a wide synergy to create a precompetitive development useful for improving the quality of the life (Dynamics across bor-ders).