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Session Overview
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Utrecht sb- francisco marmolejo
1. Universities as engines
for the development of
their regions:
Lessons from the OECD work
IAU conference
Utrecht,17 July 2008
Jaana Puukka, OECD/IMHE
Francisco Marmolejo, CONAHEC
2. Contents
• OECD reviews of HE in regional development
• How to mobilise higher education for their regions:
Good practice examples
• Barriers to Engagement
• Pointers for the future: for government, regions and
universities
4. With globalisation, the comparative
advantage of regions that can create
the best conditions for growth and
development is increasing.
…High technology companies, once tied
to their locations, can now move their
production to anywhere in the world.
… But to stay competitive, key parts of their
operations need to be based in knowledge and
innovation-intensive regions …..
5. To Be Globally Competitive Countries
Need to Invest in their Innovation
Systems and human capital development
not only at the national, but also regional
level
… Universities and other higher
education institutions can play a key role
in Regional Innovation Systems and
Human Capital Formation…..
6. Challenges to universities
New frontiers in research
Public Service Decreasing Funding
An increasingly complex environment for
higher education institutions
Pressure from What and how to
University Rankings teach?
Market pressures
Increased Accountability
Governance
7. OECD reviews of HE in regions
• 14 regions in 12 countries (incl. one cross-border region) established
a steering committee with representatives from HEIs, public and
private sectors . They carried out self-evaluation and were reviewed
by international expert team .
8. Participants
• Australia (Sunshine-Fraser Coast)
• Brazil (Northern Paraná)
• Canada (Atlantic Canada)
• Denmark (Jutland-Funen)
• Denmark-Sweden (Öresund)
• Finland (Jyväskylä region)
• Korea (Busan)
• Mexico (State of Nuevo León)
• Netherlands (Twente)
• Norway (Trøndelag, Mid-Norway)
• Spain (autonomous regions of Valencia and Canary
Islands)
• Sweden (Värmland)
• UK (the North East of England)
12. What was learnt?
• Regional engagement of universities is often based on
short term project funding and generic growth. It lacks
systematic processes and structures ; There is limited co-
operation among HEIs and btw HEIs and stakeholders
• Most countries invest in making universities engines for
high tech based innovation; But innovation is also
incremental: low tech fields innovate too
• Only few universities have gained income through
patents and commercialisation: Open science could
enhance innovation by reducing the costs of knowledge
transfer
• Policy focus on few high technology fields, while 70% of
OECD workforce is in the service sector. Cultural
industries becoming a major driver globally, accounting
for 7% of GDP and growing at 10% annually
13. …building on existing competitive advantage can make a
difference…
In Castellon, Valencia, Universidad Jaume I is
recognised as a world leader R&D in the tile
industry.
It has helped to transform the region’s
traditional industry. The growth is built on
technology transfer, spin-offs and upgrading
of existing technologies.
– Today, Valencia is a global leader in the tiles
and ceramics industry.
Source: the Valencia Region SER
14. …Localising the learning process can be an effective way
to engage students into “knowledge transfer on legs”
In Aalborg University, Denmark, up to 50%
of the study work consists of problem-
oriented project work: students work in
teams to solve problems which have been
identified in co-operation with firms, public
organisations and other institutions.
At any one time there are 2000-3000
ongoing projects that ensure the
university’s engagement with the
surrounding society.
Source: the Jutland-Funen SER
15. In Central Finland, Jyväskylä University of Applied
Sciences has helped to rehabilitate 800 long term
unemployed back to working life with a wide range of
physical and social rehabilitation measures, partly
delivered through the student training centre.
Source: The Jyväskylä region SER
In the North East of
England, the 5 HEIs use In Mexico, all university
sports as a means to widen students are obliged to do
access to HE, to raise 480 hours community work.
aspirations and to enhance In Monterrey University
social cohesion within the Social Service is geared
excluded communities. towards addressing the
Source: the NE England SER needs of the community.
Source: the Nuevo Leon SER
16. Systematic Approach to Industry
…Creating a one-stop-shop for industry contacts
In the North East of England, the 5 HEIs have
set up Knowledge House to help companies access
university skills, expertise and specialist services.
KH offers expert solutions for developing ideas
and solving problems through collaboration,
consultancy, training and R&D.
KH receives 1000 enquiries from client companies
and delivers around 200 client contracts on an
annual basis. Business growth is 25%. The cradle-
to-grave service stretches from the receipt of
enquiries to delivery and post-completion
evaluation.
Source: the NE England SER
17. Barriers to engagement
National Regional Institutional
Uncoordinated HE, Fragmented local Weak management,
S&T and territorial govs, weak leadership lack of
policy entrepreneurial
culture
Limits to HEIs’ Intraregional and Tensions between
autonomy interinstitutional regional engagement
competition & academic
excellence
Limited incentives to HEIs not part of Lack of incentives to
HEIs strategy work and individuals
implementation
18. Pointers for governments
• Make regional engagement explicit in HE legislation
• Strengthen institutional autonomy (human, financial
and estate resources) and provide funding incentives
• Develop indicators and monitor outcomes
• Require HEI governance to involve regional
stakeholders; encourage the participation of HEIs in
regional governance
• Support collaboration between HEIs and mobilise
resources for joint regional and urban strategies
• Provide a more supportive environment for university-
enterprise co-operation
• Focus on human capital development
19. Pointers for regional authorities
• Establish a permanent partnership structure of key
stakeholders from local and regional authorities,
business and industry, the community and higher
education
• Mobilise the resources of HEIs in the preparation and
implementation of regional and urban strategies
• Invest jointly with HEIs in programmes which bring
benefit to regional business and community
20. Pointers for HEIs
• Mainstream regional economic, social and cultural
engagement into the core missions of teaching and
research
• Revisit the mission statement, strategies and goals;
monitor results and provide incentives
• Develop senior management teams, a regional
development office and facilitators
• Establish modern administration with HR and financial
resources management systems: Review recruitment,
hiring and reward systems.
• Establish partnership organisations between HEIs
21. All reports published at
www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
Contact
jaana.puukka@oecd.org
22. 2nd phase of reviews will take place in
2008-2010
Focus on City-Regions and rapidly developing economies:
Berlin, Barcelona, Campinas, Dublin...
More information on
www.oecd.org/edu/higher/regionaldevelopment
23. Jaana Puukka Francisco Marmolejo
Analyst OECD/IMHE Executive Director
2, rue Andre Pascal CONAHEC - University of Arizona
75775 Paris Cedex 16 220 W. Sixth Street
France Tucson, AZ 85721-0300 USA
Tel. +33 1 45 24 16 61 Tel. +1 (520) 621-9080
jaana.puukka@oecd.org
fmarmole@email.arizona.edu
http://www.oecd.org/edu/higher
http://conahec.org
