educational institutions and smes – cooperation makes both parties stronger juhapekka suutarinen...
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Educational Institutions and SMEs – Cooperation Makes Both Parties Stronger
Juhapekka Suutarinen
Adviser, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
International seminar in Tirana, Albania
February 2-3, 2012
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Educational Institutions and SMEs:contentsEducational Institutions and SMEs:contents
• Framework: Education system in Finland• Forms / models of collaboration on different levels of the system• Examples:
– Basic education: Corporate Village (“Yrityskylä”)
– Vocational training or polytechnics: InnoOmnia
– Universities: Aalto Design Factory, Muova
• Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes) - a start-up engine for student entrepreneurs
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Education system in FinlandEducation system in Finland
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Source: Finnish NationalBoard of Education
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Forms / models of collaboration on different phases of educationForms / models of collaboration on different phases of education
• Depending on the type of the educational institution, there are differences in the forms of collaboration with enterprises
‒ period of work experience in basic and upper secondary education
‒ on-the-job learning periods in vocational upper secondary education
‒ thesis preparation and apprenticeships in higher education
• The most common forms are:
• Collaboration more widespread in vocational than university education
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Good practices 1: Corporate Village(in Finnish: Yrityskylä)
Good practices 1: Corporate Village(in Finnish: Yrityskylä)
• Aimed at children at 5th or 6th grade in basic ed., the Village is an entity of studies giving pupils adult working-life roles for a day
‒ 500 m2 surface of removable wall elements
‒ 64 professions: mayor, bank clerk, childminder, HR manager, managing director, etc.
• Participants learn in a concrete way to work, use money and act as consumers
‒ 15 enterprises and public service offices
‒ Proper banking system with own debit cards for everyone
‒ Work is done in three shifts → always enough customers
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Views and feelings from the Corporate Village 2010(3 min video: needs connection to www)
Views and feelings from the Corporate Village 2010(3 min video: needs connection to www)
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Source: Economic Information Agency
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Good practices 2: InnoOmniaGood practices 2: InnoOmnia
• Locally operating unit at Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region (in southern Finland)
‒ Omnia offers vocational education, adult education, apprenticeship training and youth workshops
‒ provides premises for SMEs especially in handicraft and art
• InnoOmnia
‒ aims to increase cooperation with entrepreneurs and companies (expert groups, strategic regional working group)
‒ supports students’ cooperatives; coaches entrepreneurs and teachers as an incubator
‒ provides services for SMEs carried out by students
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Facts about Aalto UniversityFacts about Aalto University
• Created in 2010 through merger of three individual universities: the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology, and The University of Art and Design Helsinki
• 19 000 students, 4 300 staff members, 300 professors
• Combination of six schools offers new possibilities for strong multi-disciplinary education and research
• To date three major campuses of which two in Helsinki and the third one in Otaniemi, Espoo
• Smaller units in various cities around Finland
• Development of one main campus will start in 2013
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Good practices 3: Aalto Design FactoryGood practices 3: Aalto Design Factory
• Open environment for research and education on product development
‒ supports interdisciplinary and problem-based learning and research
• Factory’s architecture, operation models and methods inspire its users to encage in new forms of cooperation
‒ large prototype workshops, exhibition rooms, library and lounge area provide a multifunctional meeting point for users
‒ group work facilities and rooms designed to allow flexible use 24/7
‒ also companies may use them in the spirit of ‘open innovation’
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Good practices 4: MuovaGood practices 4: Muova
• Research and product development centre of Aalto University School of Architecture, Art and Design in Vaasa
• Specialists in problem-solving and developing innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business community
‒ clients include industrial producers, service providers and whole trades like the Finnish boat industry
• Operative since 1988, Muova has provided customer-specific solutions for a number of companies and organisations
‒ combines creative thinking with solid expertise to produce innovative results
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Aaltoes – a start-up engine for student entrepreneurs
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What is Aaltoes?What is Aaltoes?
• “The largest, most active community for young entrepreneurs in the whole of Europe”
• “Founded in 2008, Aaltoes has a community of over 100 startups and 50 experienced coaches”
• “Aaltoes is run by a team of some 50 students and researchers, learning by doing and eventually graduating to found new startups”
• “In practice, we organize events, pitching sessions, hackathons, startup conferences and two seed accelerator programs”
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Summer of StartupsSummer of Startups
• summer entrepreneurship program…– for students and researchers…
– with an early-stage business idea…
– from all around the Baltic Sea and the world
• During the 10-week program…– selected teams…
– get to work at Aalto Venture Garage in Otaniemi, Espoo…
– and receive coaching, feedback and access to the best serial entrepreneurs and mentors from the region
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Startup LifeStartup Life
• 3-7 -month trainee program…– for students and researchers of Aalto university…
– that takes them to intern…
– at the most interesting startup locations of the world
• The participants will…– work at a startup in Silicon Valley, Singapore, London or Tel Aviv
– receive a grant for their visa and stay
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Startup SaunaStartup Sauna
• Seed accelerator for early-stage startups in the Northern Europe and Russia
• Pushes the selected startups to develop to a stage where they are ready to take over the international markets
• 3-part program twice a year with– a one-day warmup / coaching session in leading startup cities of the
area
– a 6-week intensive training for the selected 15 teams at Aalto Venture Garage
– a visit to Silicon Valley for some of the most hardworking teams to meet investors, competitors and media
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Thank you for your attention!
This Presentation has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Commission. The views expressed herein are those of Bosmip 4 and can therefore in
no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Commission.