eue-net: european university-enterprise network
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European University-Enterprise Network. EUE-Net: European University-Enterprise Network. Doru TALABA, Professor, University Transilvania of Brasov, Romania Project coordinator. EUI-Net has finished Long life to the new project ď¨ EUE-Net !. A general idea 71 partners at start - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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EUE-Net: European University-Enterprise Network
European University-Enterprise Network
Doru TALABA, Professor, University Transilvania of Brasov, RomaniaProject coordinator
Doru Talaba
EUI-Net has finished
Long life to the new project EUE-Net !
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EUI-Net⢠A general idea ⢠71 partners at startThe âjourneyâ â A very successful project
â 3 Conferences, research and Tuning studiesâ 5 books published, â databases, â dissemination and exceptional visibility (notoriety in Europe)â Legal body with seat at Brussels
⢠The most important output the new project agenda and a new, more focused approach EUE-Net
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EUE-Net
⢠52 partners⢠Building on the previous EUI-Net experience⢠More attention to enterprises: not only large but also
SMEâs and and micro-enterprises⢠Slightly increased budget⢠Using instruments that proved effective in EUI-Net:
the Annual Conferences, brainstorming meetings, a Tuning methodology on Entrepreneurship
⢠A strategy derived directly from Lisbon agenda
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Lisbon agendaA simple model Growth-Jobs-Knowledge (creation, innovation, transfer)
Enterprises Graduate Universities
Cooperation
⢠Demonstrates the crucial importance of U-E cooperation
⢠Cooperation graduate !⢠EUE-Net addresses this challenge systematically
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University Graduate the vector of University-Enterprise cooperation
⢠Knowledge carrier (millions of vectors annually in Europe transferring knowledge from University to the Enterprise sector)
⢠Current situation:
University period
Graduate professional evolution and lifeProfessional efficiency
(employment, entrepreneur etc) (No accompaniment) âDead valleyâ
The main cooperation area â at the border !
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Three areas of cooperation
The three dimensional approach of EUE-Net â Three corresponding projects - the new project action lines !
University periodGraduate professional evolution and life
Professional efficiency
University extension
Entreprise extension
Practical placement of students
Employment mediationCareer
DevelopmentOffices - CDOâs
Feedback from
Enterprises
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EUE-Net axis 1: Q-PlaNetQuality of practical placements
⢠Background:â Practical placement â not enough regulated (U&E)â Best practice: local U-E arrangementsâ Increased mobility (Erasmus, Leonardo etc) â no arrangement,
difficult to set up⢠Urgent need: the two systems need to interact
â Ideally â the 2 systems must integrate Practical Placement of students in their current Quality Systems !!
⢠EUE-Net current action â Quality Standards and âEuropean Network of Regional Reference Centresâ for PP
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EUE-Net axis 2: Network of Career Development Offices (CDO-Net)
â Local actorsâ Maintain databases of graduates or students approaching graduation and
available positions in enterprisesâ Usually 5000-20000 recordsâ Several hunderds of CDOâs in Europe
⢠CDOâs are the natural job mediators between U-E⢠EUE-Net goal: European Network of CDOâs
â Globalisation of mediation at European scaleâ Assembled database: European barometer of employment needs and
qualifications available (matching offer and demand)
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EUE-Net axis 3: Enterprenaut
⢠Background: â In Europe only 40% of students think about creation of their own
business after graduation (60% in USA)â Entrepreneurship is not yet a generic skill (and general subject in the
curricula)⢠Two EUE-Net experiments at European scale:
â Defining and promotion of Entrepreneurship in University: Tailored offer to entrepreneurs, massively integrating recognition of non-formal and informal learning
â Promotion of mobility of entrepreneurs within University (Enterprenaut)
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Two experimental Entreprenaut mobility flows developed under EUI-Net
⢠Partners: Entrepreneurs from Brussels and Bresciaâ Host: University Transilvania of Brasov
⢠Duration: 1 week. Content:⢠Attending some classes with students (see what and how is taught )⢠Giving some lectures with academics (âlearning by doingâ, âlearning by
teachingâ)⢠Language training⢠Sketch of their business expansion with selected students⢠Follow up (in May â July â07): linked student mobility⢠Expected result: students will create their own job or business, entrepreneurs
accumulating formal University transferable credits⢠Positive feedback from the entrepreneurs â but no follow up
(out of EUI-Nte scope !)⢠Long term target: Tailored training offers for entrepreneurs,
massive non-formal and informal learning
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EUE-Net projects
⢠For each axis a project under preparation for LLL⢠EUE-Net â is providing the full European coverage
and support⢠The projects â a slightly reduced but more
operational partnership
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Lessons learned⢠University-Enterprise cooperation - very complex issue⢠Only graduates taken into consideration. What about
research and Innovation ?â Some instruments already in place by DG Enterprise
Research (IRCâs, CRAFT, COST,etc)⢠Unless an official European framework for U-E
cooperation is established, U-E cooperation will remain scattered, just as result of occasional projects like EUI-Net
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â Institutional building and systemic approach. â Powerful instruments and substantial framework creation
⢠Standards and guidelines - for example proposal of an improvement of ISO 9000 with a new type of procedure: cooperative procedure (e.g. for Student placements)
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EUE-Net Action Lines
⢠Veritable projects on their own⢠Efforts ongoing to promote projects with the
extended ideas⢠Next opportunity â new 2008 LLL call with deadline
at the end of Feb⢠Interest growing also at DG Enterprise and DG
Research (FP7) on the topic
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7 WORK-PACKAGES:
1. Quality of practical placements (Q-Planet)2. European Network of Career Development Offices
(CDO-Net)3. Tuning study on Entrepreneurship4. Entrepreneurial mobility scheme (Enterprenaut)5. Dissemination 6. Network expansion (China ?)7. Project management
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AVAILABLE RESOURCES
⢠Project budget⢠600 KEuro (total)⢠450 KEuro (EU funding compared with 336K EUI-Net)⢠Again 100% funding for travel and subsistence⢠A lot of staff cost need again to be declared to justify the
co-financingHOWEVER⢠Better and more clear (thus easy to produce) outputs
promised compared to EUI-Net⢠Further funding expected through complementary projects
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EXPECTED OUTPUTS
⢠EUE-Net standard (guidelines) on PPS⢠A core CDO Network and a unified database ⢠Tuning book on Entrepreneurship⢠Entrepreneurship mobility experiment and report⢠Guidelines for a European programme on
Entrepreneurship mobility⢠Conference proceedings, website, Newsletters ⢠EUE-Net Agenda 2010-2013
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Conclusions
⢠EUE-Net is still a small initiative compared to the complexity and dimensions of the U-E cooperation matter
⢠It identified however the targets and the necessary framework to reach them
⢠Could be the starting point for a well dimensioned European approach
⢠New partnership within the Network for new project encouraged and supported via our lobby
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First EUE-Net meeting
⢠Devoted to the first Action Line Practical Placements of Students (PPS)
Why PPS is the first AL for EUE-Net ?
BECAUSE:
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Practical placement
âŚBecause:⢠Is one of the most important component of the curriculum â
yet it is planned in the most approximated way !⢠Is IMPOSSIBLE without U-E cooperation ⢠There is no procedure defined at European level to
integrate COOPERATION and serve as source for the procedures in U and in E !
⢠It involves a new type of procedure totally unknown in todayâs ISO 9000 cooperative procedure - how to solve this ???
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Our mission⢠To elaborate a framework for the DESIGN, PLANNING,
ORGANIZING and ASSESSING PPS outputs, to become a standard in Europe and a model at International level.OUTPUT: PPS Detailed PPS life cycle stages
⢠To define and promote a EUROPEAN STANDARD for the cooperative activities of the two actors (U-E) with clear responsibilities to be integrated into their respective QA systems OUTPUT: clear responsibilities among the 2 actors for each step above â not responsibility left âin betweenâ to no one
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Our mission (2)
⢠To promote this model in Europe through â the European Commissionâ a European (or even ISO) standard on PPS
⢠First stage: the conference in Romeâ All views and experiences inside the network presented â Collected into proceedings
⢠Second stage: the present workshopâ A synthetic approach expectedâ More focused contributions to define a EUE-Net proposed model as
explained aboveâ Extended debates (time allocated = time for presentations)
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For Speakers
⢠As a conclusion of your cases try to answer some fundamental question:â What is a âcooperative procedureâ ?â Could such âthingâ exist or is it a non-sense ???â Are there âfeaturesâ of âa cooperative procedureâ
illustrated in my case ? â For which stage of the PPS Life Cycle (DESIGN,
PLANNING, ORGANIZING or ASSESSING PPS) ?