Doru Talaba President of EUE-Net – European University Enterprise Network

Workshop on Higher Education and Adult Education, Brussels, 27-28 September 2010

Regional development and the role of enterprises on strengthening the linkage

between higher education and adult learning

Doru Talaba

President of EUE-Net – European University Enterprise Network


Content

• Role of Universities in Adult Learning

• Role of Universities

• Regional development

• Case study: Digital cities

• Possible ideas for AE in Regional context

• Conclusions


Role of Universities in Adult learning

Traditional role of Universities– Research (producing knowledge)– Applied research – identifying applications – Innovation – applying research in society– Teaching – mass dissemination of knowledge– New technologies often generate exclusion– ICT age Permanent increase of technological

illiteracy


Adult Learning

Target groups• People at risk, excluded• Usual topics for AE: literacy, basic skills, second

chance etc• Largely outside the academic world• Nevertheless: the research is producing exclusion !Universities have to produce without “side effects”,

or at least to neutralize themResponsible University “Clean knowledge”


Regional development

• Crucial issues:– Technological [r]evolution (mainly ICT) versus:

• Rural development and remote, isolated areas• Social inclusion governing and communication with people• Ageing and life of elderly people

– Cultural heritage– Durable development

• Social partners, enterprises and entrepreneurs heavily involved

• What is needed: Leadership attitude to assembly partnerships


Regional context• Regions responsible for both: progress

and life quality of citizens: more inclusive approach

• Regional innovation projects– Projects involving Universities, local

authorities and enterprises– Usually implementing advanced Research

Concepts

• Should combat exclusion include naturally an AE component


An example: Digital cities project

• Transfer of good practice in ICT adoption• from advanced EU regions towards less advanced

regions• Partners:

– Municipality of Trikala, – NT Univ Athens, – Univ Transilvania of Brasov, Mun. Brasov– Mun Jesenik (Czech Republik)– Almere (NL)– Mun Manchester,– Mun Paralimni (Cyprus)

• Framework: INTERREG IVC programme


Digital cities- a modern concept

Municipality


How it works

• Over 75 Best practices identified, classified and described• A long series of Training workshops• “Best practices” in the form of complete project

descriptions• Partners could choose, adapt• Regional Brokerage event within workshops to push

partnerships As a result: many major regional projects under

preparation


Role of enterprises

• Feed the system• Maintain the business and create new jobs• Continuous adaptation to the technological

challenges• Integrate into the Regional plans

– Durable development– Cultural, traditions etc


Role of Universities

• Assume Adult learning to minimize exclusion !• Involve Adult learning as an ubiquitous part of the

Regional development• Animate International Entrepreneurship by

exploiting their international connections • Deliver advanced training needed to leverage the

Regional project: Leadership


Leadership• Main competences:

– Showing the way in unpredictable times– at the same time effectively running and controlling a

business.• Model behaviour: show others how it is done• Ideal leader: a genius with a combination of

antique military leader, a Nobel Laureate in physics and TV showman.

• Real leaders: simply create projects and environments that drive performance.


Everybody needs to learn leadership

• Initial education potential leaders – need to learn they have native skills – identify what is missing– then learn to become the leaders they could be

• Adult education Existing leaders – need to learn WHY are they leaders– Learn what they miss– Avoid to become the leaders they cannot be !


How to engage

• Training in new, attractive areas (e.g leadership)• Univ should initiate pilot regional development

projects !• Possible pilot projects:

– rare crafts promotion– rural development: bio and eco products, ICT adoption– events: business fairs, recruitment– Research results promotion, patents exhibitions


Scope for adult training

Possible ideas:– Promoting U-E cooperation in isolated and remote

environments should be leveragedExample: training and consultancy on how to design and

promote a development project in remote villages • Developing the project• where to find funding• what are the actors and requirements • how to involve target groups etc

– Cultural heritage – rare crafts at regional and national lvl


Example

Japan: National treasures• Elder craft people • National Grant for life:

– Maintain the business– Hiring a young person committed to take-up and

continuation of the rare craft


Rare craft model Leadership ?

• Possible AE programmes/projects: Trans-national mobility of retired leaders

– 2-6 month counseling an active leader– A huge network of connections and experience

transplanted in a totally new place– High European dimension

• Roe of Universities: to initiate and drive such programs


EUE-Net

• An Erasmus Network for University Enterprise cooperation

• Founded in 2004– Practical placement of students– Career Development– Teaching entrepreneurship and bi-directional Mobility

schemes between U-E• A new Agenda for 2010-2013:


EUE-Net

• Two new lines of Agenda 2013– Leadership

• Leadership a training for Adults• A MUST to boost entrepreneurship

– International Entrepreneurship• Universities bringing into the Regional context its international

connections• Initiate and animate inter-Regional development projects –

push leadership• Organize transfer of best practice – multiply Digital Cities

project model


EUE-Net 2010-2013

• No more just an Erasmus project• An independent Network with seat in Brussels,

activity and strategies• 7th EUE-Net Conference in 2011 in Reykjavik,

Iceland– Consolidation of the existing action lines (Student

placements and Career guidance)– Launch of the new lines

• Leadership and Adult • International Enterpreneurship


• Target group: excluded people need to be carefully identified

• Are we not excluding some of the excluded ??Approach Needed:

– Enlarge target group– Institutional building and systemic approach. – Powerful instruments and substantial framework creation by

implementing μprojects programmes– Ubiquitous Adult Learning within regional and inter-regional

development programmes– Leadership !

Conclusions:


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