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Presenting the Rotterdam region

Presentation to the

OECD/IMHE Launch workshop

Monique de Knegt

September 10th 2008

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I will tell you about Rotterdam’s:

• Demographics

• Economical clusters

• Higher Education

• Policy ambitions

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The Rotterdam region

Demographics

• City 600,000 people

• 174 nationalities

• 28% between 10 - 29 years old

• Region 1,2 million people

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Economical clusters

• Port & industrial complex> 75.000 employees

• Health care & medical industries> 95.000 employees

• Creative industries> 12.000 employees

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Port of Rotterdam

Biggest seaport in Europe

• 400 million tonnes of goods

• Hub of international goods flows

Industrial complex of global stature

• Energy industries

• Chemical industries

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Port of Rotterdam

Ambition: centre of port innovation worldwide

• sustainability

• livability

• accessibility

• management

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Health care & medical industries

World top in life science

• Erasmus medical centre

• Research & development

Medical instruments & supplies

Health insurance

Pharmaceuticals

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Creative industries

World top in Architecture

Design

Audiovisual industries

New media (gaming industries)

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Rotterdam has 4 universities within its region

• 2 research universities

- Erasmus University

- Technical University Delft

• 2 applied science universities

- InHolland University

- Rotterdam University

Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

Fields of expertise

• Economics and Management

• Medicine and Health

• Social Sciences and Law

Erasmus University Rotterdam

24.000 students in

• Erasmus School of Economics

• Rotterdam School of Management

• Erasmus Medical Center

• Faculty of Social Sciences

• Erasmus School of Law

• Faculty of Philosophy

• Faculty of History and Arts

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

Research

• Basic research + PhD programs

• Society-related and –driven

• Four multidisciplinary initiatives:

- Social Innovation

- Economics of Health

- Monitoring and compliance

- The aging population

• Contract research

External stakeholders

financial support

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Technical University Delft

14.000 students in the Faculties of

• Architecture

• Civil Engineering & Geosciences

• Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science

• Industrial Design Engineering

• Aerospace Engineering

• Technology, Policy and Management

• Applied Sciences

• Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering

Technical University Delft

Research:

• Basic research + PhD programs

• Innovative, durable and environment-friendly technology

• 13 multidisciplinary research centres a.o.:

- Sustainable energy

- Water management

- Sustainable industrial processes

- Life Science and Technology

- Sustainable urban areas

• Contract research

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Rotterdam University

26,000 students in the Schools of:

• Engineering

• Built Environment

• ICT and Media

• Economics

• Fine Arts

• Social Science

• Health Sciences

• Education

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InHolland University

9.000 students in the Schools of:

• Economics

• Social Science

• Law

• Education

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Rotterdam

• Is an economy in transition

• From port economy

• To knowledge economy

• And services economy

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Rotterdam

• Has a lot of talented people

• Has a very diverse population

• Has a very young population

• Has a relatively low educated work force

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Rotterdam aspires to:

• Speed up the economic transition

• Stimulate an innovative business climate

• Improve the accessibility of city and port

• Improve the educational level

• Improve the liveability of the city

• Restructure large parts of the city

We hope that this review

will give us means

to contribute to these aspirations

for the economic development

of our region

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