Discussion groupGrowth strategy

Outcomes

+Proposal

Presidents’ MeetingBucharest

» Outcomes

• Question 1: worldwide organisation?• Conquering the world: no• Slowly extending to North-Africa: maybe

• Question 2: more international partners?• Slowly increase the amount• Get to know each other very well before• Clear purpose for cooperation

» Outcomes

• Question 3: Should BEST be more pro-active towards target countries?

• Cities without a bonding group• No problem to promote• Long list of possible ways to create

awareness

• Cities with a bonding group• More discussions with bonding are

needed

» Situation

• CO.R.E• “BEST should not be pro-active in

approaching universities”22-G-CP-STG-017

• Situation• Not clear what is allowed and what not• Today: pro-active towards cities and

countries where there is a BEST group• You want it!

» Proposal

• In the last

» Question 1

In 10 years, should BEST consider to be a worldwide

organisation?

» Worldwide organisations?

• Partner with CFES• International Engineering Competition• Joint Event on Education • Exchange of participants

• Contact with other organisations in the past• Australia• New Zeeland• India• …

» Question 2

Would BEST benefit from having more partners in other

continents?

» Growth of BEST: history

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» Growth of BEST: history

• Statistics since 2000• On average:

• 3.5 new LBGs per year• 1.1 new countries per year

•The future:• 48 countries in Europe18 years to cover Europe• 195 countries in the world165 years to cover the world

» Countries without BEST• In order of amount of inhabitants

• Germany (82,369,548 ppl )• United Kingdom (60,441,000 ppl)• Belarus (9,799,000 ppl) • Switzerland (7,489,000 ppl)• Bosnia & Herzegovina (4,590,310 ppl)• Ireland (4,016,000 ppl)• Albania (3,619,778 ppl)

• Azerbaijan (8,177,717 – considered case by case)• Georgia (4,677,000 - considered case by case)• Armenia (2,968,586 - considered case by case)

» C.O.RE.

• “Groups from countries where BEST is not present yet should have priority”

22-G-CP-STG-017

•“BEST should not be pro-active in approaching universities”

22-G-CP-STG-017

» Question 3

Should BEST be more pro-active towards growth in target

countries?

» Thank you for your attention

Questions?