© 2006 – UNICA & exquisse.com Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe Presentation...

© 2006 – UNICA & exquisse.com

Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe

Presentation and proposal for cooperation to the 46th UCEU General Assembly

Ljubljana, September 2006

byProf. Pierre de MARET

University of Brussels – Past RectorUNICA – Steering Commitee

European University Association – Board


General Presentation

Institutional Network of UNIversities from the CApitals of Europe

One of the major institutional academic networks in Europe andin the world

Created in 1990

41 member universities

From the Capitals of 32 European countries

130,000 staff

1,500,000 students


41 universities41 universities

All around Europe!All around Europe!


ALBANIA Polytechnic of Tirana IRELAND University College Dublin

University of Tirana ITALY Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”

AUSTRIA University of Wien Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

BELGIUM Université Libre de Bruxelles Università degli Studi di Roma III

Vrije Universiteit Brussel LATVIA University of Latvia (Riga)

BULGARIA Sophia University of St.Kliment Oshridi LITUANIA University of Vilnius

CROATIA University of Zagreb MACEDONIA S. Cyril & Methodius University of Skopje

CYPRUS University of Cyprus (Nicosia)THE NETHERLANDS Universiteit van Amsterdam

CZECH REPUBLIC Charles University (Prague) NORWAY University of Oslo

DANEMARK University of Copenhagen POLAND Warsaw University

ESTONIA Tallinn University of Technology PORTUGAL Universidade Nova de Lisboa

FINLAND University of Helsinki ROMANIA Universitatea Bucuresti

FRANCE Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris) RUSSIA Lomonosov Moscow State University

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris) SLOVEKIA Comenius University of Bratislava

Université Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris) SLOVENIA University of Ljubljana

Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris) SPAIN Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

GERMANY Freie Universität Berlin Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin SWEDEN Stockholm University

GREECENational & Capodistrian University of Athen SWITZERLAND Université de Lausanne

HUNGARY Eötvös Loránd University of BudapestUNITED KINGDOM University College London

ICELAND University of Iceland (Reykjavík)

Member universities


Mission

To promote academic excellence, integration & co-operation between member universities

To be a driving force in the development of the Bologna process

To facilitate the integration of universities from Central and Eastern Europe into the EHEA


Activities

Internationalisation & Mobility

Student mobility

International Relations Officers

Staff mobility

UNICA Chair

Student Conference Berlin 2000, London 2002, Amsterdam 2004, Paris 2006 « University – City – Citizenship »

Education

Bologna Laboratory

Joint Degrees (4 cities, Multilinguism, Cognitive Sciences, European Civil Societies, Democracies & governance)

Diploma Supplement

Diploma Recognition / Admission & Credential Evaluation


Activities

Research & Development

EU Research Liaison Officers

Ph D Officers

Science Park & Incubator

Policy & Strategy

Contacts with EU and others

Rectors Seminar

Scholarly Communication, Librairies

Contacts with other networks

Service to the Community

Urban Capital Issues

Equal Opportunities & Disability

Public Health


Universities’ Third Mission

Traditionally, universities focused on teaching and research.

Now, they are being urged to become better neighbours and citizens by engaging with the local community.

Engagement is becoming a core value for universities


Universities’ Fourth Mission

Income generation

Job creation

Universities have become a key player of the knowledge economy

Creativity is a driving force of economic growth


The “Town & Gown” Relationship

A centuries-old relationship with its ups & downs

Is the University a nuisance or an asset ?

Universities are: a major employer

a major contributor to the city economy, both directly and indirectly : research and spending (rent, consumer goods, food and drinks, real estate, taxes, etc.)

a major provider of Health Care (Hospital)

a major contributor to cultural life & sports

Higher Education is becoming a major export business

In London, foreign students alone contribute € 1,2 billion to the economy every year.

Higher Education generates a total amount of € 6 billion a year in London

Universities contribue significantly to the identity, the quality of life and the image of the City


Bologna & Lisbon

The Bologna Process:

The Lisbon Strategy:

1999 Governmental push for convergence

implementation in Universities across Europe

EHEA by 2010

45 countries

to make Europe the most competitive knowledge based society

But also « capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion »

Also by 2010

EU 25 countries

Universities are central actors to reach the EHEA and Lisbon goals


Europe in the Creative Age

Major conclusions of Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli study (2004)

Tolerance is a pillar of creative competitiveness

Dynamic knowledge-economies DO NOT beget social cohesion

rather

Social cohesion can beget dynamic knowlege-economies

Growing cultural and ethnic diversity

Need to move from a limited conception of tolerance as mutual non-interference toward a more active creation of social trust in fluid, pluralized societies


Europe in the Creative Age

The locus of competitiveness is the city-region (not the nation or the firm)

If city-regions are going to drive ‘growth’ and ‘renewal’,

need to refashion governance to reflect their need on everything from universities to connectivity

How do the capitals cities provide for the needs of their University ?

How do the University provide for the needs of their Capital cities ?


Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters

What type of cities are creative ?

What locational factors are essentiel ?

What are the common urban policy initiatives used by creative cities ?

Major conclusions of Wu study (2005)

Key questions :

Empirical investigations in Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Austin, Washington DC, Dublin, Hong Kong, Bangalore


Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters

◊ Large cities and regions with many opportunities

◊ Universities play a major role in catalyzing the local economy by:

Conclusions of W. Wu study :

Factors contributing to the clustering of creative industries:

1. generating cutting-edge research findings

2. pro-actively collaborating with industries

3. Supplying the needed human capital

◊ Critical role played by public policy in fostering a technology sector in the city


Type of support given by European capitals to their universities

Student support

grant for SOCRATES students (Paris)

student placements at universities in « sister cities » (Nicosia)

Scholarship (Tallin)

for Professor (Brussels, Helsinki, Lausanne, Stockholm)

Chair

Research of interest for the City

urban studies, public management, etc. (Zagreb, Reykjavík, Roma, Riga, Stockholm, Tallin, Prague)

Financial support of HE Vienna, Stockholm

Renting land Bratislava, Tallin

Knowledge dissemination Brussels

A scoreboard will be produced by UNICA

Continuing Education Tallin

Joint Company Helsinki



Capitals Student Support Chair Research Financial Real Estate Others

Amsterdam

Athens

Berlin

Bratislava

Brussels

Budapest

Bucarest

Copenhagen

Dublin

Helsinki

Lausanne

Lisbon

Ljubljana

London

Madrid



Capitals Student Support Chair Research Financial Real Estate Others

Moscow

Nicosia

Oslo

Paris

Prague

Reykjavik

Riga

Rome

Skopje

Sofia

Stockholm

Tallin

Tirana

Vienna

Vilnius

Warsaw

Zagreb


UCEU – UNICA Proposal for cooperation

to foster cooperation between Capitals and universities

to learn from each other

to identify creative ways to support creativity and innovation

Create a joint working group


for more information :

www.ulb.ac.be/unica/

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