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UNICA Rectors’ Seminar
University-business
collaboration
Our Network
45 National Chamber
Organisations, and
1 Transnational Chamber
Organisation
+1,706
THE
NETWORK
Chambers of Commerce
+19,860,565
Enterprises
120,000,000
Employees
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Our members
45 National Chamber Organisations and
One Transnational Association
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EU 27: 994 Chambers of Commerce
Malta
1
Luxembourg
1
Latvia
1
Estonia
1
Portugal
1
Denmark
1
Lithuania
5
Cyprus
5
Mandatory Affiliation
Sw eden
8
Austria
9
Slovenia
Voluntary Affiliation
13
Finland
19
Belgium
16
Netherlands
21
Hungary
23
Bulgaria
28
Romania
49
Poland
54
Greece
59
Ireland
60
UK
69
Czech Republic
76
Germany
81
Spain
95
Italy
122
France
175
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200
Number of Chambers
NON EU: 712 Chambers of Commerce
Iceland
1
Moldova
1
Azerbaijan
1
Montenegro
1
Mandatory Affiliation
Voluntary Affiliation
Israel
6
Georgia
6
11
Armenia
Norway
15
FYR of Macedonia
15
Bosnia-Herzegovina
18
Switzerland
19
Serbia
19
Croatia
20
27
Ukraine
12
Albania
Belarus
1
173
Russian federation
366
Turkey
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Number of Chambers
350
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Our Business Community
• 19.9 mln member companies
• of which 99% are SMEs
• 97% < 50 employees
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Some figures/ Education & training
•
2.7 million people trained per year,
including 1.9 million young and 800 000
adults in life long learning courses
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More than 1,000 training centres managed
by European Chambers.
•
17,000 teachers, professors, and trainers.
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Some Figures/ Education & training
• In nearly 95% of European Chambers,
businesses are involved in determining the
educational content provided.
• In some countries, Chambers of commerce
and Industry are the second most
important provider of training after the
public sector.
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Chambers’ involvement in
academia-business cooperation
2 best practice examples...
• Austrian ‘Fachhochschulen’ ( WIFIWKÖ)
 demand and acceptance analyses are
a prerequisite for accreditation of the
programmes
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Austrian ‘Fachhochschulen’( WIFI-WKÖ)
 business representatives as “consultants”
on content and pedagogical orientation of
the programmes
business representatives in the board and
councils of the “Fachhochschule”
Students write their final thesis often with
the company, mandatory placements
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Grandes Ecoles ( Paris chamber of
Commerce)
 CEOs contribute to the design and to the
follow-up of the strategy of the 12 educational
institutions
Each one of them is chaired by a CEO and
managed by a board composed of CEOs.
Advice on content and pedagogical orientation
of the programmes
89% of students are hired within 6 months
after graduation.
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What do companies expect from
a collaboration with Universities?
• Keep up with research developments
• Access to special knowledge
• Building networks
• Meet potential future employees
• Reputation for company to cooperate with
• University (HE- institution)
• Possibility to advice on curricula better
qualified personnel
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Challenges
• Companies ‘think’ in competences,
Universities in qualifications or diplomas
• Different planning horizons ( short term
versus long term, universities not always
able to respond)
• Different expectations, lack of trust
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Challenges
• Universities too much focused on
knowledge and not on skills (
consequence: industry develops own
supply of training as response to lacking
skills)
• Legal status of universities/ ( Autonomy
in Administration/ Finances)
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Recommendations
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Accurate dialogue between universities and
business guarantees employability of
graduates.
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Opening governance structure of universities
to the world of business ( it’s about synergies
not about managing universities like
enterprises)
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Set up platforms/ networks with SMEs
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Encourage initiatives for start-up business
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Recommendations
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Joint exploration of curriculum requirement
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Guidance and counselling together with
companies
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Guest lecturing from business side
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Keep in touch with alumnis for identifying
skills needs
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Human resource policy is key- it’s all about
people
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Conclusions
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Strategic alliance between universities and
business should be in the interest
of...students!
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Human Resource management is key:
appointed persons at university level who are
in charge of university-business cooperation
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Thank you for your attention!
 Contact us:
EUROCHAMBRES
Association of European Chambers of Commerce
and Industry
Avenue des Arts 19 A/D
1000 Brussels-Belgium
http://www.eurochambres.eu
Mail: Margarete Rudzki
[email protected]
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