Cooperation for Development @ Politecnico di Milano Emanuela Colombo (presented by Giancarlo...

Cooperation for Development @ Politecnico di Milano

Emanuela Colombo (presented by Giancarlo Spinelli)

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Cooperation4Development: overview

Cooperation for DevelopmentCooperation for Development

• External Context: Challenges and needs of cooperation• The Eight Goals of the Millennium• Logics of global Interdependence• Main Actors• University competences

• Internal Reasons: university cooperation• Cooperation and University:

• Vision and value added• mission • paths • Coordination

• Cooperation for Development @ Politecnico di Milano• Mandate, Vision and Mission • Reasons and shared Rationale• The opportunity of collaboration: Partners• The Challenge: renewing project making• Intervention Scopes, Methods and Results (2006 and 2007)

• Dissemination, Training, International and local Projects• Relationships and Partnerships: Institutional Committments• Research and Technology Transfer

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Cooperation4Development: overview

Cooperation for DevelopmentCooperation for Development

• External Context: Challenges and needs of cooperation• The Eight Goals of the Millennium• Logics of global Interdependence• Main Actors• University competences

• Internal Reasons: university cooperation• Cooperation and University:

• Vision and value added• mission • paths • Coordination

• Cooperation for Development @ Politecnico di Milano• Mandate, Vision and Mission • Reasons and shared Rationale• The opportunity of collaboration: Partners• The Challenge: renewing project making• Intervention Scopes, Methods and Results (2006 and 2007)

• Dissemination, Training, International and local Projects• Relationships and Partnerships: Institutional Committments• Research and Technology Transfer

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Cooperation4Development: challenges and needsCooperation4Development: challenges and needs

The 8 Goals Millennium MDGs and the frontiers of global development • multidisciplinary and complex tasks, challenge for all Mankind• strong partnerships are required

An INNOVATIVE model of Development able to preserve and integrate local culture and support Mankind in the path towards the growth of a sustainable civil society is needed

Development Issues concern everybody!

The interdependency principle states that our World is a single Nation Brandt’s Report (1978)

• Economic: total convenience for the global market• Environmental: mankind actions and impact on environment • Social: interrelations between culture and societies in order to keep peace

Cooperation4Development @POLIMI

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The 8 Goals of the Millennium s MDGsGoal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 Heads of State and Government.It contains specific commitments to fight poverty, - It recognises that there are needs relevant to all countries: the poor and especially the rich ones - It fixes the deadline 2015

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Cooperation4Development: challenges and needsCooperation4Development: challenges and needs

The 8 Goals Millennium MDGs and the frontiers of global development • multidisciplinary and complex tasks, challenge for all Mankind• strong partnerships are required

An INNOVATIVE model of Development able to preserve and integrate local culture and support Mankind in the path towards the growth of a sustainable civil society is needed

Development Issues concern everybody!

The interdependency principle states that our World is a single Nation Brandt’s Report (1978)

• Economic: total convenience for the global market• Environmental: mankind actions and impact on environment • Social: interrelations between culture and societies in order to keep peace


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Cooperation4Development: Challenges and needsCooperation4Development: Challenges and needs

• Transversal & multidisciplinary approaches are required for programs• Inspired by shared objectives and agreements - Governance

• Focused on local capacity building, knowledge transfer, local contest and human factor

• Centered on appropriate technology transfer and environmental preservation

• Able to operate for the benefit of stakeholders

• Strong Partnerships, Network capabilities are needed and required• With capable and motivated actors for covering the multitasking needs

“Professionals” need to be trained for acting in this field

Cooperation4Development : preliminary remarks

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Cooperation4Development: Universities as proper partnersCooperation4Development: Universities as proper partners

The academic mission stands on three pillars:

1. teaching and education • represents the foundation of the capability of spreading knowledge

2. research activities • represent the way for updating our knowledge, keep a dynamic teaching, develop a critical capability in the young generations.

3. technology transfer within the relations with industrial companies • represents the way in which the academic culture demonstrates to be effective for the social and economical development of the Nation and its market.

We have to play a role…


“Professionals” need to be trained for the global world

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Technology & Innovation have always represented key advantages

for great competitive performances.

The problem of development concerns the whole world…

Technology & Innovation alone are not enough anymore.Only driven by Human factors and coupled with the principle of Social Responsibility

They may build a good set of instruments and values able to support our civil societyin the “challenge for global Development and human promotion”

Cooperation4Development at Polimi: the vision

The vision @ Politecnico di Milano: The vision @ Politecnico di Milano:

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These values may lead to a

generation of responsible individuals (North & South)

able to truly act in that worldwide “challenge for global Development”

The vision @ Politecnico di Milano: The vision @ Politecnico di Milano:

Learning principles of Cooperation4Development creates positive values that may be useful in any global frame where people will work

Cooperation4Development @POLIMI: the vision

All Universities need to prepare the Citizens of The Global World

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A. Set up of a program of education & training, dissemination, spreading,

training professionals able to operate in the social transformation• Taking care of Social, human and environmental factors• Able to identify appropriate model of development and technologies

B. Building strong partnerships for empowering project effectiveness Institutions, NGOs, international/Non profit organizations, Private companies,

Universities Empowering projects capabilities

C. Using research and relationships to become a reference/support to Identify new models and methods to understand better the cause/effect mechanisms

We foster cooperation with existing international networks

Serving and Supporting the Social Development:Serving and Supporting the Social Development:

Cooperation4Development at Polimi: the mission

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Method and ApproachMethod and Approach • Involvement for knowledge sharing and decision making processes

• Continuous monitoring

• Attention paid to complexity (State, Civil Society)

• Strengthening links between Italian and local universities

• Supporting the creation of transversal local networks – Involving institutions, private sector and NGOs

>> Ethic vision of civil society (as a goal, not as a mean)

ObjectivesObjectives• Knowledge Transfer for innovation and economic development (joint training

starting from research and interaction with the territory)

• Creating/strengthening culture and competence

• Strengthening institutional context starting from universities – Training researchers;

– Improving quality of Professors skills and competences;

– Developing better study curricula and promoting student mobility;

– Evaluating the opportunities of staff exchanges

• Increasing intellectual and human capital

Objectives, Methods and Approach

Cooperation4Development at Polimi

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In the previous years we have focused our activities on dissemination and training and we have experienced many opportunities in term of partnership and project development

1. Dissemination Cultural Road map for MDGs under the U.N. patronize Seminars and Workshops on Development and Intercultural Aspects

2. Training Course “Engineering and Cooperation4Development” – First @POLIMI (2.5 Credits) Within Alta Scuola Politecnica a Project for Ecuador has been proposed

3. Projects opportunities Africa (Kenya, Tanzania)/Latin America (Ecuador)/Middle Est (Lebanon): support to

the autonomy development (Local institutions , local universities, local ONGs) UNIDO Faculty Chair on Innovation

4. Institutional Relations Coordinators: “Universities Network @NORTH Italy” (by Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Working group “School & Voluntaries” (by Ministry of Education – Lombardy office)

5. Research and Technology Transfer Agency/ Observatory on best practices, models targeted to cooperation for

development


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Transversal Partnerships in Cooperation

ONGS and Organisation

ASVIAVSI,

Frères des HommesMani Tese,

OCCAM, OpenCity

Engineers Without borders

Soleterrae, Cooperative Chico

Mendes, Medecines Sans

FrontièresAIAT, Corridoio Zero

CIRPS, Combonian Missionaries

NamasteEADI

Universities

“Coordinamento Universitario per la Cooperazione e lo Sviluppo” (23 Universities),+ other Universities:Roma, Perugia, Siena, Palermo, Calabria, Napoli, Lecce

Finnish & Norway Network of Univ.Delft & Gratz Universities

InstitutionsDGCS-MAE, Regione

Lombardia, ICE

International OrganizationsONU, ILO, UNIDO

Partners

Private SectorAssolombarda, Sodalitas

Foundations


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Cooperatio4Development@Polimi: an example

Program of Partnership within the EAC:

EDULINK ExC3ITE Project

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES

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PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES

Overall Objective

• Boosting the contribution of Engineering Technology to the socioeconomic development of the East African Community

POLIMI fosters cooperation with local Institutions to support the scientific and Technological upgrading of the

local Higher Education Institutions

Specific objectives

• To build capacity in delivering relevant and effective training programmes, preparing an enabling environment to carry out research activities and foster community service through a Network of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

Program of Partnership within the EAC: EDULINK ExC3ITE Project

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Expected ResultsExpected Resultsthe project is built around the ideas of Capacity building and Networking that cross

over the specific objective of the program

1. A regional network (RN) of HEIs in Engineering Technology consistent with national, regional strategies for reinforcing generation of knowledge and innovation.

2. A common strategic approach for generating synergies with Stakeholders and contributing to the fulfillment of the HEIs’ missions.

3. Teaching and Support staff development focused on capacities (innovative teaching and training methodologies), technical competences and facilities.4. A common pilot approach to quality control system for improving and monitoring teaching and learning5. Enhanced capacity for governance and management in the partner institutions


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Strategic RelevanceStrategic Relevance

• The Project proposed by the Consortium is aligned with the Edulink vision and presents the following strategic relevance:

1. Regional integration for effecting the socioeconomic development2. Engineering Technology and Focus on Innovation in line with the EAC

strategies3. Response to the current EAC HEIs strategic plans4. Governmental involvement and political goodwill5. Capacity building 6. Regional and International Networking7. Participatory process and PCM8. Attention to gender and brain drain issues9. Quality control and assurance in teaching and learning 10. Local ownership 11. ....to have an ExC3ITing project in hand


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EDULINK II CALL (European Project on Higher Education)

Title: EXXC3ITE Elimu (Education) For Common Creative Capacity

in Innovation, Technology and Engineering.

- Applicant : Politecnico di Milano

- Partners: The Mombasa Polytechnic University College, The Kenya Polytechnic University College, Kenya; The Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology, Tanzania

- AssociatesMinistry of Science and Technology – KenyaAVSI Foundation (Italian NGO), ItalyFondazione Politecnico, Italy Italian Embassy in Nairobi, ItalyIngegneria Senza Frontiere – Milano (Volunteers) , Italy


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Cooperatio4Development@Polimi: an example

PERU PROJECTPERU PROJECT

SECTORIAL INNOVATION SYSTEM

Institutional Capacity Building and Competences for innovating the Textile sector

APPLICANT:

UNIDOPolitecnico di MilanoScuola Superiore di Sant’Anna

PARTNER:

Ministerio de la ProducciónMinisterio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, Ministerio de Educatión, Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo, Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae (UCSS), Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI), Consejo Nacional de Competitividad (CNC)

FUNDING:

Ministero degli Affari EsteriCooperazione Italiana attraverso Ufficio Cooperazione di NairobiCAF: comunità andine

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Cooperation4Development @POLIMI: pre-conditions

“Scientific Method, Quality Assurance,

Process Innovation and Partnerships

need to be the driving force

for strengthening our potential & our impact

and building

a high quality network able to act in a

network of networks

for global development”.

Every shared approach

has a cost-benefit balance for individuals

It is time to effectively

confirm our choices

Pre-conditions to be addressedPre-conditions to be addressed

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