Cooperation for Development @ Politecnico di Milano
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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
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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…
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“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
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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
Program of Partnership within the EAC: EDULINK ExC3ITE Project
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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
Program of Partnership within the EAC: EDULINK ExC3ITE Project
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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
Program of Partnership within the EAC: EDULINK ExC3ITE Project
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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