A Project OverviewNicolas Wallet

UNICREDS Project Manager

Cornwall Council 27th April 2010

1. UNICREDS

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has

thought”Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Scientist

UNICREDSUniversity Collaboration in Regional

Development Spaces

2. What?

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house

in an environment, an environment in a city plan.”Eliel Saarinen, Architect

1. Funding stream2. Scheme3. Concept

2. Funding streamInterregional cooperation, to improve theeffectiveness of regional development policies and contribute to economicmodernisation and increased competitiveness of Europe

2. Scheme

INTERREG IV CInterregional Cooperation Programme, fourth

edition (2007 - 2013)“improve the effectiveness of the regional

development policies”

Policy recommendation

2. Concept

Influence the European Regional Cohesion Policy

Transferable to Peripheral Regions

UNICREDS MODEL in 5 steps

3. Why?

“It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity”

Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General, United Nations 1953-61

1. Tailoring education system2. To fit into local industry and private sector needs3. Supported and encouraged by public authorities

3. Tailoring education systemAn alternative to the traditional education

system

which is helpful for regions lacking classical university systems and

infrastructurePictures from Regional Policy Digital Library, EU Commission

3. To fit into local industry and private sector needs

Students

To fit into local industry and private sector needs

Supported by public authority

3. Supported and encouraged by public authorities

UNICREDS MODEL

tested in each of the 7 regions’ public authorities

Policy recommendation

European Regional

Cohesion Policy

4. Who?

“Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by

someone.”Martina Navratilova, Writer

This will be the basis of UNICREDS’ strength, a successful collaborative communication

between universities, public authorities and regions.

5. Conclusion

“It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes”

Elias Canetti, Writer, Playwright