INEVITABLE SYNERGY

Cooperation between Academia, ICT Industry & Local governance

Oliver L. IlievFaculty of Information & Communication technologies

FON University

Knowledge-based economy and capacity building need:

Knowledge-based economies success depends entirely on people capabilities

Capacity building generates better professionals

Better professionals will identify and solve local problems

A credentialed workforce attracts multinational companies

Opportunities at home eliminates ‘Brain Drain’

The Knowledge Process of the Future

Knowledge

Generation

Knowledge

Transfer

Knowledge

GenerationKnowledge

Transfer

Academia

Industry

New Knowledge

To Satisfy Society

Competence &

Ability to Learn

•Joint Research

•Customer Solutions

•New knowledge

•Knowledge Application

•Best Practices

•Customer Needs

•Customer Feedback

•Faculty

•New Talent

•Curriculum

•Stakeholder Needs

•Talent Specification

•Industrial Teacher

•Integrated Enterprises

•Integrated Product/Process Dev

•Learning Organizations

•Enterprise-Wide Supply Chains

New Knowledge

New Talent

Types of knowledge workIntegration

• Systematic work

• Methodologies and

standards

• Integration across

functional boundaries

Transaction

• Routine work

• Rules and procedures

• Low-discretion

workforce or information

Expert

• Judgment-oriented work

• Individual expertise and

experience

• Star performance

Collaboration

• Improvisational work

• Deep expertise across

functions

• Fluid deployment of

flexible teams

Complexity of work

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JudgmentRoutine

Groups

Individuals

Awareness

Involvement

Support

Sponsorship

Strategic Partner

•Career Fairs

•Interviews

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•Industry Affiliates/Advisory Program

•Research Grants

•Internship/Co-op

•Software Grants

•Student Consultant

•Hardware Grants

•Curriculum Developm.Support & Fundraising

•Workshops/Seminars

•Support Contract

•Student OrganizationsSponsorships

•Philanthropic Support

•GuestSpeaking/Lectures

•University InitiativeSponsorship

•Undergraduate ResearchProgram Support

•Graduate Fellowships

•Collaborative ResearchProgram Report

•Outreach Programs

•Support for Proposals forEducation

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•ExecutiveSponsorship

•Joint Partnership

•State EducationLobbying

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Phase One Phase Two Phase Three Phase Four Phase Five

Holistic EngagementTraditional Engagement

Levels ofEngagementActivities

1•Recruiting

2•Education Sales

3•UR Account Managers

4•UR Programs

5•UR Research

6•Other (Philanthropy,

Alumni, Executive)

KEY

The Partnership Continuum

Business

China experience

Beijing University

- University does all R&D

- Companies perform manufacturing marketing and sales

- Professors can hold executive positions in the companies

- Students move easily between university campus and company offices

Kista Science City -Sweden

The largest ICT-cluster in Europe, and one

of the top 5 ICT-clusters in the world.

A higher density of companies, employees

and highly qualified researchers than any

other ICT-cluster in the world.

A real city. All municipal functions and

service available.

Centrally located in Stockholm – the

Capital of Scandinavia.

Kista Science City -Sweden

Mobile communication

Broadband systems

Wireless communication

Cleantech

Medtech

Nanotechnology

ICT companies: 1082

ICT employees: 23 768

companies: 8 897

employees: 66 990

Our experience

And in Macedonia can Campaign

Scholarship to the best 100 high school students in cooperation with 50 biggest companies in Macedonia

3 year project with more than 3000 candidates

Promotion of best students through Career Center

Our experience

Factory of Knowledge Campaign

Interdisciplinary approach including complete implementation of new products for real companies.

Team consist of students from the faculties of Economics, ICT, Design & Multimedia and Business languages

Market research

Business Plan

Design of products

Multimedia Marketing material production

IT Support

International promotion of the product

Thank you !