3M activities: a social and economic

need

E3M-AL PROJECT - DEVELOPING THIRD MISSION ACTIVITIES IN ALBANIAN UNIVERSITIESProject No: 530243-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-ES-TEMPUS-SMHES

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Developing Third Mission Activities in Albanian Universities

Mapping 3M activities in partner universities Kick-off seminar on 3M activities

USSL

José-Gines Mora

Tirana, 13th February 2013

Traditional university missions

• Teaching and learning: • Focusing on young people.• Focusing on academic knowledge.

• Research:• Basic and academic oriented• Not directly connected with industrial needs

We are moving towards a New

EconomyGlobal

Highly competitive

Technology based

Rapidly changing

Knowledge based

• Universities have to support the Knowledge Society and the Knowledge Economy

• Universities have to develop a new mission: the University Third Mission (3M)o Teaching: not only to young people, not

only academic knowledgeo Research: not only basic researcho Responding to the socio-economic

environment in partnerships with business and community

What is 3M?

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Contracted research

ConsultancyLicensing

Start-ups

Spin-offs

CompaniesBusiness incubators

Technology parks

Cooperation

Non-academic organizations

Sharing of space

Facilities

Shared laboratories

Mobility of people

Sponsoring of education

Collaborative research projects

Continuing Education

Technology Transfer & Innovation

Social Engagement

Patents

e-Learning

Programs

Fee management Teaching

Educational activitiesLife Long LearningGrants

Sponsorship

Business opportunities

Seminars

Access to libraries

Volunteering

Membership of Community boards

Political participation

Community service projects

International cooperation

Cultural eventsSenior populations

Universities need deeper links

with community and business

for:• Making the educational system more effective by a

continuous adaptation to the changing needs of the society and the economy:• Curricula development, better competencies• Work placements, direct job training • Use of updated technology

• Making research more effective, efficient and oriented to the needs of the Knowledge Society

• Running universities in a more efficient way with the cooperation of stakeholders avoiding isolation

• Last, but not least, obtaining additional resources

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National context

Policies, funding & culture

Regional context

Economic development & structures

InstitutionsPolicies, governance, disciplines, culture

PartnershipsEntrepreneurialism &

governance

Successful U3M

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Framework for U3M success

• Individual entrepreneurialism and leadership

• Most initiatives are to a great extent based on individuals or networks of people with an entrepreneurial vision

• Only after a certain level of development, these individual initiatives become institutional

• The role of public authorities, private donors and enterprises

• Initial funding, public or private

• Mutual trust and commitment of local/regional authorities and enterprises.

• Flexibility

• Non bureaucratic legal status

• Mobility (internal and external) of academic staff

• Some strong and innovative points in universities

• Not necessarily in research

• Not necessarily in high technologies

How to develop successful U3M