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Georgia Presentation
Latvian IT Cluster – ICT NGO role in IT education –
increased competitiveness
Juris Vilders
Latvian IT Cluster, Board Member
GITI 2011
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• Where is Latvia?
• About Latvian IT Cluster
– IT Cluster values, priorities
– Companies , R&D and Scientific Partners
• IT Cluster role in IT education and training • Highly qualified education and IT training
partners/Case studies
• Profit from Education&Training/Case studies
• Summary
Content
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• 1991 - Latvia declared its de facto independence, and joined the United Nations
• 2004 - Latvia became a member of the European Union and NATO
Latvia: • Bridge between East and West for
centuries • An advanced, “green-minded”
European country • Latvia is the central country of the
three Baltic States
Intresting facts:
• 1930 first portable radio device created by industry leader VEF
• 1938 the spy photo camera Minox
Where is Latvia?
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Latvian IT Cluster is innovative, trustworthy and with strong international expertise
Values – Innovation, Quality and Reliability
We offer a “full basket”, not a “single berry”
Latvian IT Cluster unites: 21 major Latvian IT companies 12 universities, R&D institutions and other scientific partners
Major Sectors:
E-government, Industry, X-cutting, Special solutions
Latvian IT Cluster
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IT Cluster PRIORITIES
Development of innovative products – collaboration with scientists (R&D) – resource consolidation
Cooperation with HE establishments
Recognition of common needs and priorities – training
Export oriented marketing
International exhibitions, seminars, conferences
Networking
Socializing activities
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2010 • Turnover ~ 118 MM. Euro • 38% - export • ~ 2,100 employees
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Latvian IT Cluster Companies
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Belarusian High Technologies Park
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LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECĪBAS UNIVERSITĀTE
R&D and Scientific Partners
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Competitive advantages:
• High quality solutions
• Knowledgeable and experienced workforce
• Fast, yet accurate, project turnaround
• Very good English and other language skills
• Proximity to US, Nordic and other EU countries
• Eastern European prices
“Came for cost, stayed for quality!”
Quality certificates: ISO 9001; ISO 14001; CMMI level5, ISTQB, PMI etc.
Industry certificates: Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, LINUX, HP, IBM
Why Collaborate with IT Cluster Members?
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International customer:
• Bank card management in Southern Africa
• Software solutions for banks from New York to Australia
• Insurance solutions for insurers in Scandinavia and Azerbaijan
• Maritime monitoring systems for NATO
• Language technologies for small languages
Who are our Customers?
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IT Cluster role in IT education and training
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IT Cluster is a TOOL to improve international competitiveness
- building critical mass for joint education projects of common interest
- lobbying development of IT education curriculum
- better use of knowledge resources
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> 1,000 high qualified IT specialists every year graduate from
HE establishments • Participation of IT Cluster in curriculum quality assurance • Acquiring of practical IT skills in Latvian software houses • Targeted support from local firms (research prizes,
scholarships, donations etc.) • Joint activities to promote the interest of youth in this sector • Mentor for students • Link between enterprises and academia • R&D partner in international projects • Specialized training facilitator
IT Cluster input in development of IT education in Latvia
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Latvian IT Cluster – a platform for education & training
430 trained professionals and 618 course attendance
during 1 year
N.B.!
Project was recognized as the best ESF-funded ICT training platform (according to the Latvian Investment & Development Agency and the Ministry of
Economics)
IT post-graduated training
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ISTQB certification – Care for Quality
In April, 2007 IT Cluster established LSTQB – Latvian Software Testing Quality Board (a branch of International Software Testing Quality Board)
More than 250 Foundation Level software testing specialists certified during 3 years
12 Advanced Level certificates received during 1 year International conference TAPOST – Theory and Practice of Software
Testing - organised and supported by IT Cluster (May, 2012 – 13th TAPOST will take place in Riga)
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IT Cluster role in Curriculum Quality Assurance
IT Cluster together with Riga Technical university has established a new curriculum for academic full and part- time master studies «Master Degree of Engineering Sciences in Business Informatics» (http://stpk.cs.rtu.lv/bi/eng)
Admission started in 2010 First graduates in 2012
IT Cluster in cooperation with universities reviews IT education curriculums on regular basis (according to the accrediation
schedule)
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Career Opportunity Days
Representatives of IT Cluster and member companies -
regular guests at universities and other HE establishments
At the fairs & seminars students can:
- meet their would-be employers
- find out about companies’ expectations and job requirements
- submit CV and apply for a placement or job
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Highly qualified education and IT training
Partners
Case Studies
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IT Cluster member «BDA» - Baltic Computer Academy
The biggest computer training center in Baltic countries!
Product/service description
• Learning management systems implementation, integration, support
• Training and certification in vendor authorized programs (Adobe, Cisco, IBM
Lotus, Microsoft, Novell Linux Suse, Oracle) for ICT professionals
• Security training courses and certification service
• PMI ® project management courses and certification service
• ITIL service management courses and certification service
• User training
• Customer care training
• Development of instructor-led training materials
• e-Course development
• Design and implementation of blended learning solutions
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• Concept, implementation procedure and methodology development
• Teacher training and tutoring
• e-Course/e-Module methodological lead within the development process
• Consultative support in developing e-courses and training materials
• Training methodology preparation, development of student kits
e-Learning system outputs – Easy to Export
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IT Cluster member «DZC» (Datorzinību centrs)
Product/service description
• Computer training: for standard software, Microsoft Dynamics products (Axapta, Navision, CRM) and custom-developed applications
• e-Learning: implementation of applications, production of e-learning content
• Certification testing
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School Management System by «DZC»
Objectives:
• To help schools in carrying out administrative tasks: student records and finance management
• To provide teachers with new tools for simplification of routine everyday tasks
• To promote the use of e-learning resources in education processes
Activities:
• Educational institution teacher and student registers , linked to state Citizens Register for data verification
• Individual profiles (dashboards) for students, teachers and parents
• Communication and collaboration tools (discussion forums, surveys, Wikis)
• Electronic examination delivery (included in Microsoft Global Case Study database)
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School management system e-klase • For teachers – pupil marks, attendance and reports • For parents – information about marks, attendance and
homework • For pupils – social environment, exchange ideas, opinions, and
check out the latest information on marks and homework
• e-klase is officially approved by the Latvian Ministry of Science and Education
• e-klase satisfies 21st century education standards and is a significant contribution to education systems’ enhancement
Schools using e-klase eliminate paper flow!
e-klase: 21st century school management system by «DEAC»
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e-klase today е-klase is the most popular school information system in Latvia • 630 (out of 930) schools are registered (including
technical schools and colleges) • Approximately 1.1 MM marks are entered in the
system daily • About 100,000 parents visit the system daily
The future for e-klase • Forums • Idea exchange • Interactive environment • Developing and maintaining school web pages • On-line tests • On-line libraries
e-klase
• is developed according to school needs and considering school limitations
• can be adapted according to state institution needs
• can be adapted according to other country’s needs
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Co-financed by EU: LV-EE project «ICT DCNet»
All achievements will be available
at Riga IT Demo Center
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Case Studies
Profit from Education & Training
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Tilde is the Baltic leader in language technologies with innovative products and technologies: • machine translation • translation tools and dictionaries • proofing tools • speech technologies • multilingual fonts • terminological data bases
New generation “smart language-enabled” services • Mobile speech-to-speech translation • Cross-lingual search and machine translation • “intelligent” applications for business and government • Tilde translator Android App
Tilde is driving innovation in machine translation technologies with a
particular focus on smaller languages!
Case Study Language Technologies
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Latvia Card Suite users worldwide – 369 institutions on 4 continents*
Acknowledged by industry analysts as one of the world’s leading multinational card management systems
*directly or through multi-institution processors
• issuing and accepting payment cards
• processing card transactions • experience with e-commerce
and fraud prevention
Case Study Banking & Finance
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Overview of transaction amounts in 2010 (% by e-catalogues)
Benefits: • Frees financial resources • Reduces expenditures on preparation of tender proposals • Does not discriminate against small and medium
enterprises • Saves time and money by using standardised processes
in business performance
Case Study State Electronic Procurement System
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Case Study E-POLICE: Integrated Solution (+GIS)
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Convenient processing of parking fees and other micro-payments
• Municipalities – collect parking fees automatically; no damaged coin-operated ticket machines; no theft from ticket machines
• Drivers – pay via SMS, no need to carry coins for parking meters or ticket machines
Other micro-payments: public transit fares, taxi, take-away food deliveries, etc.
Case Study Mobilly
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NGO can play major role in IT sector development providing
• A partnership of industry, government and academia
• Strong platform for ICT education development
• Innovation, quality and reliability
• Strong international expertise
• Focused e-government, industry, cross-cutting and specialized solutions
• Profitable price/value combination
Summary
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Thank you for attention!
Juris Vilders
Board Member [email protected]
www.itbaltic.com
Ph: +371 67089815
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