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Private-Public Sector Collaboration in Education. Dr Jan-Eric Sundgren Senior Vice President, Public and Environmental Affairs Volvo Group Gothenburg, Sweden. Collaboration of good forces. INDUSTRY. EDUCATION. Volvo Group. Volvo Trucks. Renault Trucks. UD Trucks. Mack Trucks. Eicher *.
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Private-Public Sector Collaboration in Education Dr Jan-Eric SundgrenSenior Vice President, Public and Environmental AffairsVolvo Group Gothenburg, Sweden
Collaboration of good forces INDUSTRY EDUCATION Jan-Eric Sundgren
Volvo Group Volvo Trucks Renault Trucks UD Trucks Mack Trucks Eicher * Buses ConstructionEquipment Mack Trucks Mack Trucks Volvo Penta Volvo Aero Financial Services *) 50% of the joint-venture company with Eicher Motor Limited was consolidated in the Volvo Group from August 1st 2008 Jan-Eric Sundgren 3
Sales and Employees Worldwide 2010 EUROPE Sales 39% NORTH AMERICA 53,312 58% Sales 18% ASIA 12,84414% Sales 25% 18,53520% SOUTH AMERICA Sales 11% 4,3225% OTHER Sales 7% 2,396 3% Jan-Eric Sundgren 4
Global Supply Chain Jan-Eric Sundgren
Global Supply Chain in which Jan-Eric Sundgren
Global Supply Chain in which the education system is the most important supplier Jan-Eric Sundgren
The world economy Redesigning global finance 13 November, 2008 Industry facing major global challenges Competitiveness Financial issues Climate Competence Urbanisation Innovations Jan-Eric Sundgren
City air quality Congestion Casualties CO2 Jan-Eric Sundgren
City air quality Decreasing the environmental impact Congestion Casualties Ensuring high safety and high security levels Balancing mobility and accessibility CO2 Jan-Eric Sundgren
City air quality Keeping environmental impact low Efficient R&D, innovation and education systems necessary Congestion Casualties Ensuring high safety and high security levels Balancing mobility and accessibility CO2 Jan-Eric Sundgren
From R&D to production and sales Production & Marketing Verification Industrialisation Optimization Platform development Standardisation Concept development Technicaldevelopment Research Business and product planning Technology Readiness Level 5 10 15 Time (years) Jan-Eric Sundgren
True Innovation requires in addition Customer, supplier, society interactions Production & Marketing Verification Industrialisation Optimization Platform development Standardisation Concept development Technicaldevelopment Research Visions, business and product planning University interactions Technology Readiness Level 5 10 15 Time (years) Efficient Talent Pipeline Jan-Eric Sundgren
European Round Table of Industralists • Informal forum bringing together 50 CEOs and chairmen of major multinational companies of European parentage • Companies of ERT Members are widely situated across Europe, with sales to EU customers exceeding Euro 1 000 billion, thereby sustaining around 6.6 million jobs in the region Jan-Eric Sundgren
ERT MST Education Report Addressing the role business might have in the problem and should play in the solution Published September 2009 Jan-Eric Sundgren
Europe will face large scale competence disparities in the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics areas Jan-Eric Sundgren
Percentage of women in different scientific majors at German universities Jan-Eric Sundgren Frank S Becker, European Journal of Engineering Education, 35, Aug 2010, 349-366
Women enrolled in electrical engineering in Germany Jan-Eric Sundgren VDI 2011. Extensive data to be found at http://www.vdi-monitoring.de/index4.php
Men and women enrolled in electrical engineering in Germany Progress for women is incremental Jan-Eric Sundgren VDI 2010. Extensive data to be found at http://www.vdi-monitoring.de/index4.php
Europe will face large scale competence disparities in the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics areas European stakeholders need to coordinate efforts Jan-Eric Sundgren
ERT Vision for a Competitive Europe in 2025 • ERT launched vision for a competitive Europe in 2025 on 2nd February 2010. • The 5 elements of this Vision are: • A global champion of sustainable growth • Well-embedded and respected in global markets • Unleashing innovative power • People, education and culture drive productivity • The model of decisive, reliable and transparent governance www.EuropeOnTrack.eu Jan-Eric Sundgren
ERT Vision for a Competitive Europe in 2025 Education Recommendations • Build national platforms that support initiatives for effective interactions between business and schools. • Support life-long learning. • Build stronger links between the public and private sectors in education. • Further increase student mobility within the EU. Jan-Eric Sundgren
Competence Supply A Critical Challenge What can industry do? Jan-Eric Sundgren
Some generic issues where business can contribute to education • Contributing to understand change • Showing solutions in practice, i.e. work related content • Information on the use of different subjects in daily work life • Role Models • Expanding networks and supporting teachers as well as students, by, e.g., giving access to different perspectives, experience and knowledge • Help building a new leadership + + Jan-Eric Sundgren
Schools and businesses need support to succeed in working together Build on what already exists • Improve coordination, evaluation and use of research and empirical results • Create support infrastructures like Jet-Net in every European country Jan-Eric Sundgren
A European Coordinating Body Objective: Increase interest in MST education and careers Observatory Research Needs analysis Evaluation Repository Development Businesses Repository Partnerships + Schools Coordinate and support Disseminate and stimulate Jan-Eric Sundgren
http://ingenious-science.eu Jan-Eric Sundgren
coordinated by Jan-Eric Sundgren
Partners and Stakeholders Jan-Eric Sundgren
Possible hinders on the road forward - Reluctant attitudes in the education system - Reluctant attitudes in industry and low awareness of the issues - Economic crisis in large part of Europe - Lack of leadership - Funding of new initiatives and research related to the issues Jan-Eric Sundgren
Industry demand: Do we really need to know exactly what we will need? Europe should PUSH for development and not only PULL based on “needs”. Jan-Eric Sundgren
A Vision of K-12 Students Today Jan-Eric Sundgren