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Public-Private Relationships in Agribusiness Higher Education (HE)

FAO/EBRD/MTAA Round Table “Public-Private Partnerships in Russia’s Agribusiness Education System” Moscow, 20 October 2010. Public-Private Relationships in Agribusiness Higher Education (HE). Kenneth J. Thomson Professor Emeritus, University of Aberdeen, UK. “Public” and “Private”.

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Public-Private Relationships in Agribusiness Higher Education (HE)

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  1. FAO/EBRD/MTAA Round Table “Public-Private Partnerships in Russia’s Agribusiness Education System” Moscow, 20 October 2010 Public-Private Relationships in Agribusiness Higher Education (HE) Kenneth J. Thomson Professor Emeritus, University of Aberdeen, UK

  2. “Public” and “Private” • “Public”: government, including ministries, state agencies, and regional/local councils • “Private”: • companies, cooperatives, corporations, etc. • not-for-profit foundations (e.g. trusts, churches) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) • individuals.

  3. Other activities alongside HE • Research into agricultural science (biophysical or socioeconomic) • Extension to farming, trade associations, etc. • Social activity, e.g. to rural youth

  4. Different demands for Agribusiness HE • commerce/business: skilled and knowledgeable potential (or actual) employees • potential students (and their parents and school teachers): well-paid and long-term careers; • “the public”: safe, high-quality and cheap food; clean environment; rural development

  5. Supplying Agribusiness HE • Private local individuals or companies, e.g. in 19th century • Private universities • Public universities (i.e. the state), especially alongside the rise of general HE and scientific progress (often publicly funded) • A mixed system, e.g. public funding for private universities, or for students (fees, or vouchers)

  6. Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) • State (or state university) leases its land for ~30 years to private developer/service provider (with bank) for building construction and income-generating use • Ensures quick capital finance • Ties state/university into long-term payments or commitments (and loss of flexibility?)

  7. Other Public-Private Arrangements • Service provision by contract or franchise, e.g. maintenance, student accommodation, personnel and finance management • Teaching staff (if not state employees or similar) • Issues: • quality standards? – monitoring, control, incentives • flexibility? – less day-to-day control, but renegotiable • higher costs vs. greater efficiency and dynamism?

  8. Other P-P Arrangements - 2 • Private facilities and experience in farms and companies available to students via visits from and to campus, staff and student secondments, demonstrations, etc. • Private-sector leaders invited into HE institutional planning and quality control: builds knowledge, trust, and a basis for more concrete contributions

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