Kingdom of Morocco

French

Dr. Bryan AlbrechtPresident, Gateway Technical

CollegeKenosha, Wis.

albrechtb@gtc.edu

•President Obama Community College Initiative •Jordan 2009 Symposium •Presentation on Automotive Diagnostics/Snap-on Corporation partnership •Meeting with Dr. Benazzi from Universite’ Mohammed I Oujda/Ecole Superieure de Technologie (EST) in Morocco•Certification & Partnerships•Entrepreneurial project & Auto Scale-up opportunity

Sharing a Story: Demonstrating Collaboration

Entrepreneurial ProjectEmbedding Entrepreneurial

programming throughout EST

Mechatronics lab & programming

Creation of ‘Biz Squad’ unit for EST & local businesses

Automotive DiagnosticsFirst-ever automotive diagnostics programming in the Middle East

Regional “Center of Excellence”

Connectivity with global & local industry partnership for EST

Workforce development through regional outreach Jordan, Sudan & Egypt

Building Institutional & Human Capacity at Home & Abroad

The projects focus on educational and workforce development along with entrepreneurial capacity building in the Broader Middle East & North Africa region (BMENA).

Entrepreneurial Project

Rock Valley College – EIGERLab, Ill.

Representatives from:

The National Business Incubation Association

The WI Business Incubation Association

Auto ProjectShoreline Community College, Wash. Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Okla. EuropEFE, BMENA Region, SpainBusiness Education Partnerships Group (BEPG), Okla. Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Va.Industry partners & organizational support: Snap-on Corporation National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3)

Partners Gateway Technical College partnered with Ecole Superieure de Technologie, Oujda,

Morocco and partners in education, industry and advocacy associations.

Shifting Paradigms

• Understanding & developing cultural competency is key

• Passion for project objectives must be shared by all partners named in the agreement to ensure success

• Our colleges and students are more similar than different

• Paradigms can be shifted incrementally • Opportunities to grow our schools and the local,

national & global economies exist through collaboration abroad

Lessons Learned

Entrepreneurial ProjectThe Mechatronics department will partner willindustries to provide advanced technologysupport to the communityEntrepreneurial efforts will be inclusive of the

business community to include an advisory committee

The ‘Biz Squad’ will model after Gateway’s ‘Biz Squad’ serving as a resource to the community

Auto Project Scale-up efforts to include an energy component, additional industry certifications, & Information systems

Targeted outreach to local and regional education & industry partners

Sustainability Sustainability is intended through the development of human & institutional capacity,

support systems for the continual development of self-sufficient programming.

While separate projects, each will intersect to bridge entrepreneurialism in the auto project through either mechatronics or the ‘Biz Squad’ services.