UNIVERCITY PROJECT 2011

UNIVERCITY PROJECT 2011

UNITED WE ARE STRONG: UNITED WE ARE STRONG:

HOW RAVENNA’S LOCAL NETWORK CREATES,

ATTRACTS AND KEEPS ITS KNOWLEDGE WORKERS

17 MARCH 2011UNIVERCITY 2011 EVORA

Founded in 1989

Decentralization policy of

Bologna Athenaeum

Local Authorities support

THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF RAVENNA

… is a recent reality


FONDAZIONE FLAMINIA

In 1989 the Municipality

and the Province of

Ravenna, together with

LGBs and private

bodies founded

Fondazione Flaminia.

Today Fondazione Flaminia

has 23 associates.


RAVENNA’S LOCAL NETWORK

CAMPUSof

RAVENNA

FONDAZIONE FLAMINIA

SocialCo-operatives

ProfessionalAssociations

LocalAuthorities

VocationalTrainingBodies

Citizens


THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF RAVENNA IN NUMBERS

University courses # 16

Teaching staff # 150 units

Technical administrative staff # 77

Total full-time students # 3.300

Foreign full-time students # 198 (5.9%)


SWOT ANALYSIS

Strengths Weaknesses

Strict relationship b/w University &

City

Degrees coherent with the socio-

economic features of the territory

Ravenna is a small human-sized

city

Few students & limited degree

offer

Low employment rate degrees

Limited autonomy as a Local

Campus

Bad transport infrastructure

between Ravenna and the other

major cities in the Region

Opportunities Treats

Major number of collaborations

b/w the University and the local

companies

The new Italian Education Reform

The proximity of Bologna’s

attractive cultural & University center

Economic crisis


OUR MISSION

FROMFROM

CITY WITH UNIVERSITYCITY WITH UNIVERSITY

TO TO

UNIVERSITY CITYUNIVERSITY CITY


STRATEGY

UNITED WE ARE STRONG:UNITED WE ARE STRONG:

MUNICIPALITY, UNIVERSITY AND FLAMINIA

FOUNDATION WORKING TOGETHER TO

CREATE, KEEP & ATTRACT RAVENNA’S

KNOWLEDGE WORKERS


STRATEGY 1° STRAND

TO CREATETO CREATE

Better International Knowledge and Skills penetration

into the University career of our students


STRATEGY 1° STRAND

International Relations Office Project

Welcome point

Information and customized assistance

International Mobility Promotion

University internal and external staff coordination


STRATEGY 2° STRAND

TO ATTRACT

International students, research and teaching fellows

for qualified academic and cultural exchange & for a

greatly creative environment.


STRATEGY 2° STRAND

SERVICES & FACILITIES

CLIRO Italian language courses

Chinese cultural and linguistic mediator

Foreign Students Tutor

Accommodation Flaminia

Welcome Day


STRATEGY 2° STRAND

INTERNATIONALLY ORIENTED STUDY ENVIRONMENT

International degree & postgraduate courses

Summer/winter school

International mobility programs


STRATEGY 3° STRAND

TO KEEPTO KEEP

Knowledge and skilled workers bound to the territory by

offering them qualified employment opportunity &

further professional growth


STRATEGY 3° STRAND

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS BOOST

Graduate training grant at The Regional board of the

Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environmental

Conservation of Ravenna

Leonardo da Vinci (Job Seeker Grant)

Mov.Ent 2 (Erasmus for young entrepreneurs)


STRATEGY 3° STRAND

CAREER BUILDER

GRANT JOB

SPINNER 2013


GRANT JOB

GOAL: to start the integration process of new graduates into

the local labour market and to enhance low employment rate

degrees

PROJECT: to place trainees into local companies in selected

branches

CURRENT STATE: work in progress

SCHEDULED START DATE: in April 2011

The new programme for human resources qualification in the research

technological innovation sectors in Emilia-Romagna.

SPINNER POINT DESKS provides an integrated and tailored offer (Financial

aids and Assistance & services)

SPINNER POINT RAVENNA is operating from 2009 together with the

Campus of Ravenna and Fondazione Flaminia to promote the upgrade and

qualification of knowledge and competencies of people operating in sectors

related to R&D, TT and innovation.

SPINNER 2013

The Work Programme (2008–2011) is made of 6 actions:

Action 1 - Development of innovative and/or knowledge-based business ideas

Action 2 - Industrial research, experimental development, technology transfer

Action 3 – Organisational, managerial and financial innovation (SMEs and social co-

operatives)

Action 4 - Pilot action “Women Technology Innovation”

Action 5 - Pilot action “International Mobility”

Action 6 - Qualification of human capital through the participation to a specialised inter-

university Master

SPINNER 2013 – 6 Actions

SPINNER POINT RAVENNA 2008 – 2010

nominates

nominated projects

winners

winner projects

56

38

37

Total 23

IDI TT IOM

5 9 9


IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE

International Relation Offices’ collaboration coordinated by a

Memorandum of understanding for the promotion of the

international mobility between MECINE members’ Universities.

Monitoring Tool for the current and the future state of collaboration

between Municipality – University Institution in terms of concrete

actions within the field of student/ graduate employment (trainees

and student job projects, apprenticeships, grants ecc.)


CONCLUSIONS

GETTING GLOCALGETTING GLOCAL

Expand the local network within the MECINE

network by coordinating future and present

projects together with MECINE members.


THANK YOU!

Aleksandra UzunovaInternational Relations Office

University of Bologna – Campus of Ravenna

e-mail: [email protected]

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UNIVERCITY PROJECT 2011