University Governance :“Achievement of the ITC International

Consortium and University Partnerships”

Dr. OM RomnyDirector General, Institute of Technology of Cambodia

Phnom Penh, 07-08 May 2015, EU-Cambodia Higher-Education Forum

Prof. Eric CASTELLICo-Director, International Research Institute MICA

Established since 1964

A public HEI

Recognized as an Engineering Institution in Cambodia

Main mission trains Engineers and Technicians

Since 1964, more than 10,000 executive members graduated

Educational programs in harmonizing with socio-economic reality

of the country and the region

Qualitative analysis of the employment market in Cambodia

S&T put in the first priority

About ITC ...

MICA Institute is an international joint research unit of CNRS

Multimédia, Information, Communication and Applications

Associates: HUST - CNRS/UMI2954 - Grenoble INP

R&D activities include scientific research, technology transfer

and advanced training in the field of information processing

(speech, image, human-computer interaction, multimedia

communication)

MICA is appointed by HUST as the operational structure for

ITC's international Consortium

About MICA

Specializes and Degrees

Chemical Engineering and Food Technology Civil Engineering & Architecture

Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Engineering Electrical and Energy Engineering

Information and Communication Technology Industrial and Mechanical Engineering

Rural Engineering (Water resources / environment management)

Foundation Year

ENGINEER:~700 fresh students per year

5 years (5 months internship)

TECHNICIAN:~200 fresh students per year

2 years (2 months internship)

MASTER: ~ 100 students

2 years / 6 specialties

Joint program with foreign universities

DOCTORAL Program (PhD) Joint program with foreign universities

Will open this year

After establishment graduate degree’s programs in last 3

years, ITC aims to:

Develop research activities (joint research programs with

foreigh universities)

Reinforce Industry-University Linkages (I-U linkages)

Improve quality of training (by consulting with consortium)

Establishment University-Industry Consortium

Establishment Research and Innovation Center

ITC International Consortium and University Partnerships will

play a key role for the implementation of those objectives.

Strategics for ITC development

ITC has developed strong multilateral relationships with

international partners (7 Networking)

ITC at the crossroads of French & English speaking

universities network

Bilateral agreement with more than 60 universities in the

world, including 25 European (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Finland,

Netherlands...)

International Partnerships

800 university members from 100 countries

AUF-Cambodia is stationing in ITC

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Strong institutional partnership with Belgian Universities

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Partnership with JICA / Japanese universities

Mtg. Board president Tokyo Institute of Technology Ph.D. student at

Kyushu University

Ongoing Project for Educational Capacity Development of ITC

Active:

gLINK

PANACEA

TECHNO-II

Projects

“Capacity

building”

submitted

(2015)

Project Name Duration Staff number

(1)

Student Number

(2)

Total Number

(1+2)

EM- Euroasia 2010-2012 4 18 22

MAHEVA 2011-2013 3 12 15

Panacea 2013-2015 10 2 12

Techno I 2011-2013 4 15 19

Techno II 2013-2015 5 19 24

5 Projects 5 Years 26 66 92

Project closed:

Euro-Asia

MAHEVA

TECHNO-I

Since 1993, the International Consortium supporting ITC

has established and played an important role by :

Providing scientific and academic expertise

Involving his members through visiting professors,

research actions and expertises training ITC's HRs

2015: the current quality of training at ITC results from

this partnership

Consortium Context

Considering ITC's statutes:

ITC Consortium is appointed by the Board of Trustee of ITC (on the

proposal of the Director General of ITC)

Mandates of Consortium members : 5 years-term

3 colleges:

Universities

Professional sector

Institutional partners (JICA, France, ARES CCD, AUF)

Renewal of International Consortium mandate : every 5 years.

Possibility for the Director General of ITC to submit new member

to the ITC board (exceptional procedure)

ITC Consortium by-laws

Assisting ITC in the definition of its scientific and academic direction

Developing an academic program and degree recognition

● Objectives:

improve quality of education

develop the academic researches

foster exchanges between ITC and Consortium members

● Implementation:

establishment or revision of curricula

joint degrees programs

HRs exchanges (short and long term) between teaching staffs,

researchers and students

Role of the Consortium

17 HEIs full board members of Consortium (2014-2018)

11 France

AgroSup Dijon, INP Toulouse, INSA Rennes, Montpellier SupAgro,

Polytech Lille, Université de Limoges, Université Lyon-1, Université de Pau,

Université de la Réunion, Université de la Rochelle, Université de Toulon

2 Belgium

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

2 Japan

Kyushu University (KU), Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)

2 ASEAN

Hanoi University of Science and Technology (UMI MICA)

Kasetsart University (Thailand)

Consortium members 2014-2018

Every department of ITC works with at least 1 or 2 university members

Create a long-term relationship based on academic exchanges.

Annual meeting of Consortium at ITC (2 days, March)

recommendations submitted to the board of Trustee of ITC (June)

Rest of year: communication between ITC Departments and

Consortium members, implementation of joint actions, monitoring

by ITC management team

Funding for Consortium: no specific budget allocated to

Consortium, member attendance at the annual meeting on its

own budget

funding of joint actions by ITC's main partners (France, Belgium,

Japan, AUF), specific programs (Erasmus, research funds...), ITC and

Consortium members

Operational Guidelines

Consortium distribution by department

GCA: Chemical Engineering and Food

Technology

1- AgroSup Dijon

2- Kasetsart University

3- Montpellier SupAgro

4- Polytech Lille

GCI: Civil Engineering 5. INSA Rennes

GEE: Electrical and Energy Engineering

6- INP Toulouse

7- Tokyo Institute of Technology

8- Université de la Réunion

GGE: Geo-Resources and Geotechnical

Engineering

9- Kyushu University

GIC: Information and Communication

Engineering

10- HUST (UMI MICA)

11- Université Lyon 1

12- Université de la Rochelle

GIM: Industrial and Mechanical Engineering13- Université Libre de Bruxelles

14- Université de Toulon

GRU: Rural Engineering15- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

16- Université de Pau

TC: Foundation Year 17- Université de Limoges

Presentation to the Consortium Members (plenary session):

Annual activity report of ITC: important events, student and staff population,

capacity building, professor dispatch, research & development, international cooperation

Perspectives and strategy of ITC

Workshops by Department including Consortium member(s)

Presentation of synthesis by department (plenary session)

Questions, discussions and conclusions (plenary session)

List of recommendations and suggestions from Consortium members

later decided by the board of Trustee (CA) of ITC

Consortium annual meeting

2014 Consortium meeting

Information and Communication Technology Workshop

Rural Engineering workshop

2015 Consortium meeting

GEE Department synthesis

Since 2008, Consortium members mandate is renewed every 5 years

to integrate new members linked to the development of ITC

to say « good bye » in a proper way to inactive members

Renewal of Consortium mandates

Consortium members history

1993-2008: 7 to 9 members Lack of regulation

2009-2013: 12 members (6 former, 6 new)

2014-2018: 17 members (9 former, 8 new)

Increase in the number and variety of Consortium members

Consortium members / development of ITC

Period(members)

ITC evolutionComments on Consortium members

Before 2008(7 to 9 MIs)

- increase number of Departments- start of first research activities- main partners : France, Belgium, AUF

mainly from France and Belgium

2008-2013(12 MIs)

- 1 new department (GGG)- establishment of 6 masters programs- increase of research activities- new JICA project

- additional members- 6 new members

2014-2018(17 MIs)

- necessity to strengthen masters / GGG- strategy to develop research activities- ASEAN integration- strong partnerships with European HEIs

- 5 additional members- new Japanese members- new ASEAN member- longstanding EU partners

Joint degrees and degree recognition

1 joint Master in civil engineering with INSA

Rennes

2 joint engineer-master programs with INP

Toulouse (GEE / GCA)

ITC engineering degree recognized to study

at master 2 level in European HEIs members

Credit mobility for INSA Rennes engineering

students (1 semester at ITC)

Consortium achievements (1)

A strong opportunity to build qualified Human Ressources for ITC

►ITC's students and staffs have easy access to study abroad at

Consortium universities (master and PhD). Following ITC regulations,

best students have to join ITC staff after graduated

►~20 members of ITC Direction board studied at Consortium

universities: Deputy Directors, Heads of Department (5/8 Dpts.) and

their deputy, Heads of Graduate and Undergraduate Programs ...

►~50 ITC teachers graduated from member consortium (/150 ITC full

time teachers) = 25 Master + 25 PhD (42 PhD in whole)

►Short-term training for ITC teachers are also hosted by Consortium

members (20 to 40 per year). Effective mechanism for pedagogical

transfer.

Consortium achievements (2)

Illustration for scientific transfer: Master in civil engineering

Consortium achievements (3)

2010-2011- opening of Master in civil engineering - all teachers from INSA Rennes except1 teacher from ITC- all master internships in France

2011-2014- short trainings at INSA for 5 ITC teachers - substitution of French teachers by ITC teachers- few master internships at ITC, others in France

2014-2015- Cambodian teachers are able to provide all master courses- only 1 French visiting professor at ITC (coordination)- 50% master internships at ITC / 50% in France

Joint degree

Consortium mobilities to ITC

►25-50 per year Consortium visiting professors at ITC: teaching,

expertise, end of course comitees, joint research projects...

► ~ 20 per year Consortium students do their internships at ITC

Consortium achievements (4)

ITC research activities are boosted by Consortium

►International support is highly necessary to develop research

activities.

►2014-2015: for the 1st time, 8 new PhD students are co-supervised by

ITC and Consortium universities.

►Number of joint research projects increasing every year (16 ongoing)

►Those joint activities benefit from ITC partners' support (France,

ARES, AUF, JICA...)

Illustration: few joint research projects

Consortium achievements (5)

Project Consortium HEI

Development of Khmer Language Processing ToolsMICA (HUST)Univ. la Rochelle

Study and Development of Landmine Detection and MarkingRobot

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Promotion of the Efficient Use of Pico Hydropower for Rural Electrification in Cambodia

INP Toulouse

Technology of production for alcoholic beverage (based red rize) Liège-Gembloux

Study Development of Landmine Detection and Marking Robot Tokyo IT

Improved surface-groundwater irrigation for crop diversificationin Tonle Sap Lake Basin: Case study in Chreybak Catchment

Liège-Gembloux

Prediction of mass landslides of river bankssubjected to variations of the water level

INSA Rennes

Fruits of Collaboration:Graduate Scholarship in Foreign Partners

Results of 20 years of international partnerships

►The development of ITC as a key institute in Cambodia is a fruit of this

partnership. Outside view by international partners = guarantee of quality

►The Consortium is a strong tool for ITC's governance.

►The level of cooperation has increased with ITC development. Possibility

to focus on research activities for next steps.

Conclusions

A replicable model?

This Consortium could be acted as a model for other Cambodian Higher

Education Institutions in order for them to develop their international

relations, educational accreditation as well as recognition of academic

diplomas.

Thank you

OUR FUTURE RESOURCES, Toulouse France