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Network of Universities from the Capitals of
Europe
by Prof. Pierre de MARETUniversity of Brussels
Past RectorUNICA Steering CommiteeEuropean
University Association Board
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General Presentation
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41 universities All around Europe!
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Member universities
ALBANIA Polytechnic of Tirana IRELAND University College Dublin
University of Tirana ITALY Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
AUSTRIA University of Wien Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
BELGIUM Université Libre de Bruxelles Università degli Studi di Roma III
Vrije Universiteit Brussel LATVIA University of Latvia (Riga)
BULGARIA Sophia University of St.Kliment Oshridi LITUANIA University of Vilnius
CROATIA University of Zagreb MACEDONIA S. Cyril Methodius University of Skopje
CYPRUS University of Cyprus (Nicosia) THE NETHERLANDS Universiteit van Amsterdam
CZECH REPUBLIC Charles University (Prague) NORWAY University of Oslo
DANEMARK University of Copenhagen POLAND Warsaw University
ESTONIA Tallinn University of Technology PORTUGAL Universidade Nova de Lisboa
FINLAND University of Helsinki ROMANIA Universitatea Bucuresti
FRANCE Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris) RUSSIA Lomonosov Moscow State University
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris) SLOVEKIA Comenius University of Bratislava
Université Pierre Marie Curie (Paris) SLOVENIA University of Ljubljana
Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris) SPAIN Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
GERMANY Freie Universität Berlin Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin SWEDEN Stockholm University
GREECE National Capodistrian University of Athen SWITZERLAND Université de Lausanne
HUNGARY Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest UNITED KINGDOM University College London
ICELAND University of Iceland (Reykjavík)
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Mission

• To promote academic excellence, integration
  co-operation between member universities
• To be a driving force in the development of the
  Bologna process
• To facilitate the integration of universities
  from Central and Eastern Europe into the EHEA

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Activities

• Internationalisation Mobility
• Student mobility
• International Relations Officers
• Staff mobility
• UNICA Chair
• Student Conference Berlin 2000, London 2002,
  Amsterdam 2004, Paris 2006  University City
  Citizenship 
• Education
• Bologna Laboratory
• Joint Degrees (4 cities, Multilinguism, Cognitive
  Sciences, European Civil Societies,
  Democracies governance)
• Diploma Supplement
• Diploma Recognition / Admission Credential
  Evaluation

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Activities

• Research Development
• EU Research Liaison Officers
• Ph D Officers
• Science Park Incubator
• Policy Strategy
• Contacts with EU and others
• Rectors Seminar
• Scholarly Communication, Librairies
• Contacts with other networks
• Service to the Community
• Urban Capital Issues
• Equal Opportunities Disability
• Public Health

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Universities Third Mission

• Traditionally, universities focused on teaching
  and research.
• Now, they are being urged to become better
  neighbours and citizens by engaging with the
  local community.

Engagement is becoming a core value for
universities
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Universities Fourth Mission

• Income generation
• Job creation

• Universities have become a key player of the
  knowledge economy
• Creativity is a driving force of economic growth

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The Town Gown Relationship

• A centuries-old relationship with its ups
  downs

• Is the University a nuisance or an asset ?

• Universities are

• a major employer
• a major contributor to the city economy, both
  directly and indirectly research and spending
  (rent, consumer goods, food and drinks, real
  estate, taxes, etc.)
• a major provider of Health Care (Hospital)
• a major contributor to cultural life sports
• Higher Education is becoming a major export
  business
• In London, foreign students alone contribute
  1,2 billion to the economy every year.
• Higher Education generates a total amount of
  6 billion a year in London
• Universities contribue significantly to the
  identity, the quality of life and the image of
  the City

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Bologna Lisbon
The Bologna Process
The Lisbon Strategy
Universities are central actors to reach the EHEA
and Lisbon goals
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Europe in the Creative Age
Major conclusions of Richard Florida and Irene
Tinagli study (2004)
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Europe in the Creative Age

• The locus of competitiveness is the city-region
  (not the nation or the firm)
• If city-regions are going to drive growth and
  renewal,

• How do the capitals cities provide for the needs
  of their University ?
• How do the University provide for the needs of
  their Capital cities ?

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Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters
Major conclusions of Wu study (2005)

• Key questions

What type of cities are creative ? What
locational factors are essentiel ? What are the
common urban policy initiatives used by creative
cities ?

• Empirical investigations in Boston, San
  Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Austin,
  Washington DC, Dublin, Hong Kong, Bangalore

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Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters
Conclusions of W. Wu study
Factors contributing to the clustering of
creative industries

• Large cities and regions with many opportunities
• Universities play a major role in catalyzing the
  local economy by

1. generating cutting-edge research findings
2. pro-actively collaborating with industries
3. Supplying the needed human capital

• Critical role played by public policy in
  fostering a technology sector in the city

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Type of support given by European capitals to
their universities

• Financial support of HE

• Student support

• Vienna, Stockholm

• grant for SOCRATES students (Paris)
• student placements at universities in   sister
  cities  (Nicosia)
• Scholarship (Tallin)

• Renting land

• Bratislava, Tallin

• Knowledge dissemination

• Chair

• Brussels

• for Professor (Brussels, Helsinki, Lausanne,
  Stockholm)

• Continuing Education

• Research of interest for the City

• Tallin

• urban studies, public management, etc. (Zagreb,
  Reykjavík, Roma, Riga, Stockholm, Tallin,
  Prague)

• Joint Company

• Helsinki

A scoreboard will be produced by UNICA
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Type of support given by European capitals to
their universities

Capitals Student Support Chair Research Financial Real Estate Others
Amsterdam
Athens
Berlin
Bratislava
Brussels
Budapest
Bucarest
Copenhagen
Dublin
Helsinki
Lausanne
Lisbon
Ljubljana
London
Madrid
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Type of support given by European capitals to
their universities

Capitals Student Support Chair Research Financial Real Estate Others
Moscow
Nicosia
Oslo
Paris
Prague
Reykjavik
Riga
Rome
Skopje
Sofia
Stockholm
Tallin
Tirana
Vienna
Vilnius
Warsaw
Zagreb
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UCEU UNICA Proposal for cooperation
Create a joint working group

• to foster cooperation between Capitals and
  universities
• to learn from each other
• to identify creative ways to support creativity
  and innovation

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for more information
www.ulb.ac.be/unica/