Techniekpact The Dutch Technology Pact

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1 Techniekpact The Dutch Technology Pact Pieter Waasdorp Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands Director Entrepreneurship Department and SME-Envoy

2 Agenda The Dutch Entrepreneurship policy Technology Pact Why it is necessary? What is it? How it was developed? How it works? 2

3 Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands: position and development compared with a group of reference countries Source: CBS,

4 Dutch Entrepreneurship policy Improving the business climate and stimulating successful entrepreneurship SME finance (from micro credit to venture capital) Corporate governance and corporate law Stimulating entrepreneurship education, knowledge valorisation, technology transfer and spin off creation Improving the climate for starting up and growing businesses, with a special attention for gazelles and young innovative firms, and Corporate Social Responsibility Network of Chambers of Commerce in The Netherlands Improving the linkage between education and the needs of the labour market, with a special attention for beta-technicians and knowledge migration 4

5 Why? Labour market forecast: urgencies because of regional differences in demand en supply and differences in educational level and at company level. 4.3 or more 2.3 tot tot tot tot tot tot < or more 2.0 tot tot tot tot tot tot < -2.4 Vocational education 5 Higher education Source: Bureau Louter 2013

6 What is it? (1) Focus on action! Broad cooperation between education, business and employees Uniting existing plans and initiatives, but more focus and speed Implementation within regions and sectors Supported by 22 national measures Overall goal: annual additional 30,000 technicians Needed at all levels: hands-on vocational graduates as well as for talented academic researchers 6

7 What is it? (2) Three lines of action with the horizon of 2020: Going for technology: more school pupils choosing to study in the field of technology (up to out of 10 in 2020) Learning in technology: more school pupils and students with a technical qualification progressing to a job in technology (increasing from 50% to 60% in 2020) Working in technology: retaining technology workers in the technology sector (up 25%) and finding alternative jobs in technology for people with a technology background whose jobs are under threat or who have been marginalised (up 25%) 7

8 How? A joint initiative of central government, the organised business community, the trade unions, the education community and the regions. Governmental participants of the Ministry s of Economic Affairs, Education, Culture and Science and Social Affairs and Employment A national ambassador and a national special envoy Implementation within regions, supported by arrangements for the implementation by the STEM network Every region has his own regional envoy and implementation structure : North, East, Southeast, Southwest Wing and Northwest Wing For coordinates, tracks and monitors the implementation of the national strategy there is a National Technology Pact Coordinating Group with all partners 8

9 Ambassador: André Kuipers 9

10 National special envoy: Paul de Krom Former secretary of state at Ministry of Social Affairs and employment 10

11 13 mei 2013: Pact signed! 11

12 How it works? Some examples of national measures By 2020, all 7,000 primary schools in the Netherlands will have science and technology on their curricula 100 million to get more science teachers into secondary schools and to allow teacher training programmes to devote more attention to technology. Businesses in top sectors will make 1,000 scholarships available annually 12

13 Scholarships First 20 scholarships awarded at Topsector Water The Minister of Infrastructure and Environment, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, awarded the first twenty scholarships at thetopsector Water. The winners received a two -year scholarship made available by employers in the water sector. They should be the golden hands and brains in the future of the water sector. Also the top sectors Chemistry and High-tech systems and materials has recently awarded scholarships. 13

14 Jet-Net Best practice to scale To promote the flow of students to higher STEM Education by collaboration between school and companies. Target group: pupils of age 12-18, teachers and parents New target group: > Jet-Net Junior Learning by doing Results over 10 years : 87 Jet-Net companies and 31 partners >600 activities every year 175 active Jet-Net schools > students per year students Career Days in schools on the waiting list 14

15 Jet-Net companies 15

16 PPP s The Public-Private Partnerships at national scale 16

17 Zooming in at a PPP s ACE: Automotive Centre of Expertise A partnership between the Automotive institutes of the University of Arnhem and Nijmegen, Rotterdam University, Fontys and business. ACE is the center where all expertise in the automotive field comes together. Main purpose is to increase the number of new automotive students. This by offering a program with unique talent- and high-level research projects. ACE offers student collaboration and interaction with campanies at an early stage. ACE is co-financed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs 17

18 Image library Using modern Images 18

19 Technology is the future! Many young people do not choose technology because they do not have a clear idea of what 'technology' is The prejudices are: technology is boring, difficult, complex, or you'll have to get your hands dirty Rol models can change that! Teachers with knowledge of the world of business will be crucial in offering children an inspiring technology education Also Partnership between education and business to support students and teachers. It can show that Technology offers career contexts 19

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