Reviews of higher education in regional and city development 2008-10

Key questions | Participating cities and regions 

Next steps and major developments | List of Regional Co-ordinators

Analytical focus | How it the review carried out? | Objectives and benefits

Review reports and visits | HE and regions start page | Contact

The second round of reviews in 2008-10 is taking the reviews to new geographical areas in OECD countries and emerging economies. The reviews will benefit from collaboration with partners such as the World Bank and OECD Directorates and programmes.

This thematic review focuses on the interaction between higher education institutions (HEIs) and their cities and regions. The participants are HEIs, their cities and regions, and public authorities responsible for regional and higher education development at the national and sub-national scale. The focus is on the impact of higher education system on regional development - not that of an individual HEI.

Key questions

• What policies, practices and mechanisms promote mobilisation of higher education for regional and city development?
   
• How to make reforms happen?
   
• Which brings greater benefits to cities and regions:
  a high performing regionally focused HE system or a single world class university?

Participating cities and regions in the 2008-10 reviews

15 regions will participate:

• Australia (State of Victoria)

• Germany (City of Berlin)

• Italy (Region of Lombardy)

• Mexico (State of Sonora and State of Veracruz)

• Netherlands (City-Region of Amsterdam & City-Region of Rotterdam)

• Spain (Autonomous Region of Andalusia & Autonomous Region of Catalonia)

• US-Mexico (Paso del Norte Region)

• US (Southern Arizona)

• Brazil (State of Paraná)

• Chile (Bío Bío Region)

• Israel (The Galilee)

• Malaysia (State of Penang)

  
  

Next steps and major developments

• December 2009: Review visits to Victoria and Parana (6-12 Dec). Pre-visit to Penang (17-18 Dec).
• November 2009: Review visits to Rotterdam (8-13 Nov) and Galilee (21-27 Nov). Pre-visits to Andalusia (10-11 Nov) and Catalonia (12-13 Nov).
• October 2009: Review visits to Southern Arizona (4-10 Oct), Veracruz (11-17 Oct) and Paso del Norte (25-31 Oct). Pre-visit to Parana (20-21 Oct).
• September 2009: Roundtable meeting taking stock of progress made in cities and regions involved in the OECD review in Paris.
• September 2009: Review visits to Berlin and Amsterdam (13-18 Sep) and pre-visit to Southern Arizona (1-2 Sep), Paso del Norte (3-4 Sep), Victoria (3-4 Sep), Galilee (20-22 Sep) and Rotterdam (22-23 Sep).
• August 2009: Review visit to Bío Bío (16-22 Aug) and pre-visit to Amsterdam (5 Aug) and Veracruz (25-26 Aug).
• June-July 2009: Pre-visit to Berlin (25-26 June) and Bío Bío (12-14 July). More information in our Newsletter.
  
  
• August 2009 - March 2010: OECD-led peer review visits to the participating regions
• May 2009: Launch of interactive web to facilitate knowledge sharing
• September 2008 - February 2010: Self-evaluation process
  
  
• September 2008: Launch Workshop for Participating Regions in Paris
• January 2008: Official launch of the reviews for 2008-2010
• December 2007: Joint World Bank–OECD review of Kazan City-Region
• End 2007: Revised guidelines for the participation of regions and their HEIs adopted
  
  
• First round of reviews 2004-2007: OECD review project
  “Supporting the Contribution of HEIs to Regional Development”
• September 2007: Outcomes of the 2004-2007 review project launched at international conference in Valencia, Spain: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged - Higher Education and Regions
  

Email addresses of the Regional Co-ordinators

• State of Victoria: Faye BURTON
  fburton[at]vtown.com.au

• State of Paraná: Cássio ROLIM (Universidade Federal do Paraná)
  Cassio.Rolim[at]pobox.com

• Bío Bío Region: Martin ZILIC HREPIC (Universidad de Concepción)
  mzilic[at]udec.cl

• City of Berlin: Lena ULBRICHT (Social Science Research Center Berlin)
  ulbricht[at]wzb.eu

• The Galilee: Dr. John E. GOLUB (Council for Higher Education Israel)
  john.golub[at]che.org.il
  Galit EIZMAN (Council for Higher Education Israel)
  galit[at]che.org.il

• Region of Lombardy: Prof. Alberto BRUGNOLI (Lombardy Regional Institute for Research)
  direzione.generale[at]irer.it

• State of Penang: Prof. Sirat MORSHIDI (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
  morshidi[at]usm.my

• State of Veracruz: Jose RANGEL DIAZ (University of Veracruz)
  jorangel[at]uv.mx
• State of Sonora: José Manuel OCHOA (Sonora Institute of Technology)
  jmochoa[at]itson.edu.mx

• City-Region of Amsterdam: Prof. Dr. Peter NIJKAMP (VU University Amsterdam)
  m.draisma[at]dienst.vu.nl

• City-Region of Rotterdam: Monique DE KNEGT (Economic Development Board Rotterdam)
  m.deknegt[at]edbr.rotterdam.nl

• Autonomous Region of Andalusia: Eulalia W. PETIT DE GABRIEL (University of Seville)
  eulalia.petit.ext[at]juntadeandalucia.es

• Autonomous Region of Catalonia:
  Marti PARELLADA (Fundación CYD)
  marti.parellada[at]fundacioncyd.org
  Josep VILALTA (Associació Catalana d'Universitats Públiques, ACUP)
  jmvilalta[at]acup.cat

• Paso del Norte Region: Lisa COLQITT-MUÑOZ (Paso del Norte Group)
  lmunoz[at]pasodelnortegroup.org

• Southern Arizona: Francisco MARMOLEJO (University of Arizona)
  fmarmole[at]email.arizona.edu