Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development - Participating regions

This thematic review project focused on the interaction between higher education institutions (HEIs) and regions. 
The participants were HEIs, the regions with which they had some history of joint working, and public authorities responsible for territorial and higher education development at the national and sub-national scale.
The focus of the study was on the impact of higher education (not a selected number of HEIs) on regional development. Feedback on the process and impact of the review was collected from the regions - 14 in 12 countries - with the help of online questionnaire in Dec 2007. According to the feedback the review had improved collaboration between the HEIs and national and regional stakeholders. See feedback from the regions.

Links to more information on participating regions

Australia (Sunshine-Fraser Coast Region)
Brazil (North Paraná)
Canada (Atlantic Canada; Atlantic Canada)
Denmark (Jutland-Funen Region)
Denmark – Sweden (Øresund Region)
Finland (Jyväskylä Region)
England (North East Region)
Spain (Valencia Region & Canary Islands)
Sweden (Värmland Region)
Netherlands (Twente Region)
Norway (Mid-Norwegian Region)
Korea (Busan Region)
Mexico (Nuevo León )

Email addresses for regional coordinators

• Sunshine-Fraser Coast: Ms Sharon HALL (University of Sunshine Coast), shall@usc.edu.au
• Jutland-Funen: Ms Lisbeth Tved LINDE (Aalborg University), LTL@adm.aau.dk
• Øresund: Mr. Bengt STREIJFFERT (Øresund University), bengt.streijffert@oresund.lu.se
• Jyväskylä:
           -  Mr. Jari RITSILÄ (University of Jyväskylä), jari.ritsila@econ.jyu.fi
           -  Ms Anu TOKILA (University of Jyväskylä), anu.tokila@econ.jyu.fi
• Busan: Professor Jangsoo RYU (Pukyung National University), Jangsoo.ryu@pknu.ac.kr
• Twente: Ms. Irene SIJGERS (Saxion Hogeschool Enschede), i.sijgers@saxion.nl
• Mid Norwegian: Ms. Kristin BREKKE (Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Kristin.Brekke@ntnu.no
• Valencia: Professor José-Ginés MORA Ruiz (Technical University of Valencia, Spain), josegines@upvnet.upv.es
• Canary Islands: Dr. Néstor V. TORRES Darias (Agencia Canaria de Evaluación de la calidad y Acreditación Universitaria), ntorres@ull.es
• Värmland: Mrs. Kerstin NOREN (Karlstads Universitet), kerstin.noren@kau.se
• North East: Ms. Helen PICKERING (Universities for the North East), h.pickering@unis4ne.ac.uk
• Nuevo León:
          -  Mr Arturo AZUARA (Government of the State of Nuevo León), arturo.azuara@nl.gob.mx
          -  Lic. Amanda ORTIZ (Government of the State of Nuevo León), Amanda.ortiz@mail.nl.gob.mx
• North Paraná: Mr Cassio ROLIM (Universidade Federal do Paraná), cassio.rolim@ufpr.br
• Atlantic Canada: Dr. Wade LOCKE (Memorial University of Newfoundland), llocke@nf.sympatico.ca