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Cisco Networking Academyin Belgium & BeLux
Country Plan FY18September 2017 v1.5
Opening Remarks
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Conclusions & Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
Opening Remarks
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Conclusions & Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
Belgium Statistical Overview
Population: 11.3m (2016) GDP: 466 Bn (2016) Economic growth forecast:
2017 (1.5%) [and 2018 (1.7%), from 1.2% in 2016] Unemployment is 6.8% (2017) Global Competitive Index rank
Innovation: 17Sophistication factors rank: 14
The 18-64 age group, i.e. largely the working population, numbers 6,919,768and accounts for the bulk of the population.
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
BiASC, the Belgian IT Academy Support Center, is the largest ASC in Belgium and Luxemburg.
In Europe it ranks among the top-10 of Academy Support Centers.
Based in Brussels, the European Capital, BiASC has an open mind towards entrepreneurship, innovation and business relevance.
Since the start in 2013 BiASC has been closely cooperating with the Netherlands NASC, as well as other similar organizations in Europe.
BiASC functions both as an Academy Support Center and as an Instructor Training Center for Belgium and Luxemburg.
We are open to a better cooperation with the other ASCs in Walloniaand Luxemburg.
For historic reasons, Luxemburg has not been part of the BiASC region. In 2017 BiASC started visiting Cisco Academies in Luxemburg and intend to continue to do so.
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
The Belgian IT Academy Support Center - BiASC was founded in 2013 at the moment when Cisco Networking Academy changed the support model from Regional Academies to Academy Support Centers, bringing together 20-30 regional academies under one umbrella.
The number of academies currently supported by BiASC (65), will continue to increase. Currently around 10 academies are going through the onboarding process.
Until recently, BiASC operations were made possible through volunteers. The volunteers are experts because they use to perform the same function as when their organization was a regional academy (before the change in to the ASC partner model five years ago).
BiASC 2017
Innovation through HackathonsBiASC means more than IT & Technology
Empathizing – Design Thinking – Problem Solving – Learning by Doing – Multidisciplinary Teams – Business Modelling – Prototyping – Pitching …
Since 2014 BiASC has been organizing Startup Weekends, Hackathons and Creathons in Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam and Malawi, in cooperation with Cisco Networking Academy and with Microsoft Innovation Center. Numerous Cisco academies and business partners have been involved, including the European Commission.
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
Since the inception BIASC has based itselfon non-commercial principles and goals:
Preparing students for a better professional future Following up innovation and evolutions in IT & Technology Keeping an open mind towards social, economic and evolutions in technology Focusing on business relevant applications of IT & Technology Providing excellent instructor professional development Building an international network of ICT educational institutions & ICT partners Open towards cross-border cooperation Actively promoting IT Academy programs that complement the Cisco Curriculum Improving the way people learn
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
STRENGTHS
OPPORTUNITIES
WEAKNESSES
THREATS
• Knowledge of Education Sector• Knowledge of NetAcad• Strong Network• Experienced IT professionals & instructors• Relationschip with University
• Finances• Availability Staff
• Grey usages of NetAcad• Internal discussion between Wallonia &
Flanders• Partly dependent on University
• Open ASC Model
• Too many instructor trainers
• Relationship management
• Expanding NetAcad Courses• Expansion into Secondary Education• Potential growth in Wallonia• Relationship with Cisco Sales• Hackathons/Creathons
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Opening Remarks
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Conclusions & Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
Mapping Belgium
BiASC 2017
BiASC in BelgiumCisco BeLux is based in Diegem near Brussels and operates for Belgium and Luxemburg.
Belgian IT Academy Support Center BiASC is the only active ASC in Flanders (North Belgium).80% of existing academies in Belgium joined up with BiASC in 2013.
Belgium & Luxemburg have four Academy Support Centers. BiASC being the largest is currently opening and desiring collaboration with the other ASCs in Wallonia (South Belgium) and Luxemburg (South East of Belgium).
BiASC is able to support the following geographic areasBrussels -- Flanders -- Wallonia -- Belgium National -- Luxemburg
Mapping Belgium
BiASC 2017
Growth possibilities through curriculum portfolioMore digital competences should be addressed in higher education-> business management, marketing, logistics, teacher training
More digital competences should be addressed in secondary education-> only about 50 schools (1000 pupils) teaching IT & Technology
Important New Courses for the Belgian Market-> IT Essentials v6 Dutch Translation-> Linux Essentials/ Linux Unhatched-> Python Programming-> IoT Fundamentals: Connecting Things-> Big Data & Analytics-> Cyber Security Essentials & CCNA Cyber Operations
Follow-ups-> Innovation Competences with Hackathons-> New Workshop “Capture the Flag”
Mapping Belgium
BiASC 2017
AgesBelgian Education System: Divide & Conquer
Belgium has a diversity of organizations
responsible for education
1. Linguistics & Culture
The Dutch – French – German Speaking education
systems are independent
2. Politics & Influence
In every linguistic and cultural region there are three
distinct education networks:
- Official education (state, region, city)
- Free education (catholic, Jewish, …)
- Specific or Experiential education (Steiner)
Mapping Belgium
BiASC 2017
The table on this slide maps the potential usage domains of more than a dozen Cisco Academy courses. The
main applications are in University Colleges (University of Applied Sciences) and in Professional Adult
Education. Secondary schools are slowly starting to come on board of Cisco Academy. We are expecting a lot
from the new exploratory and foundational courses.
Mapping Belgium
BiASC 2017
(*) Some figures are derived from other statistics; the figures can be trusted but results should be checked
In Belgium nearly a million persons go to school, including higher
education. Collecting figures for Belgium is difficult, because education
is distributed among three linguistic and cultural regions.
In calculating statistics we used a ratio of about 40-60 regarding the
market share of the French (40) and Dutch (60) speaking communities.
As a result of the low number of enrolments in IT & Technology
programs, the total expected population interested in the Cisco
Academy Curriculum is inferred to be between 15 000 and 20 000
students. National campaigns (e.g. Agoria) are happening in order to
raise the interest of young people in Tech & IT.
TOTAL AVAILABLE MARKET FOR CISCO ACADEMY 1M students
TOTAL ADRESSABLE MARKET FOR CISCO ACADEMY100-150K
students
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN IT & TECHNOLOGY15-20K
students
7K NetAcad students
180K Vocational
students
700K Secondary
school students
120K University College (UC) students
1 Total available
market
2 Total addressable
market
3 Students interested
in technical and
technology fields
The total addressable market
consists of Vocational and UC
students in IT or directly related to
IT fields and secondary school
students enrolled in the second
phase).
Students interested in technical
and technology fields are students
enrolled in technical or technology
programs.
In Belgium the number of young people interested in IT & Tech is relatively low.
1Mstudents
15-20K
students
100-150K
students
Mapping Belgium
BiASC 2017
Higher EducationIn Belgium Higher Education has the largest share within Cisco Academy. More than 70% of CCNA participants are in university colleges (bachelor degree programmes).
Professional Adult EducationIn Adult Education the employment office VDAB is an important player. The field of adult education is divided by many different types of professional educational programmes, including evening schools. Evening classes (adult vocational education) account for around 30% of participation by adult learners. Other professional education programmes are comparable to adult vocational programmes, but there is a myriad of social organizations offerings these courses.
Secondary EducationThe share of secondary education is still very small in our region. The growth factor lies in Packet Tracer (now 25%) , IT Essentials (now 10%) and exploratory courses like Python and IoT.
Opening Remarks
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Future Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
Review FY17
BiASC 2017
USAGE STATS OF THE CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY CURRICULA
BiASC members are heavy adopters of the core curriculum, i.e. the career-oriented Cisco Networking Academy courses:
• CCNA R&S: more than 80%• Linux Essentials: 7,5%• IT Essentials: 5%• CCNA Security: 2.5%
The Cyber Security course at 1% is the first new type of course to be used within University Colleges and Professional Adult Education.
As far as the CCNA R&S Curriculum is concerned, the chart on the right indicates that higher education is dominant, followed by three types of adult education. The career oriented curricula have not found a large audience in Belgian secondary education (<1%). IT & Technology in secondary education are not widely preferred by the student population.
Review FY17
BiASC 2017
TYPES OF ACADEMIES IN BELGIUM
Higher Education Institutions are the dominant type of Cisco Academy among the BiASC members.
• University Colleges account for almost 70% of student participation.• Linux courses appeal to almost 30% percent of students.• At this moment less than 1% of pupils from secondary education are
taking advantage of the Cisco Academy program.
The new exploratory and foundational course materials are an important opportunity to increase the number of Networking Academy student participants in Belgian secondary education. Also the simulation tool Packet Tracer offers an important attraction to secondary schools.
It has to be noted that the rate of students choosing IT & Tech programmes in secondary education is rather low in Belgium. Probably, there are only about 1000 students among more than half million students in secondary education.
Because of the lack of IT training in secondary education quite a few candidates go for adult IT training programmes, when not opting for higher education.
Review FY17
BiASC 2017
NEW TYPES OF ACADEMIES IN BELGIUM
Recently the Belgian IT Academy Support Center BiASC onboarded the Belgian Defence ICT Academy. Telecommunication training within the Belgian Army will from now on be based on the career-oriented course materials from Cisco Networking Academy.
A very recent evolution (last months) is the growing number of secondary schools inquiring about becoming a Cisco Academy. An important lever to make secondary schools interested in Cisco Academy is the simulation tool Packet Tracer. Also IT Essentials and the new exploratory and foundational course materials are appealing. Belgian secondary school pupils have not shown much interest in career-oriented courses like CCNA. They prefer postponing this until higher education or adult training.
Every secondary school entering as a Cisco Academy will receive one free instructor training in IT Essentials.
Review FY17
BiASC 2017
Prominent Cisco Academies
Higher Education Institutions
University Colleges in Belgium have been the first type of institutions to adopt the Cisco Networking Academy Program since 2000.
The number of student participants is directly related to the number of students opting for IT & Technology education programmes.
Unfortunately, IT & Technology have not been popular in Belgium among young people. Professional organisations such as Agoria are intensively addressing this problem. The TECH.MATTERS campaign is a recent example.
Oftentimes there is a tendency of higher education institutions to underestimate “specific” education programmes. This might have an influence on the future participation of HE students in the Cisco Academy program.
The institutions in the list above vary from 1000 down to 300 students. ++ and – indicate if the academy has grown over the previous year.
(*) Academies indicated with asterisk are not paying fees
Review FY17
BiASC 2017
Prominent Cisco Academies
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Education accounts for a 30% market share in Belgian Cisco Academies.
In Belgium there are three types of adult education institutions:
Professional training organised by national employment offices (VDAB, FOREM)
Training organized by a myriad of social professional organizations(INTEC, Interface3, Evoliris, Syntra, …)
Adult education organized by evening schools (CVO): see next slide Even though IT & Technology training is considered to have high
relevance, there are not always sufficient budgets to organize training projects for adults.
The institutions in the list above vary from 750 down to 50 participants. ++ and – indicate if the academyhas grown over the previous year.
(*) Academies indicated with asterisk are not paying
fees
Review FY17
BiASC 2017
Prominent Cisco Academies
EVENING CLASSES (CVO)ADULT EDUCATION
Evening classes have a market share of about 30% of adult professional training within Cisco Academy.
A large share of participants in CVO institutions are enrolled for a 2-year vocational graduate degree (120 ects).
It is well-known that CVO institutions have no big budgets for hardware. However, they receive sufficient financial means to pay for teachers’ salaries.
By 2019 the organization of vocational higher education will go to university colleges. As a result evening classes are suffering a decline.
As a result of this evolution the number of participants in university colleges will increase as of 2019.
The institutions in the list above vary from 500 down to 100 participants. ++ and – indicate if the academy has grown over the previous year.
(*) Academies indicated with asterisk are not paying
fees
Opening Remarks
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Future Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
Preview FY18
BiASC 2017
2017-2018-> Continuing collaboration within Benelux-> Resolve grey Networking Academy issues-> Academy Name Change: most institutions merged and got a new name-> Utilise new opportunities offered by Networking Academy Portfolio-> IT Essentials 6.0 Translation into Dutch
Target groupsSTABILIZE: higher education & professional adult educationIMPROVE: secondary education + non-IT education
-> TARGET 1 Develop Non-ICT Education Programmes in Higher Education: Digital Skills-> TARGET 2 Develop Secondary Education-> TARGET 3 Take Wallonia out of the grey academy usage-> TARGET 4 Develop Cisco Academy in Luxemburg
Preview FY18
BiASC 2017
Opening Remarks
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Conclusions & Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
Conclusions & Forecast
BiASC 2017
Now is the time to expand the Cisco Academy program in Belgium. The new exploratory and foundational course materials will allows us to take many more institutions on board.
Until now the interest for IT & Technology by the young generation in Belgium has not been enormous. Lots of professional organizations, including Agoria, are actively promoting that more students should learn IT & Technology. BiASC are developing activities to improve the financial situation so that we can have a more permanent staff. The Brussels context
offers excellent opportunities for this aim. With BiASC will take every opportunity to increase the number of students participating in the Cisco Academy program.
The table at the bottom right shows the situation of our various target groups within Cisco Academy as well as a predicted evolution for the near future: In higher education we hope for a growth of 30% in three years. University colleges will start organizing 2-year vocational degree
programs, apart from the existing bachelor degree programmes. Also, the new course materials for non-it students and for beginners are important to ensure stabilization or growth in student participation.
The participation in adult education can increase by 30% as a result of the new exploratory and foundational courses offered by Cisco Academy.
Adult Vocational (CVO) might grow by 20% even though a large part of their graduate student audience will go to university colleges as 2019.
(*) It has to be noted that recent evolutions have made BiASC a little bit more optimistic than two months ago.
Opening Remarks
BiASC 2017
Mapping Belgium
Review FY17
Preview FY18
Conclusions & Forecast
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
FY2018 TO DO
Develop Secondary Education
Developing Cisco Networking Academy in Secondary Education, focusing on the Packet Tracer simulation tool, IT Essentials, Python programming, IoT and other new interactive exploratory and foundational courses.
Creating one-day workshops about IT Essentials, Python Programming, IoT, Security, Capture the Flag and other topics to raise the interest of young people.
In Belgian Higher Education there is an historic link to secondary schools in the region. In a recent meeting with instructors from University Colleges, BiASC announced a scenario-based plan which will attempt to connect secondary schools to Cisco Academy with the assistance of a regional higher education institution.
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
FY2018 TO DO
Develop Higher Education
Developing a needed solution for virtual hardware accessible from local labs. Investigating feasible solutions involving VIRL, virtualized IOS on VMware, or DevNet Sandbox.
Creating one-day workshops about IoT, Python Programming and DevNet and other topics that demonstrate the generic capacity of the Cisco Academy course materials.
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
FY2018 TO DO
Develop Wallonia Stopping grey market situation in the south of the country. Developing Cisco Networking Academy in Wallonia (*)
Develop LuxemburgDeveloping Cisco Networking Academy in Luxemburg (*) by working closely with currently active academies and onboarding new academies such as Luxemburg University (Esch-sur-Alzette).
(*) Luxemburg and Wallonia are totally distinct regions, requiring a different approach regarding the development of Cisco Networking Academy.
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
BiASC Target Groups
Higher Education * More involvement through Python Programming, Security, IoT & Big Data* Campaign towards non-IT education: dependent on quality of exploratory and foundational coursesAdult Education * More involvement in Python Programming & IoTSecondary Education* Interactive workshops on IT Essentials, Python Programming, IoT, Security & Capture the Flag”Assistance requested from former Belgian Regional Academies & University Colleges * Writing scenarios for interactive workshops & challenges* Support regional secondary schools & adult education with IT Essentials, Python Programming, IoT & Security
Closing Remarks
BiASC 2017
BIASC will go into the next year with the following goals in mind
Promoting an innovative entrepreneurial spirit. Continuing to support member institutions to organize Hackathons, Creathons and other active challenges for students.
Continuing to build an international network of ICT educational institutions & ICT partners. Promoting on the Belgian education market new curricula and opportunities offered by Cisco
Networking Academy. Onboarding and supporting academies wishing to adopt new courses and tools available within
Networking Academy. Supporting educational institutions to make the best use of the Networking Academy portfolio. Making sure there is sufficient funding to improve BiASC daily operations.
Closing Remarks
Cisco Networking Academyin Belgium & BeLux
Country Plan FY18
Final Slide