• PADUCO: Innovative water solutions

• Academic-Business cooperation in the Netherlands

MSM Maastricht School of Management

Presentation Water Forum

Irna van der Molenmolen@msm.nl

PALESTINIAN-DUTCH ACADEMIC COOPERATION PROGRAM IN WATERPADUCO

Academic-Business Cooperation

• Participation in national fora on economic development policy, smart specialisation and industrialisation

• Key player in regional knowledge strategy, together with business and knowledge institutions in same region

• Support internationalization of business in province Limburg through training, research, policy advise , stimulating networking and bridge building

MSM Maastricht School of Management

Institutional infrastructure

• Mentorship program for international MBA students in collaboration with DSM, Philips, ING, CBS, city of Maastricht

• Organizing regular information and competitive intelligence sessions for local businesses to do business in, e.g. BRICS, Azerbadjan, Peru, Russia

MSM Maastricht School of Management

Institutional infrastructure

• agri-business; water management, engineering, life sciences and other fields

• Junior/senior researcher will be parttime located at company for 6 months - 5 years

• Tasks: Combining research and consulting• Company contributes 450 Euro/month to

scholarship • Research under strict supervision by MSM

to comply with accreditation standards• Examples: www.dialego.de; www.watch-

consultancy.com

MSM Maastricht School of Management

Virtual Management Labto create business opportunities

MSM Maastricht School of Management

• MSM's contribution to the regional economy

Dutch concept “Sandmotor” as adaptation toto sea level rise

TUDelft and companies providing health technolgoy (such as Phillips) in the development of MRI Scan

Cooperation Civil Engineering Department and Dredging Firms

Coooperation between Civil Engineering Department and Consulting Firm

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Institutional infrastructure

Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship

Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship offers - and constantly develops - an inspiring and cutting edge education program:• For Bachelor students: the minors ‘Technology based

Entrepreneurship’ and ‘International Entrepreneurship & Development’

• For master students: Design Challenge, Sustainable Business Game and Patent Law.

• For PhD students: encouragement to do a PhD in relation to entrepreneurship

DCE organizes a two day masterclass entrepreneurship. Goal of this masterclass is to introduce the participants to starting up as a spin-off of the university.

The teachers are employees of TU Delft and professionals from the corporate world.

The program encompasses: best/worst practices, writing a business and marketing plan, finance and strategy, marketing & sales, intellectual property.

UNESCO-IHEInstitute for Water Education

Climate change and water supply in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

A Public Private Partnership Facility

Soc Trang People’s CommitteeTra Vinh People’s Committee

Public

Vitens Evides (Applicant)Saigon Water CorporationSoc Trang Water Supply CompanyTra Vinh Water Supply and Drainage Company

Private

Unesco-IHEUniversity of Can Tho

Knowledge Institute

UNESCO-IHEInstitute for Water Education

To improve drinking water supply by increasing availability and reducing climate change effects on the water companies in the Mekong Delta. It will reduce the water and energy footprint of the water companies and industries.

Sustainable Water Fund: PPP for increased access to Sustainable Water Services in Rwanda (SusWas)

UNESCO-IHEInstitute for Water Education

To support the urban and rural Rwandan water sector to:• increase access to water and sanitation;• improve quality and safety of drinking water, and• enhance financial and operational sustainability,• ultimately benefitting the entire population (11.3 million

people).

Partners: Vitens Evides International (applicant)EWSA - Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority of Rwanda;FEPEAR Association of private operators of water supply and sanitation in Rwanda;Aquanet BV PWN consultants for water enterprise development;UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education.

UNESCO IHE Networks and Partnerships

Institutional Infrastructure

• IFFCO KISAN SEZ Greenport Nellore, India – a design of a 1100 hectare Agropark, with detailed models for the corresponding Intelligent Agrologistic Network (IAN).

• Agropark IFFCO Kisan SEZ Nellore is envisaged to be environmentally sustainable with zero effluent emissions.

• The spatial clustering of different agro-production chains and spatial combination of agro-processing and non-agro functions enable prosperous scenario’s.

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Founders: • City of Enschede, • Province of Overijssel, • University of Twente, • Saxion University of Applied Sciences• Region of Twente

Activities• Entrepreneurship: stimulate startups and growing companies• Innovation: stimulate innovation and knowledge transfer • Area: create an inspiring location for innovative companies

Kom verder. Saxion.

Venturelab Twente• 1 year business development

program for startups and growing companies

• >200 participants in 3 years

Research Joint Ventures• Thermoplastic Composite Research Centre (TPRC):

Boeing, Stork, Fokker, Ten Cate• Centre for Medical Imaging (CMI): Siemens, UMCG• High Tech Factory: 20 nano- companies• Center4Cloud: Google, IBM, KPN

Results: • Regional engine for innovation• 330 companies on site

– 5,900 commercial jobs• 879 spin-offs (40 -50

startups/year) from the University alone

• 8529 jobs of the spin-offs

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Kom verder. Saxion.

Why this works:• It is an ecosystem• Top technology at the universities (nano, bio, ICT)• Long history with Industry – university cooperation in the region

A shared vision with the local governments and industry (HTSM; High Tech Systems and Materials)