Mathematics, Science & Technology Education:A European Coordinating BodyXanthe Visram (European Round Table of Industrialists)

Alexa Joyce (European Schoolnet)4th November 2009

Informal forum bringing together around 45 chief executive officers and

chairmen of major multinational companies of European parentage

Companies of ERT Members are widely situated across Europe, with

sales to EU customers exceeding Euro 1 000 billion, thereby sustaining

around 6.6 million jobs in the region

Chairman Jorma Ollila - NokiaVice-Chairmen Peter Sutherland - BPLeif Johansson - Volvo

Paul Adams - British American TobaccoCésar Alierta Izuel - TelefónicaNils S. Andersen - A.P. Moller - MaerskLéo Apotheker - SAPPaulo Azevedo - SONAEJean-Louis Beffa - Saint-GobainFranco Bernabè - Telecom ItaliaWulf Bernotat - E.ONCarlo Bozotti - STMicroelectronicsPeter Brabeck-Letmathe - NestléSvein Richard Brandtzaeg - Norsk HydroDavid Brennan - AstraZenecaMartin Broughton - British AirwaysAntonio Brufau - Repsol YPFGerhard Cromme - ThyssenKruppRodolfo De Benedetti - CIRThierry Desmarest - TOTALBülent Eczacibaşi - Eczacibaşi GroupJohn Elkann - FiatCarlos Ghosn - RenaultJürgen Hambrecht - BASFAntti Herlin - KONE CorporationZsolt Hernádi – MOLFranz Humer - F. Hoffmann-La RochePablo Isla - InditexGerard Kleisterlee - Royal Philips ElectronicsBruno Lafont - LafargeThomas Leysen - UmicoreIan Livingston - BTPeter Löscher - SiemensGary McGann - Smurfit Kappa GroupGérard Mestrallet - GDF SuezAloïs Michielsen - SolvayRené Obermann - Deutsche TelekomDimitris Papalexopoulos - Titan CementPaul Polman - UnileverBenoît Potier - Air LiquideWolfgang Ruttenstorfer - OMVGüler Sabanci - Sabanci HoldingPaolo Scaroni - EniJean-François van Boxmeer - HeinekenJeroen van der Veer - Royal Dutch ShellBen Verwaayen - Alcatel-LucentJacob Wallenberg - InvestorHans Wijes - AkzoNobel

Secretary General Wim Philippa

Europe will face large scale competence disparities in the MST area

• Declining student proportion

• Stabilisation of access to tertiary education

• Unfavourable demographic trends

• Hesitant attitudes

European stakeholders need to coordinate efforts

ERT believes business has an increasingly important role to play

Partnerships should provide

• Meaningful life and career contexts

• Role models

• Career information

Partnership between education and business to support students and teachers

Differentiating depending on

• Age and school level

• Topic, culture and geography

ERT High Level Multi-Stakeholder Event

• Act as catalyst for education/business initiatives at

national and local levels• Help create a European Coordinating Body• Engage with the OECD to establish indicators• Continue to take leadership on promoting MST careers

2 October 2009, Brussels

Conclusions

ERT MST Education Report

Addressing the role business might have in the problem and should

play in the solution

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Published September 2009

A European Coordinating Body

A European Coordinating BodyThe main deliverables of the ECB will be:

• Observatory of practice

• Evaluation of current partnerships

• Needs analysis to identify gaps in current partnerships

• Research

• Annual synthesis report of relevant published research

• Interviews

• Focus groups

• Repository of good practice

• Community platform

• Coordination meetings

• Matching tool

• Special interest groups

• Professional development for teachers

• Multilingual web portal in 8 languages

• European level campaign and conferences

FP7 Call for ProposalEstablishing the European Coordinating Body

European Commission Call Details

• Programme: 7th Framework Programme – Capacities Part 5 – Science in Society

• Area 5.2.2.2 Reinforcing links between science education and science careers

• Call SiS-2010-2.2.2-1 Reinforcing link between science education and S&T careers in the private sector through reinforcing the partnership industry/education

• Co-funding: 50% of eligible costs reimbursed, up to 4 M Euro

FP7 Call for ProposalEstablishing the European Coordinating Body

Establishing the European Coordinating BodyCurrent Partners and Stakeholders

MATENA

Conclusion

• Education essential for European competitiveness

• Partnerships between education and business have a key role to play

• Partnerships need support and encouragement

• ERT members are prepared to further engage in partnerships to aid in achieving EU targets

• A European Coordinating Body would provide substantial support to partnerships across Europe

• Europe needs to take action now, despite the current economic climate

• Members State support is essential