MSM
Maastricht
School of
Management
Irna van der Molen
molen@msm.nl
Presentation Water Forum
• PADUCO: Innovative
water solutions
• Academic-Business
cooperation in the
Netherlands
PALESTINIAN-DUTCH ACADEMIC COOPERATION PROGRAM IN WATER
PADUCO
Academic-Business
Cooperation
MSM
Maastricht
School of
Management
Institutional infrastructure
• 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
Virtual Management Lab
to create business opportunities
• 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.watchconsultancy.com
MSM
Maastricht
School of
Management
• MSM's contribution to
the regional economy
TUDelft and companies providing
health technolgoy (such as Phillips) in
the development of MRI Scan
Dutch concept “Sandmotor” as adaptation to
to sea level rise
Cooperation Civil Engineering Department and
Dredging Firms
Coooperation between Civil Engineering
Department and Consulting Firm
Sensor system
Surface
Functionalisation
FREESTANDING
WAVEGUIDE
Evanescent
wave
Input
Bacteria in
water
Microfluidic
system
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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 program encompasses: best/worst
practices, writing a business and marketing
plan, finance and strategy, marketing & sales,
intellectual property.
The teachers are employees of TU Delft and
professionals from the corporate world.
UNESCO -IHE
Institute for Water Education
Climate change and water supply
in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
A Public Private Partnership Facility
UNESCO -IHE
Institute for Water Education
Soc Trang People’s Committee
Public
Tra Vinh People’s Committee
Vitens Evides (Applicant)
Private
To improve
drinking water supply by
Saigon Water
Corporation
availability
and reducing climate
Soc Trangincreasing
Water Supply
Company
changeSupply
effectsand
on Drainage
the waterCompany
companies in
Tra Vinh Water
the Mekong Delta. It will reduce the water
Unesco-IHE
Knowledge
and energy footprint of the water
University of Can Tho
Institute
companies and industries.
UNESCO -IHE
Institute for Water Education
Sustainable Water Fund: PPP for increased access to
Sustainable Water Services in Rwanda (SusWas)
To supportVitens
the urban
rural Rwandan
water sector to:
Partners:
Evidesand
International
(applicant)
• increase
access
to water
and sanitation;
EWSA
- Energy,
Water
and Sanitation
Authority of Rwanda;
•FEPEAR
improve
quality and
safety of
drinking of
water,
and
Association
of private
operators
water
supply and
•sanitation
enhanceinfinancial
Rwanda;and operational sustainability,
•Aquanet
ultimately
benefitting
the entire
population
(11.3development;
million
BV PWN
consultants
for water
enterprise
people). Institute for Water Education.
UNESCO-IHE
Institutional Infrastructure
UNESCO IHE Networks and Partnerships
• 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
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
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
Kom verder. Saxion.
Why this works:
•A Itshared
is an ecosystem
vision with the local governments and industry
•(HTSM;
Top technology
the universities
(nano, bio, ICT)
High Techat
Systems
and Materials)
• Long history with Industry – university cooperation in the region