Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2010

This report looks at how to encourage effective interaction between the higher education sector and the region, not simply on the transfer of technology and knowledge, but on the mobility and skills of people. It considers how to develop and transform the talents and competences both of the young non-Western minority and of the 30+ age-group.


This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for the development of Amsterdam.
Table of contents
List of Acronyms
Chapter 1: Analysis and recommendations
1.1 Challenges inherent in the national context
1.2 The specificity of Amsterdam
1.3 Moving forward
References
Chapter 2: National education policy and the regional context
2.1 The Dutch context
2.2 The tertiary education system: facts, figures and traditions
2.3 National governance and financing patterns
2.4 The regional dimension in the higher education system
2.5 Support for the regional mission
2.6 The Randstad and its sub-regions
2.7 Higher education in the Amsterdam region
References
Chapter 3: The contribution of higher education to innovation
3.1 HEI Research and knowledge output
3.2 HEI and the Amsterdam global city context
3.3. Academia and commercialisation of innovation
References
Chapter 4: The contribution of higher education to human capital development
4.1 Provision of skills for the labour market .
4.2 Flexibility in, and coherence of, the tertiary education system
4.3 Training and attracting talent
4.4 Contribution of HEIs to a coherent regional innovation system
References
Chapter 5: The contribution of higher education to social, cultural and environmental development
Introduction
5.1 Teaching and Learning
5.2 Research and Innovation
References
Chapter 6: Capacity building for regional co-operation
6.1 Connecting HEI , international firms and society
6.2 Reinforcing HEI/cluster linkages
Annex 1 – OECD review team
Annex 2: Programme of the review visit