OECD LEED REVIEWS Universities, Entrepreneurship and Local Development MORAVIA-SILESIA, CZECH REPUBLIC ENHANCING THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS 1 IN COLLABORATION WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORTS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2 Source cover picture: City Council of Ostrava Design: Joseph Tixier, OECD OECD LEED REVIEWS ON UNIVERSITIES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ENHANCING THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN MORAVIA-SILESIA, CZECH REPUBLIC" REVIEW REPORT AUGUST 2014 3 Acknowledgements This review of the contributions of higher education institutions to local development in the Moravia-Silesia region in Czech Republic would not have been possible without the contributions, commitments and dedication of many people. The authors firstly thank the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, who requested Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED) of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development to undertake this review. Petr Černikovský and Kristýna Žůrková, accompanied the entire review process, and provided invaluable support. The authors are also grateful to the higher education institutions in Moravia-Silesia, the local authorities and a wide range of local development stakeholders at regional and municipal levels for their interest in the review and their engagement in the organisation of the study visit and the regional workshop. Special thanks are extended to the translators and interpreters! Jaana Puukka, former OECD analyst, has played a crucial role in getting this review started. She was part of the international review team as core expert and prepared the chapter on the policy framework and institutional level impacts as well as the draft version of this report. Petr Kolář from the Jan Amos Komensky University in Prague prepared a substantial background report. Patrick Dubarle, former OECD principal administrator, Maite Martinez-Granado, economist working at NAIDER in Spain, Tomas Karlsson entrepreneurship education researcher and professor at Chalmers University of Technology, and Jakob Stolt, expert-advisor at the University of Aalborg in the Copenhagen Campus in Denmark were other members of the international review panel and authors of different chapters of this report. Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, economist at the OECD, led the review team and edited the final version of this report. Special thanks are extended to Jonathan Potter and David Halabisky for their involvement in getting the project started, and to Barbara Cachova, Joseph Tixier and Emma Tynan for their invaluable support in organising the study visit and the dissemination of the report. All are part of the Local Economic and Employment Development Programme of the OECD. 4 AUTHORS' NOTE This report is the result of a one-year collaboration between the Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. The aim of this collaboration has been to undertake a review of the current and potential contributions of higher education institutions to local and regional development in Moravia-Silesia region, identifying key opportunities and obstacles and providing recommendations for future action – both at public policy level as well as targeted directly at the higher education institutions and their local partners. Moravia-Silesia offers an interesting case, which regions elsewhere in the OECD area can learn from. It hosts five higher education institutions, of which three are public universities – the Technical University of Ostrava, the University of Ostrava, and the Silesian University in Opava – and the remaining two, the Business School of Ostrava and the College of Social and Administrative Affairs, are private higher education institutions. There is abundant room for collaborative action, especially with regard to research, innovation and the promotion of entrepreneurship. But, as also the case for many regions and cities around the world, barriers are in place which renders acting upon opportunities for collaboration difficult. The review has focused on the current and potential contributions of higher education institutions to local and regional development, identifying key obstacles and opportunities, in particular with regard to: Human capital and skills (Chapter 1 by Maite Martinez-Granado, NAIDER, Spain) Research, development and innovation (Chapter 2 by Patrick Dubarle, former OECD principal administrator, France) Entrepreneurship development through education activities (Chapter 3 by Tomas Karlsson, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden), and through start-up support provided within and in proximity to higher education institutions (Chapter 4 by Jakob Stolt, Aalborg University in Denmark) National higher education policy framework and the governance of higher education institutions (Chapter 5 by Jaana Puukka, former OECD Analyst, Innovation Engage, France) The review methodology included an external expert assessment, conducted by an international review team, whose members where selected by the OECD. During a one-week study visit from 17-22 November 2013, interviews, round-table meetings and focus groups were organised involving 160 representatives of key local stakeholders (see list of interview partners in Annex). Petr Kolář from the Jan Amos Komensky University in Prague prepared a substantial background report with profiles on the five higher education institutions in the region and other key development stakeholders. Key findings from the interviews and the analysis of additional documentation were presented in an intermediate report in January 2014 and sent to all interview partners for comments. Jaana Puukka prepared a draft version of this report and edited it together with Maite Martinez (Naider). Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer (OECD) prepared and edited the final version of this report, which was presented in dissemination events on 8-9 October 2014 in Ostrava and Prague. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHORS' NOTE ................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 9 Organisation of the report ..................................................................................................................... 9 A brief overview of Moravia-Silesia's economy ................................................................................ 10 Higher education in Moravia-Silesia .................................................................................................. 11 References........................................................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER 1 HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS ............................................. 14 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 14 Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 28 References........................................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION ............................................ 38 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 38 Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 38 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 44 References........................................................................................................................................... 51 CHAPTER 3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ..................................................................... 53 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 53 Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 54 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 59 References........................................................................................................................................... 65 CHAPTER 4 START-UP SUPPORT ................................................................................................. 67 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 67 Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 69 Recommendations