The document discusses the potential for knowledge societies to address major social and economic challenges. It identifies issues like aging populations, unemployment, energy crises, and more. It argues that knowledge has become a key driver of competitiveness and is reshaping economic growth patterns. A knowledge society relies on innovation, and between 70-80% of economic growth is due to new and better knowledge. Higher education institutions and universities play a role in developing knowledge societies through research, training skilled workers, and disseminating new ideas.

1. Knowledge
Society:
Challenges
and
Opportuni8es
for
Economic
and
Territorial
Development
Role
of
Higher
Educa8on
and
Research
Ins8tu8ons
Isam
SHAHROUR
Vice
President
“Research
and
Valoriza:on”
University
of
Science
and
Technology
of
Lille,
France
Yousif
A.
Sayigh
Development
Lecture
2011
Pales8ne
Economic
Policy
Research
Ins8tute
(MAS),
Ramallah,
Pales8ne,
December
20,
2011

3. Ageing
Unemployment
Energy
Crisis
Financial
Crisis
Environment
Clima8c
Change
Health
care
Security
Advanced
Economy
Crises
and
….
Transport,
Conges8on

4. Ageing
Unemployment
Energy
Crisis
Financial
Crisis
Health
Security
Developing
countries
Crises
Corrup8on
Educa8on
and
Higher
Educa8on
Poli8cal
stability
and,…
Transport,
Conges8on
Environment
Clima8c
Change

5. What
can
we
do
?
Which
Solu8on
?

6. The
Knowledge
society
?
With
globaliza,on
and
the
technological
revolu,on,
knowledge
:
-­‐
has
become
the
key
driver
of
compe88veness
-­‐
is
profoundly
reshaping
the
pa=erns
of
economic
growth
and
ac8vity.

7. Q1
:
What
are
the
main
social
and
economic
challenges
?
Q2
:
Could
the
Knowledge
society
be
a
per,nent
response?
Q3
:
Which
Strategies
are
proposed
for
a
knowledge-­‐based
society
?
Q4
:
What
is
the
role
of
the
university
?
Q5
:
What
can
we
do
?
5
ques8ons

8. Q1
:
What
are
the
main
social
and
economic
challenges
?
Q2
:
Could
the
Knowledge
society
be
a
per,nent
response?
Q3
:
Which
Strategies
are
proposed
for
the
development
of
a
knowledge-­‐based
society
?
Q4
:
What
is
the
role
of
the
university
?
Q5
:
What
can
we
do
?
5
ques8ons

9. Energy
crisis
High
consump,on
(transport,
industry,
domes,c,
)
But
with
limited
resources
Organiza8on
for
Economic
Co-­‐opera8on
and
Development

10. Energy
crisis
:
Security
Blackout:
• Italy
2003,
55
Million
• Indonesia
2005,
100
Million
Black
out,
United
States,
2003
50
Million
people
24
hours
for
full
recovery
Economic
Cost
:
$6
to
$10
billion

11. Energy
crisis
Impact
on
the
environment
:
Co2,
Clima,c
Change,
global
warming,..

12. Nuclear
power,
the
great
challenge
Ra8o
of
Nuclear
Power
in
Electricity
genera8on
(%)
France
Germany
Fukushima
Disaster

13. Globaliza8on,
the
free
market
economy

14. Industrial
and
service
Reloca8on
Irvington,
New
Jersey

15. Labor
costs
:
operator
Hour
25$
1
$

16. Environmental
challenges
Industrial
pollu,on
In
France,
Sites
concerned

17. air
pollu8on
in
Europe
:
Cost
up
to
€
170
billion
in
2009

18. Agriculture
pollu8on
75%
>
admissible
limit
Pes8cide
Concentra8on
in
water
resources
(France)

19. Financial
crisis

20. Unemployment
Consequences
on
• Economy
• Social
cohesion
• prosperity
• Poli,cal
stability

21. Unemployment
rate
in
Europe
(2011)

22. Unemployment rate in France 2011
>
16%
<
2%

23. Popula8on
ageing
• Re8rement
funding
• Health
and
social
care
• Customized
services

24. Popula8on
ageing
Dependency
Ra8os
10%
28%

25. Dependency
Ra,os
Popula8on
ageing

26. Q1
:
What
are
the
main
social
and
economic
challenges
?
Q2
:
Could
the
Knowledge
society
be
a
per,nent
response?
Q3
:
Which
Strategies
are
proposed
for
the
development
of
a
knowledge-­‐based
society
?
Q4
:
What
is
the
role
of
the
university
?
Q5
:
What
can
we
do
?
2nd
ques8on

27. The
Knowledge
society

28. Knowledge
versus
Informa8on
Knowledge
Informa8on
Sharing

29. Time
to
double
the
interna8onal
“knowledge”
Period
Time
Period
1
1
750
years
Period
2
150
years
Period
3
50
years
Now
5
years
By
2020
73
days
Knowledge
produc8on,
faster
and
faster

30. Knowledge
increase
Increase
in
patent
applica8on
During
the
last
20
years
:
increase
from
100
000
to
500
000

31. Example,
advances
in
Genome
screening

32. Genome
screening
cost
2001
100
Million
$
2007
10
Million
$
2011
20
000
$

33. Capacity
to
deal
with
Knowledge
Time
Less
advanced
More
Advanced

34. Informa8on
and
communica8on
technology
(ITC)
Revolu8on:
Connected
world

35. ICT
Revolu8on:
Connected
people

36. Connected
people
July
2010
500
million
October
07
50
million
Now
:
800
million

38. Knowledge
Impact
on
the
Economy

39. Between
70
and
80%
of
the
economic
growth
is
due
to
new
and
be=er
Knowledge

40. Innova,on
:
• New
ideas
to
do
things
be=er
or
faster.
• New
products
or
new
services
• New
skilled
working
force
Knowledge
economy
is
based
on
innova8on

41. Focused
on
young
well-­‐educated
workers
Young
are
innova,ve
:
they
do
not
know
the
limits
of
their
knowledge
and
skills,
therefore
they
exceed
them.
Knowledge
economy
is
based
on
innova8on

42. Knowledge
and
technology
in
produc8on
TV
Industry

43. Knowledge
and
technology
in
the
city
² Intelligent
sensors
² Communica,on
technology
² Real
,me
monitoring
² Ac,ve
control
Stokcholm
Rio
de
Janeiro

44. Q1
:
What
are
the
main
social
and
economic
challenges
?
Q2
:
Could
the
Knowledge
society
be
a
per,nent
response?
Q3
:
Which
Strategies
are
proposed
for
the
development
of
a
knowledge-­‐based
society
?
Q4
:
What
is
the
role
of
the
university
?
Q5
:
What
can
we
do
?
3rd
ques8on

45. To overcome social and economic challenges:
Strategies at various levels:
² Europe
² Country
² Region
² Metropolis

46. The
European
Strategy
(Lisbon
2000-­‐2010)
European
Strategy
Framework
Programs
for
Research
and
Development

47. FP7,
50
Billion
€
FP5
15
:
Billion
€
FP2
:
5
Billion
€
FP8,
80
Billion
(??)
FP1
:
3
Billion
€
European
Framework
Programs
for
Research
and
Development

48. About
Euro
350
billion
(36%
of
the
EU
budget)

49. The
European
Strategy
(Lisbon
2000-­‐2010)
:
Make
the
European
Union
:
-­‐ “The
most
compe,,ve
and
dynamic
knowledge-­‐
based
economy
in
the
world
-­‐ Capable
of
sustaining
growth
with
more
and
be=er
jobs
and
greater
social
cohesion”

50. European
Strategy
(By
2020)

51. -­‐ Compe,,veness
Clusters
(2005)
-­‐ Na,onal
Strategy
for
Research
and
Innova,on
(2009)
-­‐ Program
«
Investment
for
Future
»
(2010)
Na,onal
Strategy,
France

52. Competitiveness Clusters (2005)
Public
–
private
partnership
:
Crea,on
of
industrial
&
economic
compe,,ve
clusters
Industry,
Companies
Higher Education
& Research
State
Local Authorities

53. Reinforce
the
economic
compe88veness
through
:
Ø Innova,on
Ø Support
to
high
technology
Industrial
ac,vity
Ø Interna,onaliza,on
Ø A=rac,veness
71
Compe88veness
Clusters

54. Na8onal
Strategy
for
Research
and
Innova8on
(2009)
Na8onal
Priori8es:
Aler
a
large
regional
and
na8onal
discussion
involving
academic,
industrial,
local
authori8es,
end-­‐users,.
Ø Health,
food
and
biotechnologies
Ø Environment
and
eco-­‐technologies
Ø Informa8on,
communica8on
Ø Nanotechnology

55. “Investment
for
the
Future”
(32
billion
€)
University
Ø Excellence
in
research
Ø Excellence
in
Higher
Educa,on
Ø Excellence
in
technology
transfer
University
–
Industry
partnership
Ø Excellence
Research
and
Technology
Ø Excellence
in
decarbonized
energy
Ø Excellence
in
Health
and
Biotechnology

56. Q1
:
What
are
the
main
social
and
economic
challenges
?
Q2
:
Could
the
Knowledge
society
be
a
per,nent
response?
Q3
:
Which
Strategies
are
proposed
for
the
development
of
a
knowledge-­‐based
society
?
Q4
:
What
is
the
role
of
the
university
?
Q5
:
What
can
we
do
?
4th
ques8on

57. The University : Role and expectations
Organisa,on
for
Economic
Co-­‐
opera,on
and
Development
(OECD)
• Training
of
human
capital
(primarily
through
teaching).
• Crea,on
of
knowledge
bases
(mainly
through
research).
• Dissemina,on
of
knowledge
(primarily
through
interac5on
with
users
of
knowledge).
• Knowledge
conserva,on
(storage
and
intergenera5onal
transmission
of
knowledge).

58. For
a
per8nent
role
in
the
knowledge-­‐based
economy,
the
university
should:
1)
Develop
a
new
academic
and
governance
culture
:
Quality,
evalua,on,
interna,onal
openness,
social
accountability
2)
Adapt
the
educa,on
model
:
more
skilled
people,
skills
should
be
updated
regularly
(long-­‐life
learning),
Priority
for
female
par,cipa,on
in
higher
educa,on.

59. 3)
Adapt
the
research
approach
:
knowledge
produc,on
in
the
context
of
applica,ons
:
-­‐ Problem
solving
approach
-­‐ Based
on
large
mul,disciplinary
interac,on
Difficulty:
Different
from
the
academic
community
approach
(more
fundamental
and
disciplinary)
For
a
per8nent
role,
the
university
should
:

60. • Europe
:
Excellence,
economic
development
• State
:
Excellence,
students
professional
enrollment,
economic
development
• Local
Authori8es
:
Economic
and
social
development
• Private
sector
:
Capacity
to
deal
with
industrial
issues
• Students
:
Excellence,
professional
enrollment,
campus
life
quality
Challenges
for
the
university
:
Funding,
compe88veness

61. Q1
:
What
are
the
main
social
and
economic
challenges
?
Q2
:
Could
the
Knowledge
society
be
a
per,nent
response?
Q3
:
Which
Strategies
are
proposed
for
the
development
of
a
knowledge-­‐based
society
?
Q4
:
What
is
the
role
of
the
university
?
Q5
:
What
can
we
do
?
5th
ques8on

62. The
Korean
Example
South
Korea
one
of
the
Asian
Tigers
Technology
Valley,
Seoul

63. Researcher
per
Million
Inhabitants
Germany
Korea
The
Korean
Example
500
1980
2500
1997

64. ² Knowledge,
² Innova8on
² Social
responsibility
Are
the
pillars
of
:
² Economic
development
and
² Social
prosperity

65. Capacity
to
deal
with
Interna8onal
Knowledge
Time
?

66. We
should
focus
on
quality
culture,
innova8on
and
evalua8on
in:
• Educa,on
&
Higher
Educa,on
• Public
–
Private
partnership
• Use
of
informa,on
and
Communica,on
Technology
in
industry
and
services
• Economic
Clustering
(State/Local
authori,es/industry/
university)
Poli8cal
and
social
will

67. Construc8on
of
the
Knowledge
Society
should
be
-­‐
the
priority
for
both
public
and
private
funding
-­‐
enhanced
by
regional
and
Interna,onal
coopera,on

68. Great
Opportunity
The
Diaspora
and
the
Diaspora
Network