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Everything YOU wantedEverything YOU wantedto know about BESTto know about BEST

Everything YOU wantedEverything YOU wantedto know about BESTto know about BEST

by BARTEK LIPNICKIPresident of BEST

BEST PARTNERS’ ROUND TABLE26 January 2007

Turin, Italy

Board of European Students of Technology

• What is BEST?

• What services do we offer?

• How do we work?

• Recent achievements

• Current hot issues

• Current partners

• Questions

AGENDAAGENDA

BEST…SERVICESHOWACHIEVEDHOT ISSUES

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BEST BEST isis......

• Board of Europeans Students of Technology

• Working voluntarily to promote Europeto students since 1989

• Motivated by the challenge to develop ourselves in a multicultural environment

TARGET GROUP...

STUDENTS OF TECHNOLOGY

FOR YOUFOR YOUFOR YOUFOR YOU


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• 2000 active members

• 74 universities

• 29 countries

• Reaching 500 000students all over Europe

TO DEVELOPSTUDENTS OF TECHNOLOGY!


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Universities Companies

Students

Educational involvement

Complementary education

Student expectations

Career opportunities



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SERVICESSERVICES

• Complementary Education

• Educational Involvement

• Career Opportunities



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COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONCOMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION

• Technical courses and Engineering competitions all around the year

(in close cooperation with universities)

• Intense cooperation with companies

• High quality label and creditsgiven by universities

• Continuous experiencesince 1991


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EDUCATIONAL INVOLVEMENTEDUCATIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Events gathering students, companiesand universities to discuss educationaltopics in Europe

• Participation of students in European Thematic Networks (TREE, SPUTNIK, VM-Base)

• Outcomes of the discussions presentedin conferences all around Europe



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CAREER OPPORTUNITIESCAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Promoting the career programmesand offers

- target students and members

• Events organised- international and local- external and internal

• BEST Career Centre


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HOWHOW

• 74 Local BEST Groups

• 6 International Teams100 students working on specific tasks

Training, Marketing, IT, Educational Involvement,Services Coordination, Corporate Relations

• International Board - 6 leaders


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HOWHOW


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HOWHOW

• Virtual Communication

Website

Intranet = Private Area

E-mails (!)

Online meetings

Application system


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HOWHOW


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• Face-to-Face Communication

General Meetings

Management Meetings

Workshops

Regional Meetings

Training Events


ACHIEVEDACHIEVED

• Growth

1 new country

Iceland

5 new LBGs

Ankara (Turkey)Brussels ULB (Belgium)Graz (Austria)Madrid Carlos III (Spain)Reykjavik (Iceland)


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ACHIEVEDACHIEVED

• Career Support ≠ service

Evaluation

Optimising the resources

= not the core service

Career opportunities


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ACHIEVEDACHIEVED

• External Relations

Working Group

Towards- Networking- External recognition- Media Relations- PR


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ACHIEVEDACHIEVED

• Identity of BEST

Mission

Developing students

BEST helps students to achieve an international mindset, to reach a better understanding of cultures and societies and to develop the capacity to workin culturally diverse environments.

BEST creates opportunities for personal development of students and supportsthem in reaching their full potential.

Vision

Empowered diversity

People understand and respect different culturesand societies. The environment of empowered diversity supports people in applying their full potential and acting responsibly


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ACHIEVEDACHIEVED

• Identity of BEST

Values

Flexibility

We seek the ability to make changesand deal with changing conditions

Values

Friendship

We build good relationships in which peoplehelp, support and care for one another

Values

Fun

We enjoy everything we do

Values

Improvement

We strive to continuously improve the standardsin everything we do

Values

Learning

We gain skills and understandingthrough experience


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HOT ISSUESHOT ISSUES

• BEST Application SystemBEST Career Centre

User friendly

Merging the accounts(IT systems)


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• Knowledge Management

Rotation of students

“Reinventing the wheel”

How to manage the knowledge?- Knowledge Transfer- IT database- Behaviour / Habits


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• Visual Identity

Common visual identity

Cooperation with Definition Design- Background about BEST- SWOT Analysis- Brand personality- Implementation of the design


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PARTNER ORGANISATIONSPARTNER ORGANISATIONS

bonding CFESIFISO

PROFESSIONALENGINEERINGBEST…

SERVICESHOWACHIEVEDHOT ISSUES

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CORPORATE PARTNERSCORPORATE PARTNERS


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CAREER SUPPORT PARTNERS


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SUPPORTERS


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