1 A Q U I T EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF SERBIAN IT-EXPERTS for the needs of IT projects and companies in Germany and the EU 3 rd round of courses – Presentation of the project June 15, 2005 Belgrade

2 2 Agenda

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4 4 PARTICIPANTS OF THE MEETING Ø110+ overall Øca. 60% AQUIT stakeholders Øca. 40% certificate nominees Øhigh representatives of ØGerman embassy (Herr Greiff) ØSteinbeis and DEG (Prof. Löhn, Herr Nuffer, Herr Haug) ØSerbian government (Prof. Sedmak) ØDeans and department heads of Universities in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Nis, Zrenjanin and Subotica ØDirectors of important industries (Zastava, Dunav-Preving, …) Ø4 TV teams Ø4 newspapers/magazines

5 5 AQUIT ØAQUIT is a co-operation project between the Steinbeis Foundation Germany (a worldwide operating know-how and technology transfer innovation service enterprise with more than 4,000 employees in more than 600 transfer centers in more than 40 countries) and the German organization DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, member of KfW Banking Group, one of the largest European development finance institutions) addressing the issue of „Ausbildung und Qualifizierung von IT-Arbeitskräften in Serbien – Qualification and certification of potential Serbian IT-experts “. www.stw.de Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH www.deginvest.de www.deginvest.de

6 6 AQUIT Basic idea Serbia 3 rd World countries EU/USA Basic production cost Additional cost of outsourcing (QA, communication problems, intercultural problems) low high

7 7 AQUIT Basic idea

8 8 AQUIT Components Main components of AQUIT are: ØAQUIT Infrastructure ØAQUIT Courses ØAQUIT Roaster of Certified IT experts ØAQUIT (Pilot) Projects

9 9 AQUIT Team (under Steinbeis contracts) 1.Mr. Daniel Balos (Dipl.-Ing.) Steinbeis-PL: Databases, Trainer/Train-the-trainer, QA-Manager… 2.Mr. Jan Bandera (Dipl.-Ing. FH) Steinbeis-STZ-L: International cooperation… 3.Ms. Sanja Bozulic (Dipl.-Ing.) Steinbeis-STZ-L: Course materials… 4.Ms. Radmila Guntrum (Dipl.-Ing.) Steinbeis-PL: Local AQUIT Office Serbia, QA in Serbia, trainer, … 5.Ms. Snezana Jovanovic (Dr., Dr. med.) Steinbeis-STZ-StL: Project Manager deputy, contracts, … 6.Mr. Mateja Opacic (Dipl.-Ing.) Steinbeis-PL: Local AQUIT Office Serbia, communication Serbia, press, … 7.Mr. Miodrag Perunicic (Dipl.-Ing.) Steinbeis-PL: Web-Manager, reporting, Communication, Organization … 8.Mr. Arthur Sauter (Dr.-Ing.) Steinbeis-PL: Presentations, PR, Links to companies in Germany … 9.…. A. Jovanovic (Steinbeis-STZ&STI-L)

10 10 Project „in a nutshell“ ØMain goal of the project: ØCreation of an outsourcing- and education infrastructure (IT-qualification and certification) in Serbia, according to the special requirements and needs of German / EU industry partners ØMain project measures: ØPreparation of IT experts in Serbia for work for EU partners ØQualification/certification on site in Serbia ØTrain-the-Trainer measures in Serbia (multiplication effect) ØPilot projects in the collaboration of German industry partners ØMain benefits: ØGermany: Pool of qualified and certified Serbian IT experts who will be able to work in their country without coming to Germany, but in accordance with German requirements and standards ØSerbia: Transfer of important, clean technologies and methods which are in great demand, thus accelerating Serbia’s „alignment“ to European economy … NO BRAIN- DRAIN!!!

11 11 AQIUT Solution AQUIT original/unique Technology Transfer Infrastructure

12 12 AQIUT Approach: the „Dual System“ Technology Transfer by means of Education & Certification Technology Transfer by means of Projects & Outsourcing

13 13 AQUIT Education and Certification

14 14 AQUIT- Certification Scheme ØDifferent starting points with respect to the AQUIT certification :

15 15 AQUIT Pilot Projects 3 parties instead of 2!

16 16 AQUIT in numbers, June 2005 … Øca. 900 Participations in the courses Ø330+IT Experts involved in the roaster Ø178Certificates issued Ø98Persons certified Ø26Courses prepared Ø56Courses held Ø4Projects under contract Ø6+Projects under consideration

17 17 Conclusion ØINNOVATIVE concept of technology transfer (education + projects) ØSUSTAINABLE concept (will last after the project end) ØTANGIBLE results (numbers and €’s!) ØWIDELY ACCEPTED/ESTABLISHED >>> ® !

18 18 Conclusion - Benefits ØCOURSE PARTICIPANTS ØLOCAL TRAINERS ØLOCAL COMPANIES (participating in the projects) ØGENERAL

19 19 Conclusion – Steinbeis STW in AQUIT ØS – SUSTAINABLE ØT – TANGIBLE ØW – worth-the-money  AQUIT infrastructure  self-sufficiency  flexibility  Certificates  Course materials  Projects  Low (fixed) costs  Lean-management  Best/unique at the market

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21 21 AQUIT- Certification Scheme ØDifferent starting points with respect to the AQUIT certification :

22 22 AQUIT- Certification Scheme ØAQUIT Curriculum: Several, logically grouped courses/certificates, leading to, e.g., “AQUIT IT-Expert: Database Technologies” Level II Level II Course 22 Course 26 Course 2 Course 3

23 23 MIT GmbH

24 24 EMSG GmbH

25 25 EMSG GmbH

26 26 BNS GmbH

27 27 AQUIT after AQUIT ØEXTENSIONS/EXPANSIONS  Geographical – “AQUIT Franchise”  Other branches of industry  … ØPROJECTS  Medical  GIS  MechSOFT – General Engineering  BMW – General Outsourcing  … ØEDUCATION  Courses in LAOS’es  Universities  Targeted collaboration FIT / STI889 / SUB  …

28 28 AQUIT after AQUIT ØCOLLABORATION  Companies  Universities >> Incubation/Innovation  GTZ  Employment Agencies  … ØEVENTS  Brokerage Event at Steinbeis Day Sept. 30, 2005  Presentations and B2B at Systems 2005  Brokerage Event Serbia (?)  Promotion and Presentation at CeBit 2006  …

29 MANY THANKS TO ALL… … and, please, do continue working and looking at www.aquit.netwww.aquit.net Your AQUIT Team