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Groene Kennis Cooperatie

Green Knowledge Cooperative


Members GKC:
13 AOC Institutes for:
        Preparatory Professional Education
        Professional Education
 5 HAO Institutes for Higher Professional Education
 Wageningen UR
        University
        Research Centre (applied research)
 
Total:
- 75.000 students
- 15.000 employees
- 120 schools (locations)

Finance:
 Educational part (conform non-green education)
 Green+ : supporting LNV Policy

Objective Green Knowledge Co-operative = Vital Green Knowledge System

Operational (5 KSF-en): 
     Involvement of business community
     More value to knowledge
     Regional embedding
     Attractive education
     Motivated students

Demand-orientated knowledge-arrangements (A programs)
Innovation and Embedding of Innovation (O en S programs)

GKC working programs
Knowledge-circulation
     bridging practice and research by students
     school as regional centre of knowledge
     valorisation of knowledge
     driven bij demands of the field (e.g. companies) 
Innovation of education
     learning in the field
     life-time learning
Development of supporting infrastructure
     joint infrastructure (ICT, Libraries, etc.)
     in line with development of schools 
November 2009: 19 Programs with Program Teams

GKC as network organization
- Owned by/working for/operated by member institutes   
- GKC-office 4 fte max.
- Development of  strategy and vision on green knowledge
- Learning by doing
- Limited direct funding
- Influencing existing budgets “New things with old money”
- Joint counterpart of government
- Portal to the knowledge system for companies

Core business GKC:  Connecting green knowledge workers !

 

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