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Jean Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International, on the skills gap


By: Elena Bonfiglioli , Senior Director for Health, Public Sector EMEA
Tags: IDC study, Innovative education, INSEAD, New skills for new jobs, Up-skilling for the cloud
09 November 2009
Have a look at this interview with Jean Philippe Courtois produced by the INSEAD eLab, following the publication of a report by the European Business Summit and INSEAD proposing a Skills Pact for Europe.
Jean Philippe stresses that we must not lose sight of human capital, the most important economic asset we have in Europe: for Europe to succeed we need to narrow the skills gap so that we can rebound quickly from the economic downturn. His recommendations for the innovation agenda in Europe include more spending on higher education, and in particular, the building of links between the top universities and the best companies - an element which is somewhat lacking in Europe at present.
 
Microsoft will be publishing a new IDC report on Europe’s skills outlook at the end of this month. Watch this space.
 

Posted by Elena Bonfiglioli, Director of Citizenship 

Comments (2)
Catherine Meyer
# Catherine Meyer
Monday, March 01, 2010 9:54 AM
Who is "we"? Why should our universities fraternise with foreign companies?
Elena
# Elena
Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:45 AM
First of all thank you very much for your question.

By ‘we’ Microsoft is referring to industry, employers, both large-medium and small enterprises.

Partnerships with business and academia are very beneficial because they ensure that students acquire the skills they need and that they develop more marketable knowledge so that they can transition more quickly from learning to earning. See this IDC study - http://www.microsoft.eu/Posts/Viewer/tabid/120/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/436/Menu/3/Report-eSkills-are-needed-to-drive-European-innovation.aspx

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