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Rendici贸 de comptes

2009

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Accountability 2009. Annual Report Association of Friends of the UPC

Accountability

2009

Annual Report Association of Friends of the UPC

Rendici贸 de comptes

2009

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Accountability 2009

Annual Report Association of Friends of the UPC

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Presentation

Here presented is the AAUPC’s 2009 Annual Report. This past year the economic downturn was strongly felt among the specialized technical professionals, specifically architects, who were more critically and profoundly affected.

This is certainly why in the past year 2009 the amount of activity dedicated to professional guidance for career development has increased significantly.

More than 600 orientation interviews have been carried out, which means that the number of people requesting this service has doubled in the past year. It is there for safe to say that this exponential increase is due to the feeling of anxiety and uncertainty that many of our community members have lived in due to the unstable work environment. Many people have come to ask for our professional guidance service looking for help in defining their career goals, while discovering new strategies for their job search or improving their planning process.

The Association of Friends of the UPC, as a tool for the university and its members, has continued programming events to identify and delve deeper into emerging sectors, such as electronic vehicles and the important movement that has been generated around this topic.

As an entity, we can say the diversity is engraved in our DNA: diversity of gender roles, collectives, businesses, backgrounds, abilities, and disabilities, etc. It is therefore not a coincidence that in 2009 we signed an agreement – Diversity Charter – to promote a code of non discrimination based on the concept of equality. This shows our intent to have our actions reflect a strong institutional emphasis on fostering an inclusive environment, particularly in terms of employment. The programmes called “Making the Future: Technical Women for Professional Change” and “Surpassing Barriers: people and business networking” are two good examples of the work we have developed in the past year.

At the end of the year we published a new book of Mediterranean landscapes, written by Alfred Fernández de la Reguera, an architect and landscaper, also a member of our Board of Directors. The book’s focus has been for many years supported in different ways by the Association since its foundation, by participation in the European Biennial for Landscape and the Rosa Barba Landscape Award.

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This is only a sketch of the important events that have taken place in the last year, but I invite you to learn more about the role we play by reading through the following pages. You will find extensive information on the Friends Association of the UPC’s activity during the past year.

Francesc Boada President of the AAUPC

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Index

1. Our mission 2. Our Values

8 8

3. Organizational Structure

9

4. How many members do we have?

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5. What synergies do we establish with member businesses?

15 6. What activities have we developed around our strategic planning goals?

21 24

7. How does the AAUPC’s career counseling service work?

8. Taking on a strategic topic: electronic vehicles and emerging job opportunities 27 9. What orientation activities have we developed on the UPC campus?

30 10. What activities have we fulfilled with external entities?

35

39

11. How do we approach the diversity issue?

12. How do we apply the maxim “take advantage of networking: webify!”

50 13. What other services have we provided our members with?

14. New agreements 15. Existing agreements

57

59 61

16. What is our budget and its fulfillment?

66

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Our mission

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The Association of Friends of the UPC (AAUPC) has the mission to serve as a bridge between the University and Society, impulsing and increasing the connections going in both directions.

Our Values

Altruism

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Transparency

Efficiency Our Values

Leadership

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Honesty

Our Organizational Structure Board of Directors (since the 31st of December 2009)

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President

Francesc Boada Pallerés Executive president of Abantia

Vice president

Josep Mas Sala

Manuel Ribas Piera

Construction business sector

Architect and honors professor UPC

Treasurer

Secretary Josep Maria Valeri Ferret General Director for Valeri Consulting Members

Teresa Bofill Gorina General Director of the AAUPC

Members Inherent Members

Joaquim Boixareu Antolín Antoni Giró Roca President of the UPC

Antoni Massagué Oliart Member of the Social Council and president of ACE

President of the Social Council of the UPC

Carles Sumarroca Claverol Member of the Social Council and vicepresident of COMSA EMTE

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Elected members

Josefina Auladell Baulenas

Miquel Barceló Garcia

General Manager of the UPC

Commissioner for Sustainable Development of the UPC

Carles Cabrera Massanes

Enric de Bobes

General Director of the Ildefons Cerda Institute

General Director of Cementos Molins, SA

Alfred Fernández de la Reguera Architect and treasurer for the Group of Urban Architects of Catalonia

Ramon Garriga Saperas Consultant and counselor of ICICT, SA

Marisol Marqués Calvo Antoni Llardén Carratalà President of ENAGAS

Jordi Mercader Miró President of Agbar, vicepresident of “la Caixa”

Benjamín Suárez Arroyo Head of the Material Resistance Department

Vice-president of Institutional and Territorial Relations UPC

Francesc Solà Busquets General director of Fira 2000

Enriqueta Vidal Domènech Adjunct of General Direction of Terrassa Campus of the UPC

Invited members

Xavier Ortega Aramburu

Rosa Nonell Torres

Complaints sindicate of the UPC

Technical assistant for the AAUPC

During the month of October (at the Board of Director’s meeting on the 19th od October 2009) Francesc Boada was nominated to be the new president of the Friends Association of the UPC (AAUPC). Francesc Boada has taken the place of Jordi Mercader, who has been leading this institution for 18 years and who will continue as a vocal member of the Board.

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Francesc Boada, executive president of the company Abantia Empresarial since 2004 (group of leading businesses in applied engineering) has been a member of the Board for 10 years and was nominated at Jordi Mercader’s recommendation. Boada is an industrial engineer for the Technical College for Industrial Engineers of the Technical University of Madrid; doctor of industrial engineering for the Technical College for Industrial Engineers of the Technical University of Valencia; and was a professor at the Technical College of Catalonia UPC and obtained his master degree at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He is also a vocal member of the Banco Santander of Catalunya Council; consultant for APD Zona Mediterrània; vocal member of the Board of Catalan Family Business Association; vice-president of ADEMI, Spain’s business management for industrial building and maintenance, as well as vocal member of the Economy Circle.

Equipo técnico de gestión Teresa Bofill General director Maricè Tàpies Head of administration Juli Boned Job integration technician Núria Llaràs Job integration technician (until june 2009) Anna Rosell Job integration technician Àngels Serrat Job integration technician Mireia Coll Administration Lídia Martínez Administrative support

Support Team: scholars of 2009 (the 31st of December) Ali Beizaee Student of Technical Engineering of Astronomical Science Elisabeth Guzmán Student of Industrial Technical Engineering Rael Garcia Estudiante de Ingeniería Informática y Matemáticas (UPC) y Física (Universidad Student of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (UPC) and Physics (University of Barcelona - UB)

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Program Contract The relationship between the UPC and AAUPC is regulated through a Program Contract that uses proposals and specific agreements that are directly related to the strategic lines of the Association. This Program Contract is revised annually.

The current situation of economic downturn that is affecting our country, and, therefore, the industrial and technologic sector, has brought about some changes in the indicators initially established for the year 2009, in large part due to the reality of the job market. The changes have affected the indicators that show how many job offers have been processed and how many people have received guidance and assistance.

Table of obtained results for 2009: Monitoring of the program contract between the Association of Friends and the UPC (2006-2010)

Indicators

Weight

Objective Period 3 Year 2009

Obtained Result

Evaluation

Threshhold Evaluation

Weighted

1.1 Number of sponsoring members

8%

290

260

89.65%

89.65%

7.2%

1.2 Number of full members

8%

3,880

3,866

99.63%

99.63%

7.9%

10%

43

42

97.67%

97.67%

9.7%

1.4 Number of visits to non-member companies

9%

31

38

122.58%

115.00%

10.4%

1.5 Annual Information Sending

1%

67

75

111.94%

111.94%

1.1%

2.1 Number of participants in professional gudiance services

20%

2,275

2,498

109.80%

109.80%

22%

2.2 Number of filed job complaints

14%

1,300

712

54.76%

75.00%

10.5%

2.3 Number of specific programmes on intervention

4%

7

7

100%

100.00%

4.0%

3.1 Creation and dissemination of the AAUPC’s thinking

8%

5

5

100%

100.00%

8.0%

3.2 AAUPC Network

9%

1

1

100%

100.00%

9.0%

4.1 Annual accountability for the AAUPC

9%

1

1

100%

100.00%

9.0%

Level of accomplishment

98.8%

1.3 Number of visits to member companies

100%

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How many members do we have?

At the end of the year 2009 the Association had 4.126 members. Classified by types, 260 are sponsoring members (companies and institutions) and 3.866 are individual members (people).

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Comparison accumulated by years of sponsoring members and individual members 4,500

334 288 260

246 262

4,000

234

3,500

277

237 224

3,000 208

2,500 122

2,000 106

1,500 1,000 500 0

68 372

76

81

91

89

917 556 732

2,879

95

3,111

3,499

3,789 3,760

3,758

3,728 3,680 3,866

2,419 1,920

1,030 1,209

1,453

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Individual members

Sponsoring members

Flux of members 2009 Individual Members

Registrations

664

Resignations

478

Total Individual Members Sponsoring Members

Total Sponsoring Members

3,866 Registrations

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Resignations

46 260

The international economic recession has had a huge effect on the industrial and technical sector. Furthermore, in Spain, this has been felt more strongly due to the decline of the construction sector. This situation of crisis of the job market has directly affected the annual movement of members.

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Year’S tenDencY • The increase in the number of members was concentrated mostly in the second semester of the year (a 70%), in comparison to the percentage obtained in the first trimester (a 30%).

• Reintegration of old members that had resigned from the institution and that have asked to register again (22 members).

• The tendency that started last year of decreasing number of members businesses has slowed down.

• A new member profile appeared: people who are collecting unemployment (with technical backgrounds) and with extensive professional experience.

On the one hand, the crisis experience has considerably increased the number of new members to the AAUPC, who have approached the entity to get personalized support in the job search process (both employed and unemployed people). Their motifs are primarily to obtain more resources and define (sometimes redefine) more accurately their professional objectives.

Also in consequence of the crisis, the AAUPC has detected the emergence of a new user profile. This is a group of people with technical degrees, with experience, and in their 40s who are currently unemployed. These are disoriented people in the face of the crisis who share a certain anxiety about the situation, possibly due to them never having considered the chances of this happening.

The effects of the crisis have also been felt in the number of sponsoring businesses: 46 businesses have resigned (even though the big decrease happened in 2008).

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What synergies do we establish with member companies?

Some of the reasons why companies want to associate with us are to: • Contact people with a UPC degree, from the junior stage to the first advanced professional stage.

• Promote the business among students and individuals with degrees, in order to facilitate recruitment.

• Access to information about the structure and the functioning of the University, to facilitate a growing working relationship, and establish collaboration with departments, schools, professors…

• Offer the know-how that they have of their sector, through the participation of its professionals, which allows them to introduce the most current professional tendencies into the University.

The main motivation for businesses to contact the AAUPC is the recruitment of people with degrees; nevertheless, a series of collaborative synergies are created that allow for different activities to bring the University closer working environments.

The businesses have access to the job market service that serves people with degrees, and which is managed through two channels: Online posting of job opportunities: a free service which is accessable to any business (does not have to be a member), through an online form that is on the AAUPC website.

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In the year 2009 there have been 260 Institutions and businesses that have trusted the aaUPc

Candidate search: where member businesses can search for candidates in all its different platforms, spaces, services, and departments of the UPC allowing for the search to reach a wider audience than just the AAUPC.

YearlOng tenDencIeS: • The current job market situation is evidence of a strong decrease of job offers in comparison to 2008. The situation of technical professionals with computer science and industrial engineering backgrounds have been impacted less by this situation.

• The unemployment rate for professionals in the construction sector continues to be high (especially those with architecture degrees) which is a continuation of last year’s tendencies.

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Some important numbers The web has received 712 job offers, and 97 of which are specifically directed to people with degrees with a certified dissability.

The orientation activities that the AAUPC leaves open for member businesses to attend are the following:

the web has received 712 job offers, and 97 of which are specifically directed to people with degrees with a certified dissability

• Job search workshops Engineering and architecture professionals participate, as well as experts, in topics such as business management and human resources. These activities are open to the participation of companies which gives them the opportunity to transmit their business culture, values or future tendencies of engineering, industry, research and innovation.

• Company presentations They are oriented towards offering corporate information of businesses and to talk about the career opportunities they may offer.

• Visits to companies These serve as a follow-up to the workshops. They are a very useful and dynamic resource to visualize certain realities of companies and work environments, on site at the company’s installations.

• Skills and competencies training Companies have the opportunity of participating in the process of training its future candidates through workshops that develop transversal competencies in new professionals.

Some activites we have done…

Accenture did a workshops called “Do you know how to work in a team?”, to talk about the different skills businesses value. The information presented were results from Accenture’s research. Specifically covered were the skills that consulting firms valued.

In collaboration with the School of Technical Industrial Engineers of Barcelona (CETIB), two round tables were organized about opportunities for technical industrial engineers from the School of Technical Engineering of Barcelona (EUETIB) and the School of Technical Industrial Engineering of Terrassa (EUETIT), that was titled “Adapting to a changing environment: technical industrial engineering”.

Abantia participated in the closing session of the elective course (ALE) Incorporation in to the Job Market, taught by the Technical School of Industrial and Aeronautics Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT), with the participation of a junior professional in thearea of job offers who explained her professional trajectory.

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Some relevant numbers: • Number of activities organized with companies: 26.

• Number of participating companies: 46.

• Some activities in which companies have participated: Fent Futur (Making the Future) program, workshops, Networks and Beers, elective courses...

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Who are our member businesses and institutions? List of member businesses ABANTIA ABAST GESTIÓ, S.L. ABERTIS INFRAESTRUCTURAS, SA ABS INFORMATICA, S.L. ACCENTURE, SL ACCESAIR ACIEROID, SA ACS INFORMÁTICOS, SL ADIGSA AGBAR AIDIT, SL AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLDEFELS AJUNTAMENT DE SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT AJUNTAMENT DE TERRASSA AJUNTAMENT DE VILADECANS ALTERNATIVAS TÉCNICAS FORJADOS ALTRAN ESPAÑA APLICACIONES INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL ARAGÓN RAMOS, JOSÉ MARÍA ARBORA & AUSONIA ÁREA 5 OFICINA TÉCNICA AREMSA ARKTEC ARQUITECTES CONSULTORS, SCP AG ARQUITECTURA / ENGINYERIA / URBA-NISME, VALERI CONSULTORS ASCEM ASISTENCIA TÉCNICA INDUSTRIAL ASM WS WEB SERVICES, SL ASSOCIACIÓ CONSULTORS D’ESTRUCTURES ASSOCIACIÓ D’ENGINYERS GEÒLEGS ASSOCIACIÓ D’ENGINYERS INDUSTRIALS DE CATALUNYA ASTRALPOOL ESPAÑA, SAU AUDI ESPAÑA, –VOLKSWAGEN S.A. AUTOMAT INDUSTRIAL, SL AUTORITAT PORTUÀRIA DE BARCELONA BATLLE & MASCAREÑAS BENEDITO ROVIRA, JOSEP BEST ASSOCIACIÓ BETEC CATALANA, SA BIS ARQUITECTES BITMAKERS BLANCH CRISTAL, SA BLÁZQUEZ-GUANTER ARQUITECTES BOMA I ASSOCIATS, SL BOSCH SISTEMAS DE FRENADO BUSINESS SOFTWARE, SL ALEA

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BUXADÉ MARGARIT FERRANDO, SL CAATEEB CABEZAS GONGORA & MORENO CAIXA CATALUNYA CAIXA D’ENGINYERS CAIXA MANRESA CALLFER, SA CALVET VILA & ARRIAGA CONSULTING CAMBRA DE COMERÇ, INDÚSTRIA I NAVEGACIÓ DE BARCELONA CARANDINI C&G CARBUROS METÁLICOS CARSA CONSTRUCCIONES CARVER ADVANCED SYSTEMS CAST INFO, SA CECOT CELSA CEMENTOS MOLINS, SA CENTRO CATALÁN DE GEOTECNIA CESPA, SA CIVILSOFT, SL CLARIANT IBÉRICA SERVICIOS, SL COL·LEGI D’ARQUITECTES DE CATALUNYA COL·LEGI D’ENGINYERS DE CAMINS, CANALS I PORTS COL·LEGI D’ENGINYERS DE TELECOMUNICACIONS COL·LEGI D’ENGINYERS INDUSTRIALS DE CATALUNYA COL·LEGI D’ENGINYERS TÈCNICS INDUSTRIALS DE BARCELONA COLORCENTER COM 2002, SL COMPUSOF, SA CONFIDE CORREDURÍA DE SEGUROS, SA CONSELL GENERAL DE CAMBRES DE DE CATALUNYA CONSORCI ZONA FRANCA CONSTRUCCIÓ I CONTROL FACULTATIU ASSOCIATS CONSTRUCCIONES DECO, SA CONSTRUCTORA D’ARO, SA CONSTRUCTORA ESTHOR CONSTRUSOFT, SL CONSULTORS D’ESTRUCTURES DEL MARESME CONTRACTA I PROMOCIÓ D’OBRES, SL COTS CALL, JOSEP MARIA COTY ASTOR, SA CRITERIA CAIXA CORP CSC ESPAÑA

CSI SPAIN CTT STRONGHOLD, SA DAMA-UPC DAMM FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA DELOITTE, SL DIMENSION DATA ESPAÑA, SL DOMINION INSTALACIONES DOPEC, SL ECA, ENTIDAD COLABORADORA DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN ECOTECNIA, SCL EMAGISTER.COM EMTE ENABLE CONSULTORES, SL ENCOFRADOS J. ALSINA, SA ENDESA S.A ENGIPROJECT, SL ESPAÑOLA DE MONTAJES METÁLICOS, SA ESTRUCTURAS NAVAS, SA ESTUDIOS Y SOLUCIONES EN LA INGENIERÍA ,SL EUROPERFIL, SA EVERIS EXPERTEL, SA EXPLOTACIÓN DE ÁRIDOS CALIZOS, SA EXPLOTACIÓN DE ÁRIDOS CALIZOS, J. PERXAS FDEZ. TADEO & ASOCIADOS, SL FERROBERICA FERROVIAL AGROMAN, SA FINFOREST IBÉRICA, SL FLOREL, SA FLUENDO EMBEDDED, SL FLUIDRA SERVICES, SAU FORBACSA FORUM DE L’ETSEIB FUNDACIÓ ECA BUREAU VERITAS FUNDACIÓ POLITÈCNICA CATALUNYA FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA CENTRE CIM FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA INSTITUT ILDEFONS CERDÀ FUPICSA GARCIA FAURA GECSA GERB, SA GESOND GESTIÓ D’INFRAESTRUCTURES, SA GESTION CIM CONSULTORES, SL GFT IT CONSULTING, SL GREHI, ENGINYERIA, ESTRUCTURES, EDIFICACIO. SL GREMI D’ÀRIDS DE CATALUNYA GRUPO JG INGENIEROS, SA

HENKEL IBÉRICA, SA HEWLETT PACKARD BARCELONA HIANSA, SA HIDROLOGIA I QUALITAT DE L’AIGUA, SL HILTI ESPAÑOLA, SA HORMIPRESA HORWOOD, SL IBERMAPEI, SA IBERPOTASH IBERTRAC, SL ICE CONSULTANTS EUROPE IDIADA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY IFC CIMENTACIONES ESPECIALES, SA IMAGSA INDO INTERNACIONAL, SA INDRA SISTEMAS, SA INDUS CÁLCULO, SA INFINITY COMUNICACIONES, SA INFOJOBS.NET INFORMÁTICOS ITELLIGENCE, SA INGENIERÍA ARQUITECTURA EUROPEA INSTITUT DE NAVEGACIÓ D’ESPANYA INTEGRAL INTEINCO INTEMAC JOHANN A. KRAUSE ESPAÑA, SA JUNIOR EMPRESA D’INFORMÀTICA KEMIT, SL KNAUF MIRET, SA KNOSOS, SL, HOMELAND SECURITY KOSTAL ELECTRICA, SA KUBIC CONSULTORÍA TÉCNICA, SL LEACH COSP, EMMA LEAR CORPORATION HOLDING SPAIN LLOBET COLOM, XAVIER LOGIC CONTROL SAGE MAJÓ CRUZATE, JOAN MANPOWER, SL MARKETPOOL, SL MATEU JOFRE, JOAN MECÁNICA DEL SUELO LOSAN, SA MEDIO AMBIENTE AQUAGEST MEDITERRÀNIA DE GEOSERVEIS, SL MERCADOMOTIKA, SL MERIT SCHOOL, SL MIER COMUNICACIONES, SA MIQUEL Y COSTAS & MIQUEL, SA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROPE, BV MONISTROL CHIC, RAMON MRC CATALUNYA

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MUTUAL MIDAT NB35 BARCELONA NEAR TECHNOLOGIES, SL NESTLÉ ESPAÑA, SA NETMIND, SL NEXTRET, SL NTR GLOBAL AND RECEIVE, SL OFICINA TÈCNICA DEL COAC OLIVERAS COLL I ASSOCIATS, SL OLLER PEÑA SCP AT3 OPSIA, SL PANALYTICAL, BV PARC MEDITERRANI DE LA TECNOLOGIA, SL PAYMA COTAS, SAU PBX CENTRE DE CÀLCUL, SL PEDELTA, SL PHILIPS IBÉRICA, SAU PL2 ENGINYERIA D’ESTRUCTURES I FONAMENTACIONS, SL PLANAS ÁLVAREZ ARQUITECTES RIUS POLYLUX PORTS DE LA GENERALITAT PREFABRICATS DE CATALUNYA PREFABRICATS PUJOL, SA PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS, SL PROCON SYSTEMS, SA PROCONOR, SA PROCTER & GAMBLE PROJECTE UNIVERSITAT EMPRESA PROSODIE IBÉRICA PROTEC PRYSMIAN CABLES Y SISTEMAS, SL RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA, SAU RGA ARQUITECTES RICOH ESPAÑA ROCA JUNYENT, SL SALVAT LOGISTICA SAU

RUCKER LYPSA SAME SISTEMES INFORMÀTICS SANOFI-AVENTIS SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SEIDOR, SA SERVICIOS TECNOLÓGICOS APPLUS SERVIZURICH, SA, SOCIEDAD UNIP. SGS TECNOS, SA SIKA SISTEMAS DE CIMENTACIÓN, SA SISTEMES DE REFORÇ ACTIU, SL SOCOTEC IBERIA, SA SOLDADURA SERRA S.A SOLVAY IBERICA, SL SPERIT IT, CONSULTING SERVICES S.L. STATIC INGENIERÍA, SA SUMMA, SA SUN MICROSYSTEM IBÉRICA, SA TALLERES BALLESTE E HIJOS TALLERES MANUTENCIÓN, SA TANGO 04 TEA-CEGOS, SA TEC-4, SA TÉCNICAS DE DISEÑO TÈCNICS G3, SLP TECTUM ENGINEERING, SL TIC ALTEN TORNILLERÍA INDUSTRIAL TRETY, SA T-SYSTEMS ITC IBERIA, SAU UPCnet, SL VALERI CONSULTORS ASSOCIATS VASS VIDA CAIXA VIZCARRO PEDROL, JAUME 138-140 SARRIÀ, SL 2PE PILOTES

It is important to mention that a series of professional associations directly linked to the technical world, are also integrated into the Association, which means that their members can access the different AAUPC services. These are entities such as Cercle Fiber, the Association of Structure Consultants (ACE), the Association of Engineers in the Industrial Organization of Catalunya (AENGOICAT) or the recently constituted Chamber of Business of Professional Services for Construction (CESC), formed initially by seven companies. Both the ACE and the CESC have the AAUPC’s social room.

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What actions have developed around our line of strategic thinking?

This line of action intends to transfer and promote knowledge, elaborate and share reflection and analysis about different topics, such as transparency and good governance, sustainability or industrial politics, which are common topics in the university community that have a direct impact on society.

Below is a detailed account of what our contribution of opinion and reflection activities have been and how we have transmitted our know-how on these topics.

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During the year 2009 a lot of promotional material from last year was given out to members, institutions and relevant people. Some of that material is listed here: • The report Political Industry: An analysis through the counting of results.

• The book Technological innovation and social paradigms, by Doctor Benjamín Suárez.

• The “Study on redefining engineering studies” created by the technical personnel at the AAUPC.

Publication of the essay “Under a burning sun: origins of the Mediterranean landscape” This essay, written by architect landscape artist Alfred Fernández de la Reguera, who is a vocal member of the Board, is framed within one of the entity’s objectives, the analysis of human actions and its incidence on the biophysical environment.

The essay states that one of the factors that most influences in the alteration of space is the human need of creating our own landscape. It covers the how and the why of the genesis of the Mediterranean landscape from the origins of our culture to the destiny throughout the centuries.

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Seminar on transparency and accountability The director of the AAUPC, Teresa Bofill, was invited to participate in the seminar organized by the Foundation Jaume Bofill about transparency and accountability.

The work day included: • The talk “Leadership of public administration in implementing transparent practices” given by Emilene Martínez Morales, coordinator of Transparency Programmers for the National Security Archive, a research institute of the University of George Washington (Washington).

• A debate on the first results of the research “Reporting back, a tool for deepening Catalonia’s Democracy”, currently run by the team Territory and Organizations (TeO), lead by Eduard Jimenez for the Foundation Jaume Bofill.

The UNESCO Chair for the University Direction, UPC The AAUPC has been invited for one more year of participation in the Seminar of Strategic Direction of Universities, organized by the UNESCO Chair of University Direction, UPC. Last year the director of the AAUPC covered the topic of “The relationship between university and business from the work integration perspective”. In the seminar different schools and university services in Spain and Latin America participated.

Participation in the 4th Seminar of Sustainable Innovation UPC 2015, X a good climate … at the UPC. The challenges of climate change.

The seminar was the central act within the events organized by the UPC under the title “On the road towards the Copenhagen Summit”. It had two objectives: • Place the negotiations about climate change in the context of Copenhagen.

• Reflect on the need to establish a climate action at the UPC. Experiences were shared of different educational actions; research and management developed at the UPC or that are still in process, in relation to climate change.

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The director of the Association explained that from the beginning the institution has actively committed to sustainability, and currently compensates for its daily CO2 emissions (carbon emissions certificate).

Compensating CO2 emissions Through the Foundation of Friends of the UPC, the AAUPC has launched an action that respects climate change by creating the Forest of Friends of the UPC in a degenerated area of Catalonia.

It is an act that was thought to compensate for the CO2 emissions generated by the AAUPC, during the year 2009, which were 9,8 tons.

The calculation of emissions of the AAUPC is based on the consumption of electricity, kilometers of transportation by car, train or plane, as well as the yearly cost of paper. The calculation is done by the initiative Zero CO2 (web http://www.ceroco2.org/ Through the project “Sequestering carbon in communities of extreme poverty in the Sierra Gorda of Mexico� (Biosphere Reserve) we have bought reductions on our carbon emissions.

Certificado de emisiones.

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What is the guidance service for professional careers that the aaUPc offers?

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Guidance becomes a basic tool for personal development As studies corroborate (among which is the report the AAUPC did around Reconsidering Engineering Studies), professional guidance helps define and focus a key element of the professional future of people.

The university level cannot stay on the sidelines, because this is where future professional activity is determined. Therefore, it is important to intensify the guidance activities during the time students are doing coursework, since they represent a key support to making first vocational decisions. Once people have gotten their degrees it is important to continue thinking in terms of developing their professional careers.

The AAUPC has worked in this direction and continued to develop guiding services as the main purpose through the Office of Guidance and Workforce Integration (OOIL). The OOIL structures its activities of professional development around a series of key vertebrae: Individual guidance interviews and support in the job search process: defining strategies for job search and defining professional goals. Serves to: • • • • •

Guide and tutor the job search Help identify the work objectives in the short and long-term Supervise the professional presentation documents Offer resources that will help the search and contacts process Provide support for decision-making

Professional Career Development Workshops: the objective is to prepare assistants to successfully overcome the selection processes for companies.

The workshops that are offered are the following:

Year’S tenDencIeS: More and more, people that use the guidance services are unemployed technical graduates with advanced work experience. The general attitude of anxiety is a consequence of the crisis and the difficulty of finding a job, which is an unusual situation for technical professionals.

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• • • • •

Create an attractive CV Web 2.0 service for job search How to effectively approach job interviews In depth preparation of psych-technical exams In depth preparation of group dynamics

Skills and competencies development workshop, designed to improve different competencies and skills: communication, team work, negotiation, assertiveness and leadership. These are clear opportunities to do a self-evaluation of strong point and areas of improvement, as well as to integrate personnel improvement strategies.

a total of 1.893 people participated in these activities during the year 2009.

Workshops, round tables and company presentations organized around the professional sector or linked to the identification of certain work opportunities for specific groups.

Some of the activities organized this past year are...

• Workshop for “International Occupations. Resources for the job search in foreign settings for architects”, taught by Darko Kramer, International Project Management, which brought information and resources on professional opportunities for architects abroad.

• Workshop “Organizing and leading meetings”, taught by Porta 22, of Barcelona Activa, with the objective of improving competencies of people in time management, content, and working groups that come together in meetings.

• “22 recommendations for the job search”, by Porta 22, of Barcelona Activa, to recommend the informational resources this public service provided by Barcelona’s City Council around employment in sectors considered to be strategic in the municipality of Barcelona.

• “Discovering leadership”, taught by Porta 22, of Barcelona Activa, allowed the discovery of the key to leadership, as well as different styles of leadership that exist and the key to putting them to use.

The three workshops listed above were carried out at the Porta 22 site but were directed specifically to AAUPC members.

Workshop 22 Suggestions for the job search

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• Round table about professionals in Telecommunication Engineering, where professionals with a long professional trajectory were present, and it served as the closing act of the XX Telecommunications and Electronics Forum that students of the Technical School of Engineering of Telecommunications of Barcelona (ETSETB) organized.

605 individual guidance interviews

group activities for guidance and assessment in the workforce (number of participants) 1.372 2005

1.614 2006

1.631 2007

1.866 2008

1.893 2009

Orientation actions directed at people with technical backgrounds and disabilities during 2009: • Personal assessment: 18 people.

• On-line consultations: 19 people.

• Participants in group orientation activities: 11 people.

Job opportunities in the architecture sector: a preoccupying topic During the year 2009 the crisis strongly affected people with degrees in architecture and many of them approached the AAUPC for guidance and support in their situation of unemployment.

As a result, the AAUPC has used old contacts and meetings with people directly or indirectly related to the occupational collective: College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC), School Sert, School for Technical Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) (vice presidency, students and those responsible for agreements), as well as professional architects. The objective has been to debate the tendency that began last year, of this occupation be destroyed (especially in the construction sector), and look for answers to the anxieties that this group of people have about their future work options.

The objective is to trace a collective itinerary of actions and activities that will allow to identify the different options for professional architects, and at the same time make these known to society to open new professional fields.

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covering a strategic topic: electronic vehicles, emerging work opportunity

As a result of the constant preoccupation of the AAUPC for sustainability issues that have a direct incidence on industrial development in cities, the AAUPC has decided to dedicate one of their workshops to a very strategically valuable topic for our current industry and society: electronic vehicles.

Many experts consider electronic vehicles the future of industrial sectors and an important niche for work opportunities in the next few years.

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In order to promote reflection, before the roundtable discussion a website was inaugurated by the AAUPC with a specific space dedicated to this topic, where articles, videos, and the informational content giving a quick idea of how this sector is maturing. It was also possible to post questions on the website that would be answered directly by the speakers at the event.

The workshop “Electronic Vehicles: emerging job opportunities?� took place in the month of October at the Chapel Classroom of the Technical School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona (ETSEIB).

The objective was to have attendants reflect on the transformations that have to take place in the automobile industry and in urban infrastructure, in order to make electronic vehicles a reality.

A moment of experts talking

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Panoramic view of the room

The topic’s buzz leads to 140 attendants, among which were students, graduates, professors, and professionals working within this sector.

The event took place in two parts. During the first part two experts spoke: • Ricard Bosch, expert in electronic vehicles, professor of the UPC. • Xavier Testar Ymbert, director of the program Barcelona, Research and Innovation, Barcelona’s City Council.

The experts table

The second part of the event featured two different business representatives involved in the development of electronic vehicles in Catalonia that spoke of the process of implementing the changes in the infrastructure that need to happen in cities: • Ramon Pruneda, Project Manager, Altran Technologies.

• David Pou, Planning and Quality Network, Endesa Distribution.

• Ignacio Alvarez, Applied Research & Tech. Deployment Manager, Lear Corporation.

• Santi Castellà, responsible for hybrid and electronic vehicles, R+D SEAT.

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Speakers of the round-table

In the days following the event, the AAUPC created on their Linkedin account (within its own group of followers) a subgroup to continue networking and continue debating the issue.

Also created was a post-event workshop specifically for job search related topics applied to the electronic vehicle sector. The attendants decided they would create a website to share resources.

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What guidance activities have we developed on the UPc campus?

Participation in the Forums for Companies, organized by students of the UPC

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The company forums, organized by the student body of the UPC, are designed to promote contact between the student body and the companies that will help their work situation and will allow for internships during their studies.

The AAUPC participates year after year in the company forums organized by students while reinforcing with its presence the guiding contents of the event.

This year we have participated in: Forum, centro

Activities developed by the AAUPC

Information Technology Forums, College of Computer Sciences of Barcelona (FIB)

Informational Stand

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College of Mathematics and Statistics Forum (FME)

Informational Stand

10

Futurcivil, Technical School of Civil Engineers (ETSECCPB) Forum.

Informational stand and talk

40

Technical School of Engineering of Vilanova I la Geltr煤 (EPSEVG) Forum.

Face to face

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Telecommunications and Electronics Forum (ETSETB)

Informational stand and talk

86

Industrial studies Forum (ETSEIB)

Informational stand and talk

171

Matar贸 Forum, Technical University of Matar贸 (EUPMT)

Informational stand and talk

8

BEST Forum

Informational stand

4

Matar贸 Forum Exhibit

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Attendants

Diverse moments of the telecommunications and electronics forum

FIB Exhibit Forum

Diverse moments of the telecommunications and electronics forum

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Elective classes on incorporation into the job market At the different campuses and schools of the UPC, and during the two trimesters, the AAUPC teaches ALE Incorporation into the job market. This serves to bring students closer to the guidance contents and to support the job search when they are still in the university classrooms.

The course covers from occupational opportunities based on academic trajectories to developing competencies and skills to do well in the selection process.

Participants: 99 students.

Talks and Discussions in the UPC environment The AAUPC answers to concrete demands that the different UPC schools have in terms of guidance and assistance in career development. A series of workshops, talks and discussions are organized around guidance, decisionmaking and job market integration.

For example: 1. Talk with students that have started the first course of ETSEIAT, to motivate them to participate in university life and make them see the occupational value this will have in the future.

2. Participation in the course Projects of the Technical School of Castelldefels (EPSC), to prepare students to face the job market.

School

Activity

EPSC, within the course of Projects and search for internship opportunities in companies.

2 talks

ETSEIAT, “Walking towards the future”

1 discussion

ALE Library of the Technical School of Architecture of the Vallès (ETSAV)

1 discussion

Activities for the association of Young Engineers of Terrassa (JET) For this collective two workshops were organized specifically for developing skills and competencies: “Learn how to work in a team” and ”Develop communication skills”.

JET organized a 2nd edition of the International Robotics Competition within the Cultural Week of Terrassa. The president of JET directed himself to the AAUPC to ask for monetary collaboration that would allow this competition to

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Robotics competition. Moments of the test

happen. They were given a 500 € grant in exchange for facilitating the promotion of AAUPC’s activities.

Young Engineers of Terrassa Association. Robotics Competition.

Other activities around the UPC environment An informational session for students with scholarships at the UPC that are in charge of customer service at the stand of the UPC at the Teaching Hall (Saló de l’Ensenyament), in order for them to be able to answer questions about job insertion and the job market for UPC graduates.

Fruit of an agreement for collaboration with the Fruit of the ETSEIB forum, signed in the month of December, we carried out a workshop for networking applied to the management of professional careers, to which part of the members of the ETSEIB attended.

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Argumenta Argumenta is a virtual multimedia platform managed by the UPC’s linguistic services and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). It constitutes an informative resource that gives answers to the multilingual challenges and the European Higher Education Space (EEES) and that allows for the betterment of the communicative competencies in the university setting. The AAUPC has taught an online course about crafting curriculums.

BIP - Borsa Internazionale del Placement (International Placement Exchange) The Association attended the BIP Forum by recommendation of the UPC which took place in Cernobbio (Italy) last September. It is a forum addressed to Universities and companies. The most important activity of this event was the day-long workshop dedicated to the face to face between universities and companies. Among others contact was made with companies such as Fiat, Tetra Pak, Artsana and Avio.

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What actions have we developed with external entities?

With the Official School of Architects of Catalonia Arq-09, day-long workshops for professional guidance for architects and students

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One more year the workshops organized by COAC, ETSAB, ETSAV and AAUPC, designed to provide information about the job market of architecture and current professional options.

A program was designed based on the diversification of professional opportunities, and the public visibility of the emerging profiles, in order to go beyond the traditional job opportunities for autonomous architects.

The format of the activities has been diverse: workshops about techniques of job searching (“The art of the interview: how to pass it successfully” by the AAUPC), talks, roundtables (with the participation of Teresa Bofill, director of the AAUPC) and flash sessions with companies.

In the framework of the formative program of the Sert School, the personnel of the AAUPC has taught various editions of the following educational moduls: • The curriculum • The work interview

Company representatives table.

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Curriculum Training Workshop

Table with directors of Catalan schools of architecture

AAUPC Stand

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Council of Technical Industrial Engineers of Catalonia The Council of Technical Industrial Engineers of Catalonia has launched a project ETIOCUPACIÓ (for ethical occupation), the objective of which is to analyze the collective situation from the working point of view to design new strategies and tools directed at its members and to the main sectors of society that they work in.

The AAUPC has collaborated in this project sending a survey to all the people that are associated graduates in Technical Industrial Engineering, the survey will allow a “picture” of the job market in terms of technical industrial engineering.

The AAUPC has also been present in the study thorugh an interview done to the director of the entity that is reflected in the final report of the results. She also participated in a work session about college support tools for occupational issues.

School of Technical Industrial Engineers of Barcelona (CETIB) This year two workshops about professional opportunities in technical industrial engineering took place. They were organized by CETIB in collaboration with the AAUPC. Both sessions were moderated by members of the AAUPC and took place at the EUETIT and alternating with the EUETIB.

Participation in the MAGDES Program, Masters in Management and Higher Education Development Participation in the MAGDES Program, Management and Higher Education Development organized by the National Technical Institute (IPN) of Mexico, in collaboration with the UPC. The AAUPC implemented the unit The Network University-Company within the module Complementary Services and Support to People.

A working document was written for the students of the Association that describes the activities of the Association and other units of the UPC that also interact with companies. The report got comparative data of similar services of different universities.

A videoconference was held with the student-body to present the most innovative projects that have been carried out from the Association. A debate forum was later kept open for three weeks.

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Project Dynamis The AAUPC has disseminated an interesting initiative among the members, impulsed by Miquel Coll, industrial engineer now retired that in observing the lack of human resources of some smaller entities (associations and foundations with diverse cultural and social goals) because of lack of funds, decided to facilitate the recruitment of retired qualified professionals, that are competent and dynamic to dedicate some volunteer years to working for the third sector. This is how Dynamis is born. http://www.dynamis.cat/

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How do we approach the topic of diversity?

One of the AAUPC’s main points includes a vision to sensitise and promote the development of a culture that holds human values of solidarity to favor equal opportunities in the work force.

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In pursuit of this goal, in 2008 the programmes Fent futur (Future making): technical women for professional change, and Superant barreres (Rising above barriers) quality employment for people with disabilities that are technical graduates. Both programmes have been carried out in 2009 thanks to the grant from the Department of Labor of the Generalitat of Catalonia.

We said: The program “Future making: technical women for professional change� wants to bring women with technical backgrounds and experience that want to promote themselves, towards higher responsibility jobs. This is a program that combines training in directive abilities, coaching for implementing these in their professional lives, professional guidance for making the real change and professional marketing.

Round-table moderated by the director of the AAUPC, Teresa Bofill

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We did: The program was organized with a participation of 40 women that were directors or that wanted to be directors, and they were split in two groups.

The first was composed of women who had directly signed up for the program, and the second had their company’s support. The six participating companies were: • AGBAR, COAC, EVERIS • MC - MUTUAL, SCHNEIDER, SGS The modules that were taught are: • • • • •

Round-table moderated by subdirector Marisol Marqués

General view of the room

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Self-control: how to manage emotions in the business world.

Negotiation: how to promote favorable negotiations.

Leadership and team management: how to direct effectively.

Managing conflict: how to establish positive relations.

Emotional intelligence applied to business direction.

Handing out diplomas.

Different moments of work sessions of Futur Making/1.

Different moments of work sessions of Futur Making/2.

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Different moments of work sessions of Futur Making/3.

Finishing each module a follow-up session (group coaching) took place to guide the information transfer to the professional lives of each participant. The program also foresaw the possibility of holding coaching interviews or the job search and the professional promotion through services offered by the AAUPC. The program included two talks from an expert in gender and work from the UAB to bring a larger vision and a sociologist’s point of view.

The closing act consisted of two round tables. The first, moderated by vicepresident Marisol Marqués, was centered on explaining the repercussions of the experiences of the participating women. The second, moderated by Teresa Bofill, was centered on politics and the plan for equal opportunities of the companies SGS, Everis and Schneider, participating in the program.

By request of the participants, a network has been established bringing together professional women “Fent Futur”, that organizes meetings every two months to continue the process of reflection and analysis of their professional career.

Cava glass for attendants.

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We said: The program “Getting over barriers”: a people and companies network that addresses the university student body with technical careers, with or without disabilities. The objectives are to foment disabilities as normal among the population by providing experiences with disabled people, as well as be moderators between companies and professionals with disabilities to impulse work integration and career development.

We did: The course on Competencies for the Management of Diversity in the Work Place was addressed to the student body in their last years and to people with technical degrees, with and without disabilities. The objective of the course was to prepare people in the face of work environments that are shared with workers with disabilities, and at the same time, reach a level of personal competencies that the job market demands.

The themes that were covered are: • • • •

Working as a team and managing people in a diverse world.

Client guidance and commercial abilities.

Planning for time and projects.

Technical profiles and disabilities. Getting to know techniques that favor getting hired.

• How to interact with people with disabilities in the work environment.

Creating a focus group with expert professionals in topics such as disabilities and work integration coming from different collaborative entities of the AAUPC: • Prevent Foundation.

• Catalan Association for the Promotion of Deaf people (ACAPPS).

• Seeliger and Conde Foundation.

Diverse moments of the course on competencies of the Surpassing Barriers Program.

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Diversos moments del Curs de Competències del Programa Superant Barreres/2.

Diversos moments del Curs de Competències del Programa Superant Barreres/3.

The objective of the session was to have a collective evaluation and qualitative result sharing of the surveys performed by the AAUPC, in order to detect the needs of people with disabilities in the work environment.

Workforce Integration Network for People with Disabilities and Technical Degrees The Workforce Integration Network for People with Disabilities and Technical Degrees, in which, besides the AAUPC, the labor integration services and disabilities of the UAB, the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), the University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), the International University of Catalonia (UIC), the University of Girona (UdG), the University of Lleida (UdL), the University Abat Oliva, all participated.

Coinciding with the second act of the Network, and giving closure to the program, a seminar was carried out on mental health, with the objective of

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creating strategies around the topic that are useful for workforce integration services in universities. The session was lead by two experts Sergi Ravent贸s, workforce integration technician of the Foundation Els Tres Turons, and Aleix Caussa, codirector-consultant for Spora Psychosocial Consulting Agency.

First Network Meeting.

Seminar on Mental Health.

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Photography competition poster.

1st Competition in Digital Photography of the AAUPC “Technical women in action. X-ray of a profession” The 1st Competition in Digital Photography of the AAUPC was supported by the Catalan Institute of Women and sponsored by the company Ricoh, who gave the prizes for the three winning photographs.

The basis of the competition were made public at the beginning of the month of October. The objectives were: • Give visibility to the work that women with technical backgrounds develop.

• Break with the imaginary that women with technical backgrounds are respected for their daily work.

• Bring young women to these professional activities to motivate them to study technical degrees.

• Sensitize towards equal opportunities for women with technical degrees to motivate the student body at the UPC to think about professions that are not stereotyped by gender, when leaving the university.

• Motivate women with technical backgrounds to take jobs with responsibility and fight against vertical segregation.

The jury thinking.

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From left to right: Teresa Bofill, Miriam Pastor, Carles Roman (1r premio), Anna Ramos (2º premio), Marta Melgarejo (Ricoh España) Ruth Portas (3r premio).

Winners and finalists at the Hall of the building Nexus I.

The jury was integrated by Rosa Boladeras, president of the Women of Baix Llobregat President; Toni Bover, professor of the Center of the Image and Mulitmedia Technology (CITM) of the UPC; Francesc Casamajó, from the Service of Communication and promotion of the UPC; Jordi Pareto, professional photographer and habitual collaborator at the UPC; Teresa Bofill, director of the AAUPC, and Angels Serrat, job search technician at the AAUPC. Finally, 51 photographs were presented, and 3 were selected as winners out of 17 finalists. All 20 pieces will be shown around the different spaces available at the UPC throughout the year 2010.

The winning pieces are:

First Place Ohm’s Nails Carles Román Romero

Segundo premio Foggy Peaks Anna Ramos

Third Place Telecommunications Engineer visiting a site to forsee where the vestibules of the technology would go Ruth Portas Burón

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Attendants of a Seminar/1.

Attendants of a Seminar/2.

Seminar Diversity, Women and Development The Association organized a seminar called Diversity, Women and Development directed specifically at human resources professionals that were related to associated companies. It was taught by Myrtha Casanova, founder and president of the European Institute of Management of Diversity. Ben Capell, manager of people development programmes, diversity and inclusion at Hewlett Packard, also participated in the gathering and analyzed a practical case at HP, a company that is committed to the presence of women in all its organizational and technical spheres.

To debate how to approach the issue of managing diversity within organizations was one objective, as well as understand diversity, in its greater context, and assume the reality of multiple diversity.

This seminar had the Catalan Women’s Institute’s support.

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Group of signatories of the Diversity Charter.

Josep Mas Sala, vicepresident of the AAUPC signing the Charter.

Adherence to the Diversity Charter The vicepresident of the AAUPC, Josep Mas Sala, signed the Diversity Charter in the name of the entity in a public event that took place at the Caixa Forum in November of 2009. The Charter is promoted by the Diversity Foundation, an entity that foments equal opportunity policies, antidiscrimination and manages diversity in Spain.

This is a letter of commitment that promotes the inclusion of all people that live in the European Union, with no regards to their gender, age, race, nationality, culture, disability, sexual orientation, social origin or any other difference that singles out people from the rest of the predominant profiles in his or her company.

The AAUPC has become a member collaborator of this Foundation and will continue to develop specific actions that are committed to diversity. http://www.fundaciondiversidad.org/

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How do we put into practice the maxim “take advantage of networking: webify!”

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With the growth of the social networks the Association has created its own groups on some of the main networks. First of all, to be able to capture old graduates of the UPC, and secondly to bring about career development content.

The AAUPC in social networks This past year the AAUPC has maintained the presence of networks in which it was already present last year (Linkedin, XING, Viadeo and Facebook) but has centered most of its activity to Linkedin and Facebook.

Comparatively, Linkedin is a better space within which to share information. To facilitate this function different actions have been carried out: • Creation of Subgroups: Electronic vehicles; architecture – International Work; Technical degrees, disabilities and jobs and Web 2.0 Workshop.

The subgroups integrate tighter interest groups with members that have similar interests, which make for more participation.

• Automatic feeding of contents to groups and subgroups using feeds RSS of the AAUPC. Through the definition of contents we can automatically and continuously offer groups information of interest to members.

• Increase the presence of the AAUPC in existing groups in the networks that are the technical environment to have debates and disseminate information. The creation of technical groups is monitored and the sign-up is forwarded to these groups to allow them to see job offers, events, news and attract more members.

The Association continued to maintain its professional networks in a sustained growth. Currently there are 2,550 people relate to the AAUPC directly through 4 networks (Linkedin, Facebook, Xing, Viadeo), indirectly more than 5.261 people are in contact through these networks.

Increasingly, Facebook is confirmed to be a network in which it is important to be for public visibility. The AAUPC has its own page and a group with 206 followers. This has allowed for a better automatic dissemination of contents to increase interest and capture more users.

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Group AAUPC

Personal Contacts

2nd Degree Contacts

3rd degree Contacts

708 (+ 80 %)

2,310 (+ 25 %)

584,300 (+ 58 %)

11,813,400 (+ 8 %)

206

377

1,366 (+ 6 %)

1.974 (+ 1 %)

111,588 (+ 14 %)

1,995,525 (+ 5 %)

Viadeo

270

600

TOTAL

2,550

5,261

Linkedin Facebook Xing

Impact of networks and social tools (web 2.0) The AAUPC measures its impact on networks through a series of indicators.

The first indicator is the origin of the visitors on the Association’s website. Five of the ten first providers of visits correspond to actions carried out by the Association in networks, to improve their positioning. Three of these providers are due to information the AAUPC gives out on feeds RSS, Virtual Campus UPC, Google Reader and Google.

The AAUPC’s activity on Linkedin has created a 500% increase in visits to the website. It has also given more visibility to job offers through the social networks. Finally, social tools (applications for the socialization of content) that are integrated in the Association’s website allowed for it to be more participatory and gain more visits. An example, the networks allowed to collect and vote on the attendants questions that they posed to the speakers of a round table discussion.

AAUPC website Visits to the AAUPC website have increased a 9,77 % in comparison to last year.

Specifically, 74.663 visits have been welcomed, and 363.171 pages were seen.

Source: data and graphics from Goodle Analytics

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Networking at the AAUPC: Networks and Beers 2nd encounter of social networks of the AAUPC: Networks and Beers.

The AAUPC organized this event in the month of September at the EUETIB to promote the establishment of professional networks among members and the technical community. Again, the company Damm was responsible for sponsoring the event.

The act was opened by a presentation about Web 2.0 and professional career management, during which diverse questions were answered that had been formulated in advance through the AAUPC’s website. Afterwards the act was complemented by a dynamic speed networking to help break the ice for the participants and establish some first contacts. Just afterwards the participants were given the autonomy to do networking with the people that had interested them the most.

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To prepare the attendants for the event, the Association had organized in the days previous to the event, a workshop called “Break the ice: do networking efficiently” oriented to impulsing the relational skills of the people who were attending: how to do a professional/personal presentation that is concise, and clear, as well as strategies to start conversations…

Network Connections (Conexiones) Conexiones is a group of associations of old students and friends of the university that come together to share experiences and knowledge with the objective of reinforcing the alumni culture in the society.

In this Network’s framework, this past year two work days were organized.

One was directed at social networks, and another was dedicated to organizing alumni communities.

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The first was organized by the University of Madrid (UAM) during the month of March, and covered a lot about social networks and privacy of data. Gonzalo Fernández, Spain’s Country Manager Spain of IntraWorlds GmbH spoke about “Closed webs / Open webs”. The topic of “Legal Regulation of the Internet” was covered by Miguel Ángel Davara, professor of Compuer Science and Comupter Scince for Judges at the School of Law ICAI-ICADE.

A moment of the work day on social networks.

Later, six workshops were carried out on experiences of the attending entities, one of which was the AAUPC that explained how we use networks to develop professional careers for UPC graduates.

Juli Boned talking at the workshop on experiences of the AAUPC..

The second day, Organizing Alumni Communities, was organized by the Technical University of Valencia in the month of October. It covered how social webs can help connect and bring alumni to the table. It was also debated that social networks could favor and increase the amount of professionals people’s contact lists. Francisco Rodríguez digital manager of

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A moment in the work day about dynamics of alumni communities.

Coca-Cola in Spain, talked about the statu quo of marketing and advertising in social media.

The group Connexions has a Facebook page as a way of relating to diverse entities. http://fon.gs/conexiones

Network of scholars of the AAUPC

The year 2009 the workshop called “Developing assertiveness and self-confidence” was taught by Josep M. Colomer, of Global, Consultants in training and Corporate Communication, SL, directed specifically at the Association’s scholars.

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Web “Technical Universities, Disabilities and Occupation” (UDE) The AAUPC manages the website UDE since it was started in 2007: www.upc.edu/ude The main objective of the portal is to obtain more visibility for the workforce integration efforts of people with technical degrees and disabilities in the national context.

The web allows us to: • Present specific information about disabilities, help, companies, policies, and other topics.

• Disseminate job offers for people with disabilities and technical profiles.

Comparing this year with the last year we can see that the number of visits in 2009 has increased 80%, and furthermore these visits have consulted more than double the amount of pages.

Source: data and graphics taken from Google Analytics.

WHat HaS Been DISSemInateD?: • 59 job offers in which the disability certificate is necessary or valued.

• 68 articles linked to integration and the job market for the technical sector.

• 21 events

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What other services do we provide our members with?

• Transmitting information.

Be informed, Informative Flash.

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• Other information and answers to consults referring to the UPC • Orientation services and career development support through the Guidance and Work Integration Office.

• Access to the service UPC Libraries, integrated by 13 libraries present on the entire campus. The services they offer to members are: – Free access to libraries and its resources and basic library services.

– Lending service. http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/Normatives/Prestec.pdf – Information search service specialized in providing documentation coming from collections of the UPC or from external providers. (it is a payment service depending on the tarifs established by the UPC).

– Documents Obtained (complete text of articles or other kinds of documents). http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/Normatives/SOD.pdf http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu • Access to the language services and Terminology (SLT) of the UPC. This service offers the possibility of doing sports in the UPC installations, of going to the cinema, skiing, theater or music, and saving money with discounts and advantages that are offered. http://www.univers.upc.edu • Acceso al Servicio de Lenguas y Terminología (SLT) de la UPC. – Translation and correction services.

– Cooperation in the teaching of trainings with credit recognition for students. Argumenta Program.

• Technical Foundation of Catalonia Discounts of about 10% in part because of the programmes of continued education in the areas of management and company organization, architecture, industrial engineering and ITC that the Technical Foundation of Catalonia offers during the course. http://www.fundacio.upc.edu

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• Merit School, Language Program with an agreement with the UPC. University price on the courses they offer. Native professors, small groups, and variety of schedule options. http://www.meritschool.com • Project University Company (PUE). Discounts in the courses they organize on computer science in all its different aspects, such as official Cisco Systems certifications. http://www.pue.es

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new agreements Signed

The Association of Friends of the UPC has signed the following agreements this year:

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• With the Private Foundation Prevent. Antoni Giró, director of the UPC; Montserrat Moré, manager and general overseer of the Foundation Prevent, and Teresa Bofill, general director of the AAUPC, signed an agreement of collaboration to foment the educational cooperation for the students with disabilities and to improve the integration process into the workforce.

Signature with the Prevent Foundation.

• With the Forum of ETSEIB. The objective is to extend the activities year-round that up until now were only taking place in the Forum (workshops and actions that support the development of professional careers).

The agreement was signed by Xavier Erència, president of the Forum of ETSEIB, and Teresa Bofill, director of the AAUPC.

Signature at the ETSEIB Forum.

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• With the Service for Language and Terminologies. This agreement will allow access to the linguistic services and will also allow the AAUPC to do online teaching for members on topics such as work orientation (Argumenta program). • With the Federation of Regional Companies of Terrassa (CECOT).

Especially oriented at occupational topics, training and job market, the agreement will allow the dissemination of both institution’s activities, as well as foster new collaborations for job opportunities.

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current agreements

The AAUPC has maintained its agreements with the following entities:

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Of the UPC environment • Foundation UPC. • Professorship of the UNESCO for the Management of the Graduate Education of Universities.

• Fiber Circle (alumni of the Barcelona School of Informatics).

• Board of European Students of Technology (BEST).

• Junior Computer Science Company, JEDI. • Library and Documentation Services of the UPC. • Social Activities Service of the UPC, Univers.

• Language and terminology Services.

With other institutions in the professional and university environment • Department of Territorial Politics and Public Construction of the Generalitat of Catalonia (DPTOP), UPC, COAC and the AAUPC for the organization and development of the Biennial for European Landscape.

• School of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia (COEIC).

• Official School of Architects of Catalonia.

• Barcelona Activa, within the framework of Porta 22.

• CIM Foundation.

With entities and companies • Association of Structural Consultants (ACE).

• Association of Engineers and Industrial Organization of Catalonia (AENGOICAT).

• Manpower.

• FETS - Ethical and Solidarity Finances.

• Private Foundation Ildefons Cerdà.

• Center for Economic Promotion and Can Calderón Companies Services (Viladecans Administration).

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Spanish Navigation Institute, INAVE. Agbar Foundation.

TecnoCredit and Bank of Sabadell.

Circle of Business Women (CMN).

With entities that promote integration of people with disabilities • Catalan Association for the Social Integration of People with Disabilities (ACVS).

• Catalan Association for the Work Integration of People wot Disabilties (ACIS).

• Ecom Federation.

• Sermes Planificación, SL, special integration center for people with disabilities.

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We have also been present at the following events…

JANUARY Organizing/Convening

Act

Labor Department of the Generalitat of Catalonia

Attendance to a work day to study Priority Actions for the Elimination of Salary Inequalities between men and women.

FEBRUARY Organizing/Convening

Act

Direction of Uses of Time of Barcelona’s City Council.

Attendance to the European day Where is Our Time Going? Future Scenarios.

Labor Department of the Generalitat of Catalonia

Attendance to the new session of Agora for Directors, in which there was a round table “Virtual networks as a resource for leadership and empowering women in the professional environment”

MARCH Organizing/Convening

Act

UPC

Attendance to the act presenting the Industry XXI to the Catalan university system.

Industry XXI is a dissemination plan of the industrial reality of Catalonia.

Center for Cooperation for the Development (CCD) - UPC

Attendance to the presentation of the projects of cooperation for development that took place at the UPC during the year 2008.

Table of Entities of the Third Social Sector of Catalonia

Attendance to the II Congress of the Third Social Sector of Catalonia.

Bank of Sabadell and Alumni of Esade

Assistance to the first session of Forum for Women and Leadership. It consisted of a talk given by Montse Maresch, “Feminine Leadership at IKEA, my personal experience”.

BEST

Attendance to the Award ceremony of the local round in Barcelona of the II National Engineering Competition BEST.

APRIL Organizing/Convening

Act

Government Institutions and Public Politics (IGOP) - UAB

Attendance to the seminar Participation for the Culture of Sustainability” with the collaboration of the professorship of UNESCO for Sustainability of the UPC.

Interuniversity Council of Catalonia

Attendance to the I Work Day UNIDISCAT, University and Disabilities in Catalonia.

MAY Organizing/Convening

Act

National Agency for the Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation (ANECA)

Attendance to the work day about job market and study plans at the university based on competencies.

Association JET and the communication plan for research on the Terrassa Campus

Attendance to the master class taught by Dídac Lee, first best young creative entrepreneur in Catalonia for the year 2007 and best technical entrepreneur for the University of Cambridge in the year 2005.

Presidency of the UPF

Attendance to the homage to Mercè Sala, who was president of the Social Council of the UPF.

Human Factor Foundation

Attendance to the homage to Mercè Sala and to the award ceremony of the I Human Factor Award Mercè Sala.

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JUNE Organizing/Convening

Act

Social Council of the UPC

Attendance to the UPC Night, 1st Business Gathering of the UPC, event in recognition and public appreciation of the support and trust of many businesses and entities towards the UPC. Attendance to the event of recognition of the members of the university community recognized in 2008..

Techncial Foundation, School of Professional and Executive Development

Attendance to the award giving act DonaTech XXI 2009 and the talk “Economic impact of the loss of femenine talent” taught by Xavier Carbonell, director of the Commerce Chamber of Catalonia.

Antiques UB

Attendance to the inauguration of the opening “Our memory of a time o silence.

1950-1960” in the framework of the reunion of Antiques UB.

Women’s Institute of Catalonia

Attendance to the presentation of the publication of Recommendations for a non heretical living, by author Zaida Muxí, professor of urban planning and land ordinance of ETSAB.

Bank of Sabadell and Alumni of Esade

Attendance to the second session of Forum of Women and Leadership. It consisted of a Marimar Torres talk on professional trajectory.

Catalan Universities

Attendance to the closing act of the Gathering of University Counterparts of the South, in which the conclusions of the work day were presented. There were 25 universities and 15 representatives of southern regions.

Program EnginyCat in collaboration with the Catalan Foundation for research and Innovation (FCRI) and the Agency for management of Grants for Universities and Research. (AGAUR)

Participation in the debate sessions Engineering 2020, Debate International Forum.

Workforce Integration Offices of the universities and the University Network of Student Issues.

(RUNAE)

Attendance to the IX workday of University Services for Employment that took place the 17, 18, 19 of June in Barcelona at the UPF.

JULIY Organizing/Convening

Act

Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona

Attendance to the work day Directing Times of Change, by the Women Observatory, Company and Economy.

Catalan Entities for Social Action (ECAS)

Attendance to the I Congress of Work and Civil Society, for Equal Opportunities.

SEPTEMBER Organizing/Convening

Act

COAC, UPC, AAUPC and DPTOP

Pre-Biennial Landscape and Society event, Processes of Change, a debate day with public administration, that has contributed determinately to the consolidation of the Biennale.

Integral Program of Feminine Leadership, of ESCI-UPF

Attendance to the 1st International Conference in feminine Leadership – Life-09

Dirección general de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Trabajo de la Generalidad Cataluña

Asistencia a la presentación del documento marco El trabajo con soporte en Cataluña y en la mesa redonda sobre la experiencia de las entidades y de las empresas.

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OCTOBER Organizing/Convening

Act

Presidency of ETSAB

Inauguration of the new Library ETSAB.

Eco-Union

Global Eco Forum-09: The Transition towards Sustainability

NOVEMBER Organizing/Convening

Act

Labor Department of the Generalitat de Catalonia

Informational environment surrounding the regulations for grants and financial support in employment programs for diversity 2010-2011.

Observatory of the Third Sector

5th annual event of the Third Sector Observatory. The theme of this past year has revolved around the betterment of the governmental organs of the third sector.

DECEMBER Organizing/Convening

Act

UPC, Office of Support to Equal Opportunities

1st Girl’s Day organized by the UPC. The Girl’s have the objective of promoting the technical studies between future students.

Structure Consultants Association

Annual dinner of the Structure Consultants Association.

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What is our budget and its fulfillment?

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Budget 2009 INCOME € Member fees

AAUPC

OOIL

105.590,00 €

TOTAL €

31/12/2009

105.590,00 €

105.967,78 €

Contributions by the UPC to OOIL

152.238,73 €

152.238,73 €

151.793,07 €

Specific projects

31.750,00 €

31.750,00 €

35.291,00 €

Compensation Social Council via UPC Other Contributions

9.000,00 €

9.000,00 €

9.000,00 €

930,00 €

930,00 €

299,77 €

Extraordinary Income TOTAL INCOME

COSTS €

9.251,63 €

115.520,00 €

183.988,73 €

299.508,73 €

311.603,25 €

AAUPC

OOIL

TOTAL €

31/12/2009

Staff of the AAUPC Administrative Scholarships

51.125,85 €

51.125,85 €

52.318,37 €

158.724,00 €

169.865,22 €

33.135,78 €

29.638,19 €

20.902,08 €

20.902,08 €

16.197,17 €

6.584,89 €

6.584,89 €

7.133,54 €

Professional Services

Staff for OOIL 4 technicians - scholars

Functioning of the AAUPC General Costs OOIL

33.135,78 €

Computer costs

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158.724,00 €

Biennial Landscape provisions

4.500,00 €

4.500,00 €

3.750,00 €

Friends of the UPC Foundation

11.000,00 €

11.000,00 €

11.000,00 €

Other Projects

13.536,13 €

13.536,13 €

24.150,29 €

TOTAL COSTS

113.297,76 €

299.508,73 €

314.052,78 €

186.210,97 €