reviews of higher education in regional and city development are the oecd s vehicle to mobilise higher education for economic social and cultural development of cities and regions they analyse how the higher education system impacts local and regional development and help improve this impact they investigate how higher education institutions contribute to human capital and skills development technology transfer and business innovation social cultural and environmental development and regional capacity building the review process facilitates partnership building in regions by drawing together higher education institutions and public and private agencies to identify strategic goals and work together towards them