Shaping the future: European universities alliances for a competitive Europe
High-level meeting
Discussion topics
During this high-level meeting, participants reflected on the achievements of the European Universities initiative, addressed the remaining challenges, and identified the avenues to continue making this initiative a long-term success.
Discussions also focused on the key enabling factors for the alliances to further contribute to Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness, while defending democracy and promoting social fairness.
Participants
The event will gathered
- representatives of all 65 European Universities alliances
- representatives of the Seal of Excellence holders
- Members of the European Parliament
- representatives of national and regional authorities from EU countries
- key higher education stakeholder organisations
- European student organisations
- private sector entrepreneurs and companies
Highlights from the event
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Marcos Ros is a Spanish Socialist MEP and a full member of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.
He holds a PhD in architecture and is professor of urban planning on leave at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (EUt+).
Among his main activities in the CULT committee, he has been the representative of the Socialists in the report on the European Education Area.
In addition, his extensive university teaching experience allows him to follow closely the development of the Erasmus+ programme and the European universities initiative in the European institutions.
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Afternoon sessions
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How can the alliances fully play their role in the creation and delivery of the Union of Skills to attract and retain best talents, and enhance the attractiveness of educational offerings in strategic sectors (AI, clean technologies, STEM, defence, etc)?
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Effective strategies for raising awareness and boost engagement across institutions’ faculties to enable more students and staff to benefit from alliances’ activities.
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Case studies from the Erasmus+ pilot projects
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The role of the alliances in attracting global talent and strengthening sustainable partnerships in the Western Balkans, EU Neighbourhood and across the world.
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The impact of collaborative ecosystems and the benefit to Europe’s regions.
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Enhancing inclusiveness, student engagement, democratic representation, inclusiveness and mobility in the European inter-university campus.
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Enhancing synergies and efficiently mobilising European and national/regional level funding, including reinforcing the research and innovation dimension of the alliances, in synergy with MSCA and EIT.
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This session presents the European Universities initiative's monitoring framework, reflecting on lessons from the first exercise and next steps.
Discussions will focus on how monitoring and data collection for the alliances should be further implemented, in terms of timing and scope, to ensure data is accurately reflecting the fast pace of development of the alliances and enable to inform policy makers and the wider higher education sector.
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How FOREU4ALL is amplifying alliances’ impact and success
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The session aims to reflect on the progress of the European Universities alliances based on insights gathered through the alliances’ monitoring, conducted by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
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