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The European Commission has awarded the ForEU4All project
October 2024
The project combines all current and future European Universities alliances into a unified, cohesive structure. The goal is to foster a collaborative and supportive environment where best practices and experiences can be shared among the alliances and the broader European Higher Education sector.
As flagships of the European Education Area (EEA) and the European Research Area (ERA), European Universities alliances are leading the way in developing new and innovative concepts for deep transnational institutional cooperation to stimulate the long-lasting transformation of European higher education as a whole.
Evolution of the ForEU Network
The informal alliance network FORum of European Universities (FOR-EU) has been in place since the start of the European Universities Initiative (EUI). Alliance experts have been brought together across countries and institutions to form active communities on strategic topics, such as education cooperation, governance, research & innovation dimension of alliances, or student engagement. FOR-EU has currently 20+ subgroups in place and different parallel fora where the coordinators and alliances’ experts meet.
Formalising Collaboration
ForEU4All will reflect the fruitful collaboration and related extensive expertise that exists in FOR-EU. It will merge, formalise, and scale up the informal processes and structures that naturally developed over the past four years, and focus on supporting efficient administration, coordination, communication and dissemination. Moreover, ForEU4all will strongly focus on linkages with the wider HE sector, collaboration with existing networks and stakeholder representatives, as well as engagement with decision-makers on both achievements and challenges related to the EUI.
Commitment to EEA and ERA Objectives
European Universities alliances are committed to contributing to the realisation of both the EEA and ERA policy objectives. In collaboration with stakeholders, this project will furthermore focus on addressing challenges to transnational collaboration that persist in the EHEA to date - ranging from joint educational provision to mobility as well as digital and R&I collaboration. With FOR-EU4All, alliances are committed to working together with each other, with relevant stakeholders and policy-makers to overcome obstacles to transnational collaboration and to realise the long-lasting transformation of European higher education.
The European Commission has awarded the ForEU4All project 1.8 million euros and should last 48 months, starting on the 1st of November 2024. The European University Association, European Students' Union (ESU), the ENQA: European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, EURASHE and Erasmus Student Network are associated partners.
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