{"id":31430,"date":"2026-05-14T21:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/?p=31430"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:47:59","slug":"athena-contributes-to-ep-discussion-on-europes-higher-education-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/?p=31430","title":{"rendered":"ATHENA Contributes to EP Discussion on Europe’s Higher Education Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On 6 May 2026, representatives from academia, European institutions, regional authorities, and industry gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels for the high-level conference\u00a0\u201cInvesting in Europe\u2019s Future: Funding Pathways for Higher Education.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The event was co-organised by Member of the European Parliament Krzysztof Hetman<\/strong>, Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University, Business & Science Poland, and the ATHENA European University Alliance.<\/p>

The conference focused on one of the most pressing questions facing Europe today: how to effectively invest in the future of European higher education in a rapidly changing social, economic, and geopolitical landscape.<\/p>

The keynote speech was delivered by\u00a0Piotr Serafin<\/strong>, who shared perspectives on the future vision for European funding, competitiveness, and innovation. Discussions throughout the event highlighted the strategic role of universities in strengthening Europe\u2019s resilience, fostering innovation, and supporting regional development.<\/p>

Among the speakers were\u00a0Krzysztof Hetman, who addressed the links between higher education, cohesion policy, and Horizon Europe, and Anne Besnier<\/strong>, Vice-President of the Region Centre-Val de Loire and member of the European Committee of the Regions, who presented regional perspectives on implementation and funding challenges.<\/p>

The conference also showcased concrete examples of European university alliances and their long-term sustainability. Mariusz G\u0142\u0105bowski<\/strong> from\u00a0Pozna\u0144 University of Technology\u00a0presented the EUNICE4U project, while Eric Blond<\/strong>, President of the ATHENA European University Alliance and representative of\u00a0University of Orl\u00e9ans, shared ATHENA\u2019s experience in building a sustainable alliance model without core funding.<\/p>

The event created a valuable platform for dialogue between policymakers, university leaders, researchers, and industry representatives, reaffirming the importance of international cooperation and strategic investment in higher education across Europe.<\/p>

ATHENA is proud to contribute to shaping the future of European higher education and to strengthening collaboration between universities, institutions, and society.<\/p>

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On 6 May 2026, representatives from academia, European institutions, regional authorities, and industry gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels for the high-level conference\u00a0\u201cInvesting in Europe\u2019s Future: Funding Pathways for Higher Education.\u201d\u00a0The event was co-organised by Member of the European Parliament Krzysztof Hetman, Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University, Business & Science Poland, and the ATHENA European University Alliance. The conference focused on one of the most pressing questions facing Europe today: how to effectively invest in the future of European higher education in a rapidly changing social, economic, and geopolitical landscape. The keynote speech was delivered by\u00a0Piotr Serafin, who shared perspectives on the future vision for European funding, competitiveness, and innovation. Discussions throughout the event highlighted the strategic role of universities in strengthening Europe\u2019s resilience, fostering innovation, and supporting regional development. Among the speakers were\u00a0Krzysztof Hetman, who addressed the links between higher education, cohesion policy, and Horizon Europe, and Anne Besnier, Vice-President of the Region Centre-Val de Loire and member of the European Committee of the Regions, who presented regional perspectives on implementation and funding challenges. The conference also showcased concrete examples of European university alliances and their long-term sustainability. Mariusz G\u0142\u0105bowski from\u00a0Pozna\u0144 University of Technology\u00a0presented the EUNICE4U project, while Eric Blond, President of the ATHENA European University Alliance and representative of\u00a0University of Orl\u00e9ans, shared ATHENA\u2019s experience in building a sustainable alliance model without core funding. The event created a valuable platform for dialogue between policymakers, university leaders, researchers, and industry representatives, reaffirming the importance of international cooperation and strategic investment in higher education across Europe. ATHENA is proud to contribute to shaping the future of European higher education and to strengthening collaboration between universities, institutions, and society. https:\/\/athenauni.eu\/investing-in-europes-future-athena-contributes-to-high-level-debate-at-the-european-parliament\/ \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":31423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1134,9],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-31430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athena-en","category-news_en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31435,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31430\/revisions\/31435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31430"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icd.kpi.ua\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftable_tags&post=31430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}