From 20th to 24th October, the University of Trieste participated in the T4EU Strategic Assembly organised at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Lithuania).

For five days, Kaunas hosted institutional meetings, conferences, workshops, cultural activities and discussions between students, teachers, representatives of the Alliance's European partner universities, companies and entrepreneurs. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Lithuania and the former President of the Republic of Finland.

In parallel, Kaunas hosted the T4EU Week entitled ‘TransformEd: Renaissance of Liberal Arts’, a week of learning aimed at Alliance students, who were able to explore a range of different and complex topics at the crossroads between innovation and tradition over these five days.

Our university took part in the initiative with its largest ever delegation, consisting of 12 students, 14 representatives of the technical and administrative staff and 8 lecturers.

For the first time, the Rector, Donata Vianelli, participated together with her colleagues, Elisabetta De Giorgi, Delegate for International Relations and Mobility, and Alberto Pallavicini, UniTS point of contact for the T4EU Alliance.

Also participating were the Delegate for Development Cooperation, Roberta Altin, and Tullia Catalan, scientific leaders of Work Package 7 ‘T4EU Common Heritage and Multilingualism’, of which the University is the lead partner.

The T4EU Strategic Assembly was divided into training and thematic courses dedicated to students, PhD students, administrative and academic staff, accompanied by cultural and recreational activities with ample space for networking initiatives, cultural meetings and experiential workshops, with the aim of promoting dialogue and collaboration between the Alliance's universities.

The Rector commented: ‘Participation in the Transform4Europe Executive Board Meeting in Kaunas was fundamental for sharing, at a strategic level, the opportunities for collaboration between the universities of the European Alliance, their enhancement and future development.

The value that the Alliance has created in recent years has benefited thousands of students across Europe and enriched UniTS course catalogue.’

Participation in the T4EU Strategic Assembly is part of UniTS's efforts to strengthen international collaborations and of its commitment to the Transform4Europe Alliance, which promotes a European university model based on innovation, sustainability and active citizenship.