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ACE²-EU / Co-funded by the European Union Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu-Jiu
Annual Congress of the ACE²-EU Alliance
28-30 October
Addressing Future Challenges – Delivering Sustainable Societal Transformation Today
ACE²-EU (Applied, Connected, Entrepreneurial, and Engaged – European University) is a European University Alliance formed by nine universities from nine different countries of Europe.

Event Agenda

2nd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · 27–30 October 2026 · Târgu Jiu, Romania

“From Formation to Impact and a Sustainable Future”

Wednesday, 28 October
09:00–09:30
Welcome & Registration
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: All participants
09:30–11:00
Annual Assembly — Joint Plenary
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: RPSG · MB · SAB · SFAB · ESAB
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Present the progress of the alliance during Year 2 of the current work plan to all management, governance and advisory bodies
  • Pose strategic questions for consideration by the RPSG, SAB, SFAB and ESAB in their meeting sessions

Agenda

  • 09:30 Opening of the Annual Congress — Luminița Popescu
  • 09:35 Introduction: overview and context — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min)
  • 09:45 WP Leader presentations, 5–7 min each (Year 2 progress): WP1 UPSantarém — Vânia Fernandes · WP2 UFV — Chelo Perez · WP3 CUAS — Sangeetha Ratnayake · WP4 LKA — Ieva Zemīte · WP5 UGD — Saso Koceski · WP6 LIK — Gitana Vyčienė · WP7 THI — Georg Overbeck · WP8 UCB — Corina Dragan
  • 10:40 Strategic considerations and questions for the stakeholder boards — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min). Each advisory board notes key questions to address in its discussion sessions
  • 10:50 Q&A — Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 10:55 Closure of the Annual Assembly Plenary — João Moutão
11:00–11:15
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:30–13:00
RPSG & External Stakeholder Discussion (hybrid meeting)
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)RPSG · ESAB
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB Representatives
Objectives & agenda

Facilitated by Ruaidhri Neavyn and João Moutão.

Objectives

  • Advance the framework for interregional collaboration
  • Discuss how external stakeholders can connect, engage and benefit from working with our alliance
  • Work towards an interregional alliance whose work plan and operation are facilitated and driven by ACE²-EU alliance members
  • Gain agreement on the development and establishment of a framework for collaboration between all member regions and ACE²-EU

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Nomination of the External Stakeholders Group Chairperson
  3. Overview of the ACE²-EU alliance
  4. Areas of potential collaboration between ACE²-EU and external stakeholders — discussion
  5. Moving our collaboration forward: possibility of a framework for collaboration — discussion
  6. Next steps
  7. A.O.B.
11:30–13:00
Student Advisory Board (SAB)
UCB Rectorate — Room CD12 (floor 1)SAB
Participants: Student Advisory Board and Staff Advisory Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Discuss the questions posed at the Annual Assembly
  • Prepare the Student and Staff Advisory Board members' input for the afternoon sessions

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
11:30–13:00
Staff Advisory Board (SFAB)
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)SFAB
Participants: Student Advisory Board and Staff Advisory Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Discuss the questions posed at the Annual Assembly
  • Prepare the Student and Staff Advisory Board members' input for the afternoon sessions

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
13:00–14:15
Working Lunch
14:15–15:30
RPSG & External Stakeholder Meeting (continued)
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)RPSG · ESAB
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB members (full session)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: ESAB members.

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Nomination of the External Stakeholders Group Chairperson
  3. Overview of the ACE²-EU alliance
  4. Areas of potential collaboration between ACE²-EU and external stakeholders — discussion
  5. Moving our collaboration forward: possibility of a framework for collaboration — discussion
  6. Next steps
  7. A.O.B.
14:15–15:45
Student Advisory Board (SAB) — afternoon session
UCB Rectorate — Room CD12 (floor 1)SAB
Participants: SAB — 27 students (3 per institution)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: SAB members.

Objectives

  • Ensure a student voice in the strategic development of the alliance
  • Provide feedback on mobility offerings, learning programmes and educational opportunities
  • Generate student-driven recommendations for Year 3 activities

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
14:15–15:45
Staff Advisory Board (SFAB) — afternoon session
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)SFAB
Participants: SFAB — 18 staff (2 per institution)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: SFAB members.

Objectives

  • Enhance staff engagement and ensure a staff perspective in the alliance's strategic development
  • Address professional development needs and staff mobility opportunities
  • Generate staff-driven recommendations for Year 3

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
15:45–17:00
Strategy Steering Group Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)RPSG
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Agenda

  1. Minutes of the previous meetings
  2. Pilot legal entity
  3. e-Campus operations and budget
  4. Quality Assurance Framework
  5. Academic Council structure
  6. Joint degree programmes and their support
  7. Preparing for the mid-term review
  8. Preparing for the meeting with Roxana Mînzatu
  9. A.O.B.
15:45–16:00
Break
ESAB · MB · SAB · SFAB
16:00–17:00
Free Time / Optional City Visit
ESAB · MB · SAB · SFAB
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–23:00
Kaleidoscope of Cultures Festival Showcase
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Thursday, 29 October
09:00–12:00
Management Board & Steering Group — Joint Session
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)RPSG · MB
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · Management Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Workshop on the future sustainability strategy of the alliance, including its future activities, expansion plans and financial sustainability plan

Agenda

  1. 09:00 Opening — João Moutão
  2. Overview
  3. Innova and external advisor reports
  4. FOR-EU4All update
  5. World-café workshop on MS38 and MS39: future activities and expansion roadmap; financial sustainability plan
  6. Summary and next steps
  7. A.O.B.
09:00–12:00
External Stakeholders — Field Visit
Rovinari Power PlantESAB
Participants: ESAB members
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 09:00 Visit to the Rovinari Power Plant
  • 11:00 Networking lunch — CE Oltenia Canteen, Rovinari
  • 12:00 Return to Târgu Jiu
12:00–13:00
Strategy Steering Group (SSG) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Working RoomRPSG
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor
Objectives & agenda

Continues the RPSG agenda of 28 October and prepares the meeting with Roxana Mînzatu.

Objectives

  • Evaluate the alliance's progress: highlights and emerging strategic and operational issues
  • Reach strategic agreement on the QA Framework, Academic Council, joint degree programmes and research initiatives
  • Prepare formal positions and resolutions for the Governing Authority

Agenda

  1. Minutes of the previous meetings
  2. Pilot legal entity
  3. e-Campus operations and budget
  4. Quality Assurance Framework
  5. Academic Council structure
  6. Joint degree programmes and their support
  7. Preparing for the mid-term review
  8. Preparing for the meeting with Roxana Mînzatu
  9. A.O.B.
12:00–13:45
Management Board — Sustainability Workshop (continued)
UCB Rectorate — Green RoomMB
Participants: Management Board members
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Workshop on the future sustainability strategy of the alliance, including its future activities, expansion plans and financial sustainability plan

Agenda

  1. World-café workshop on MS38 and MS39 (continued): future activities and expansion roadmap; financial sustainability plan
  2. Summary and next steps
12:30–13:30
Working Lunch — MB members and Advisory Boards
MB · ESAB · SAB · SFAB
13:00–13:45
High-Level Meeting with Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)RPSG
Participants: Roxana Mînzatu (EVP) · João Moutão · Vânia Fernandes · Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Discuss the current challenges and strategic directions for the European Universities Initiative
  • Present ACE²-EU and its outcomes
  • Strategic positioning of ACE²-EU

Agenda

  • 13:00 Welcome and introduction — Luminița Popescu and João Moutão
  • 13:15 EU MFF deliberations and the future of the European Universities Initiative — Roxana Mînzatu (current policy context · priorities for the next funding cycle · role of university alliances)
  • 13:35 Open exchange — Rectors/Presidents and Roxana Mînzatu
  • 13:45 Closure — Luminița Popescu and João Moutão
13:45–14:45
Working Lunch — Strategy Steering Group
RPSG
14:45–16:00
ACE TALK with Roxana Mînzatu
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All congress participants
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Open dialogue between the European Commission and the ACE²-EU community
  • Allow students, staff and rectors to engage directly with EU leadership
  • Showcase the human dimension of the European Universities Initiative

Agenda

  • 14:45 Introduction
  • 14:50 ACE TALK: The Future of European Universities — Roxana Mînzatu
  • 15:10 Open Q&A — questions from students, staff, rectors and external guests
  • 15:25 Closing remarks — Roxana Mînzatu & João Moutão
  • 15:30 Governing Authority members leave for the GA meeting; session with Roxana Mînzatu and students
15:30–17:00
Governing Authority (GA) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)RPSG · ESAB · SAB · SFAB
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB, SAB and SFAB representatives
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Objectives

  • Review and formally approve the Preliminary Year 2 Annual Report
  • Ensure the voices of students, staff and external stakeholders are embedded in strategic governance
  • Formally endorse key deliverables, adopt Year 3 strategic directions and sign the AISBL

Agenda

  • 15:30 Welcome — Luminița Popescu (UCB Rector)
  • 15:35 Recommendations to the GA from the SSG — João Moutão (GA Chair)
  • 15:55 Input from the Advisory Board representatives: SAB, SFAB and ESAB recommendations (5 min each)
  • 16:15 Strategic responses: member positions on progress and future strategic direction · open floor
  • 16:40 Summary & closure — João Moutão
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–21:00
Masquerade Ball
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Friday, 30 October
09:00–10:30
Final Parallel Sessions — Internal
UCB Rectorate & Amphitheatre
Participants: Steering Group · Advisory Boards · ABC and BIP teams · Students
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • Steering Group — final session (UCB Rectorate — Working Room): 09:00 continuation of the previous days' agenda, working session — João Moutão
  • ABC and BIP final presentations (each course in its own room): 09:00 ABC Circular Economy — CD22 (floor 2) · 09:15 ABC Fake News and Social Impact — CD21 (floor 2) · 09:15 BIP Shaping Europe's Future Together — CD12 (floor 1) · 09:30 Flavour School — CD11 (floor 1)
  • Kaleidoscope final preparation
  • Reflection Moment — internal session (UCB Amphitheatre), for congress participants only: 09:00 student-produced videos and creative outputs, screened and voted on · 09:30 student presentations on MLO outputs (min. 3)
  • Advisory Boards — final session (UCB Rectorate — room TBC): 09:00 SAB · SFAB · ESAB finalise recommendations for the closing congress session
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:00–14:00
Annual Congress — Official Ceremony
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All participants · External guests · Media · Regional authorities
Objectives & agenda

The official congress opening for external guests and the European Commission, with cultural and musical interludes between the sessions.

Agenda

  • 11:00 Official opening — Regional commitment to European education: host welcome and ACE²-EU local impact — Luminița Popescu, UCB Rector · ACE²-EU Alliance Coordinator — João Moutão · remarks on the European Universities Initiative
  • 11:10 Student presentations — MLO outputs and experiences (minimum 3 presentations, cultural interlude between them)
  • 11:40 Kaleidoscope Festival presentations — student cultural presentations from all nine institutions
  • 12:10 Short break
  • 12:25 Advisory Board responses: SAB and SFAB recommendations for Year 3 · ESAB interregional framework and Declaration of Intent
  • 12:45 ACE GALA — Awards session: best ABC project · best MLO presentation · outstanding student and staff contributions · musical interlude
  • 13:10 Launch of the e-Campus
  • 13:25 What's next for ACE²-EU — Corina Dragan and Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 13:40 Formal handover of the Annual Congress baton: the UCB Rector passes the baton to the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA), host of the 3rd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · closing remarks — João Moutão · Year 3 vision launch · Alliance Sustainability Pledge
14:00–15:00
Lunch break (not included) — recommended: UCB Canteen or restaurants in Târgu Jiu city centre
15:00–19:00
City Exhibition (optional)
Târgu Jiu — selected venues
Participants: All participants (optional)
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 15:00 ACE²-EU outputs and cultural showcases across Târgu Jiu: student-led guided tours · exhibition of ABC project outputs and Flavour School productions · Kaleidoscope of Cultures street performances · visit to the Constantin Brâncuși Sculptural Ensemble
19:00–21:00
Classic Music Show & Grand Closing Event
UCB Amphitheatre (Rectorate, floor 4)
Wednesday, 28 October
09:00–09:30
Welcome & Registration
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: All participants
09:30–11:00
Annual Assembly — Joint Plenary
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: RPSG · MB · SAB · SFAB · ESAB
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Present the progress of the alliance during Year 2 of the current work plan to all management, governance and advisory bodies
  • Pose strategic questions for consideration by the RPSG, SAB, SFAB and ESAB in their meeting sessions

Agenda

  • 09:30 Opening of the Annual Congress — Luminița Popescu
  • 09:35 Introduction: overview and context — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min)
  • 09:45 WP Leader presentations, 5–7 min each (Year 2 progress): WP1 UPSantarém — Vânia Fernandes · WP2 UFV — Chelo Perez · WP3 CUAS — Sangeetha Ratnayake · WP4 LKA — Ieva Zemīte · WP5 UGD — Saso Koceski · WP6 LIK — Gitana Vyčienė · WP7 THI — Georg Overbeck · WP8 UCB — Corina Dragan
  • 10:40 Strategic considerations and questions for the stakeholder boards — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min). Each advisory board notes key questions to address in its discussion sessions
  • 10:50 Q&A — Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 10:55 Closure of the Annual Assembly Plenary — João Moutão
11:00–11:15
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:30–13:00
RPSG & External Stakeholder Discussion (hybrid meeting)
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB Representatives
Objectives & agenda

Facilitated by Ruaidhri Neavyn and João Moutão.

Objectives

  • Advance the framework for interregional collaboration
  • Discuss how external stakeholders can connect, engage and benefit from working with our alliance
  • Work towards an interregional alliance whose work plan and operation are facilitated and driven by ACE²-EU alliance members
  • Gain agreement on the development and establishment of a framework for collaboration between all member regions and ACE²-EU

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Nomination of the External Stakeholders Group Chairperson
  3. Overview of the ACE²-EU alliance
  4. Areas of potential collaboration between ACE²-EU and external stakeholders — discussion
  5. Moving our collaboration forward: possibility of a framework for collaboration — discussion
  6. Next steps
  7. A.O.B.
13:00–14:15
Working Lunch
14:15–15:30
RPSG & External Stakeholder Meeting (continued)
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB members (full session)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: ESAB members.

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Nomination of the External Stakeholders Group Chairperson
  3. Overview of the ACE²-EU alliance
  4. Areas of potential collaboration between ACE²-EU and external stakeholders — discussion
  5. Moving our collaboration forward: possibility of a framework for collaboration — discussion
  6. Next steps
  7. A.O.B.
15:45–17:00
Strategy Steering Group Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Agenda

  1. Minutes of the previous meetings
  2. Pilot legal entity
  3. e-Campus operations and budget
  4. Quality Assurance Framework
  5. Academic Council structure
  6. Joint degree programmes and their support
  7. Preparing for the mid-term review
  8. Preparing for the meeting with Roxana Mînzatu
  9. A.O.B.
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–23:00
Kaleidoscope of Cultures Festival Showcase
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Thursday, 29 October
09:00–12:00
Management Board & Steering Group — Joint Session
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · Management Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Workshop on the future sustainability strategy of the alliance, including its future activities, expansion plans and financial sustainability plan

Agenda

  1. 09:00 Opening — João Moutão
  2. Overview
  3. Innova and external advisor reports
  4. FOR-EU4All update
  5. World-café workshop on MS38 and MS39: future activities and expansion roadmap; financial sustainability plan
  6. Summary and next steps
  7. A.O.B.
12:00–13:00
Strategy Steering Group (SSG) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Working Room
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor
Objectives & agenda

Continues the RPSG agenda of 28 October and prepares the meeting with Roxana Mînzatu.

Objectives

  • Evaluate the alliance's progress: highlights and emerging strategic and operational issues
  • Reach strategic agreement on the QA Framework, Academic Council, joint degree programmes and research initiatives
  • Prepare formal positions and resolutions for the Governing Authority

Agenda

  1. Minutes of the previous meetings
  2. Pilot legal entity
  3. e-Campus operations and budget
  4. Quality Assurance Framework
  5. Academic Council structure
  6. Joint degree programmes and their support
  7. Preparing for the mid-term review
  8. Preparing for the meeting with Roxana Mînzatu
  9. A.O.B.
13:00–13:45
High-Level Meeting with Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)
Participants: Roxana Mînzatu (EVP) · João Moutão · Vânia Fernandes · Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Discuss the current challenges and strategic directions for the European Universities Initiative
  • Present ACE²-EU and its outcomes
  • Strategic positioning of ACE²-EU

Agenda

  • 13:00 Welcome and introduction — Luminița Popescu and João Moutão
  • 13:15 EU MFF deliberations and the future of the European Universities Initiative — Roxana Mînzatu (current policy context · priorities for the next funding cycle · role of university alliances)
  • 13:35 Open exchange — Rectors/Presidents and Roxana Mînzatu
  • 13:45 Closure — Luminița Popescu and João Moutão
13:45–14:45
Working Lunch — Strategy Steering Group
14:45–16:00
ACE TALK with Roxana Mînzatu
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All congress participants
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Open dialogue between the European Commission and the ACE²-EU community
  • Allow students, staff and rectors to engage directly with EU leadership
  • Showcase the human dimension of the European Universities Initiative

Agenda

  • 14:45 Introduction
  • 14:50 ACE TALK: The Future of European Universities — Roxana Mînzatu
  • 15:10 Open Q&A — questions from students, staff, rectors and external guests
  • 15:25 Closing remarks — Roxana Mînzatu & João Moutão
  • 15:30 Governing Authority members leave for the GA meeting; session with Roxana Mînzatu and students
15:30–17:00
Governing Authority (GA) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB, SAB and SFAB representatives
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Objectives

  • Review and formally approve the Preliminary Year 2 Annual Report
  • Ensure the voices of students, staff and external stakeholders are embedded in strategic governance
  • Formally endorse key deliverables, adopt Year 3 strategic directions and sign the AISBL

Agenda

  • 15:30 Welcome — Luminița Popescu (UCB Rector)
  • 15:35 Recommendations to the GA from the SSG — João Moutão (GA Chair)
  • 15:55 Input from the Advisory Board representatives: SAB, SFAB and ESAB recommendations (5 min each)
  • 16:15 Strategic responses: member positions on progress and future strategic direction · open floor
  • 16:40 Summary & closure — João Moutão
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–21:00
Masquerade Ball
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Friday, 30 October
09:00–10:30
Final Parallel Sessions — Internal
UCB Rectorate & Amphitheatre
Participants: Steering Group · Advisory Boards · ABC and BIP teams · Students
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • Steering Group — final session (UCB Rectorate — Working Room): 09:00 continuation of the previous days' agenda, working session — João Moutão
  • ABC and BIP final presentations (each course in its own room): 09:00 ABC Circular Economy — CD22 (floor 2) · 09:15 ABC Fake News and Social Impact — CD21 (floor 2) · 09:15 BIP Shaping Europe's Future Together — CD12 (floor 1) · 09:30 Flavour School — CD11 (floor 1)
  • Kaleidoscope final preparation
  • Reflection Moment — internal session (UCB Amphitheatre), for congress participants only: 09:00 student-produced videos and creative outputs, screened and voted on · 09:30 student presentations on MLO outputs (min. 3)
  • Advisory Boards — final session (UCB Rectorate — room TBC): 09:00 SAB · SFAB · ESAB finalise recommendations for the closing congress session
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:00–14:00
Annual Congress — Official Ceremony
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All participants · External guests · Media · Regional authorities
Objectives & agenda

The official congress opening for external guests and the European Commission, with cultural and musical interludes between the sessions.

Agenda

  • 11:00 Official opening — Regional commitment to European education: host welcome and ACE²-EU local impact — Luminița Popescu, UCB Rector · ACE²-EU Alliance Coordinator — João Moutão · remarks on the European Universities Initiative
  • 11:10 Student presentations — MLO outputs and experiences (minimum 3 presentations, cultural interlude between them)
  • 11:40 Kaleidoscope Festival presentations — student cultural presentations from all nine institutions
  • 12:10 Short break
  • 12:25 Advisory Board responses: SAB and SFAB recommendations for Year 3 · ESAB interregional framework and Declaration of Intent
  • 12:45 ACE GALA — Awards session: best ABC project · best MLO presentation · outstanding student and staff contributions · musical interlude
  • 13:10 Launch of the e-Campus
  • 13:25 What's next for ACE²-EU — Corina Dragan and Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 13:40 Formal handover of the Annual Congress baton: the UCB Rector passes the baton to the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA), host of the 3rd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · closing remarks — João Moutão · Year 3 vision launch · Alliance Sustainability Pledge
14:00–15:00
Lunch break (not included) — recommended: UCB Canteen or restaurants in Târgu Jiu city centre
15:00–19:00
City Exhibition (optional)
Târgu Jiu — selected venues
Participants: All participants (optional)
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 15:00 ACE²-EU outputs and cultural showcases across Târgu Jiu: student-led guided tours · exhibition of ABC project outputs and Flavour School productions · Kaleidoscope of Cultures street performances · visit to the Constantin Brâncuși Sculptural Ensemble
19:00–21:00
Classic Music Show & Grand Closing Event
UCB Amphitheatre (Rectorate, floor 4)
Wednesday, 28 October
09:00–09:30
Welcome & Registration
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: All participants
09:30–11:00
Annual Assembly — Joint Plenary
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: RPSG · MB · SAB · SFAB · ESAB
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Present the progress of the alliance during Year 2 of the current work plan to all management, governance and advisory bodies
  • Pose strategic questions for consideration by the RPSG, SAB, SFAB and ESAB in their meeting sessions

Agenda

  • 09:30 Opening of the Annual Congress — Luminița Popescu
  • 09:35 Introduction: overview and context — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min)
  • 09:45 WP Leader presentations, 5–7 min each (Year 2 progress): WP1 UPSantarém — Vânia Fernandes · WP2 UFV — Chelo Perez · WP3 CUAS — Sangeetha Ratnayake · WP4 LKA — Ieva Zemīte · WP5 UGD — Saso Koceski · WP6 LIK — Gitana Vyčienė · WP7 THI — Georg Overbeck · WP8 UCB — Corina Dragan
  • 10:40 Strategic considerations and questions for the stakeholder boards — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min). Each advisory board notes key questions to address in its discussion sessions
  • 10:50 Q&A — Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 10:55 Closure of the Annual Assembly Plenary — João Moutão
11:00–11:15
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:30–13:00
RPSG & External Stakeholder Discussion (hybrid meeting)
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB Representatives
Objectives & agenda

Facilitated by Ruaidhri Neavyn and João Moutão.

Objectives

  • Advance the framework for interregional collaboration
  • Discuss how external stakeholders can connect, engage and benefit from working with our alliance
  • Work towards an interregional alliance whose work plan and operation are facilitated and driven by ACE²-EU alliance members
  • Gain agreement on the development and establishment of a framework for collaboration between all member regions and ACE²-EU

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Nomination of the External Stakeholders Group Chairperson
  3. Overview of the ACE²-EU alliance
  4. Areas of potential collaboration between ACE²-EU and external stakeholders — discussion
  5. Moving our collaboration forward: possibility of a framework for collaboration — discussion
  6. Next steps
  7. A.O.B.
13:00–14:15
Working Lunch
14:15–15:30
RPSG & External Stakeholder Meeting (continued)
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB members (full session)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: ESAB members.

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Nomination of the External Stakeholders Group Chairperson
  3. Overview of the ACE²-EU alliance
  4. Areas of potential collaboration between ACE²-EU and external stakeholders — discussion
  5. Moving our collaboration forward: possibility of a framework for collaboration — discussion
  6. Next steps
  7. A.O.B.
15:45–16:00
Break
16:00–17:00
Free Time / Optional City Visit
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–23:00
Kaleidoscope of Cultures Festival Showcase
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Thursday, 29 October
09:00–12:00
External Stakeholders — Field Visit
Rovinari Power Plant
Participants: ESAB members
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 09:00 Visit to the Rovinari Power Plant
  • 11:00 Networking lunch — CE Oltenia Canteen, Rovinari
  • 12:00 Return to Târgu Jiu
12:30–13:30
Working Lunch — MB members and Advisory Boards
14:45–16:00
ACE TALK with Roxana Mînzatu
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All congress participants
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Open dialogue between the European Commission and the ACE²-EU community
  • Allow students, staff and rectors to engage directly with EU leadership
  • Showcase the human dimension of the European Universities Initiative

Agenda

  • 14:45 Introduction
  • 14:50 ACE TALK: The Future of European Universities — Roxana Mînzatu
  • 15:10 Open Q&A — questions from students, staff, rectors and external guests
  • 15:25 Closing remarks — Roxana Mînzatu & João Moutão
  • 15:30 Governing Authority members leave for the GA meeting; session with Roxana Mînzatu and students
15:30–17:00
Governing Authority (GA) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB, SAB and SFAB representatives
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Objectives

  • Review and formally approve the Preliminary Year 2 Annual Report
  • Ensure the voices of students, staff and external stakeholders are embedded in strategic governance
  • Formally endorse key deliverables, adopt Year 3 strategic directions and sign the AISBL

Agenda

  • 15:30 Welcome — Luminița Popescu (UCB Rector)
  • 15:35 Recommendations to the GA from the SSG — João Moutão (GA Chair)
  • 15:55 Input from the Advisory Board representatives: SAB, SFAB and ESAB recommendations (5 min each)
  • 16:15 Strategic responses: member positions on progress and future strategic direction · open floor
  • 16:40 Summary & closure — João Moutão
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–21:00
Masquerade Ball
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Friday, 30 October
09:00–10:30
Final Parallel Sessions — Internal
UCB Rectorate & Amphitheatre
Participants: Steering Group · Advisory Boards · ABC and BIP teams · Students
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • Steering Group — final session (UCB Rectorate — Working Room): 09:00 continuation of the previous days' agenda, working session — João Moutão
  • ABC and BIP final presentations (each course in its own room): 09:00 ABC Circular Economy — CD22 (floor 2) · 09:15 ABC Fake News and Social Impact — CD21 (floor 2) · 09:15 BIP Shaping Europe's Future Together — CD12 (floor 1) · 09:30 Flavour School — CD11 (floor 1)
  • Kaleidoscope final preparation
  • Reflection Moment — internal session (UCB Amphitheatre), for congress participants only: 09:00 student-produced videos and creative outputs, screened and voted on · 09:30 student presentations on MLO outputs (min. 3)
  • Advisory Boards — final session (UCB Rectorate — room TBC): 09:00 SAB · SFAB · ESAB finalise recommendations for the closing congress session
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:00–14:00
Annual Congress — Official Ceremony
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All participants · External guests · Media · Regional authorities
Objectives & agenda

The official congress opening for external guests and the European Commission, with cultural and musical interludes between the sessions.

Agenda

  • 11:00 Official opening — Regional commitment to European education: host welcome and ACE²-EU local impact — Luminița Popescu, UCB Rector · ACE²-EU Alliance Coordinator — João Moutão · remarks on the European Universities Initiative
  • 11:10 Student presentations — MLO outputs and experiences (minimum 3 presentations, cultural interlude between them)
  • 11:40 Kaleidoscope Festival presentations — student cultural presentations from all nine institutions
  • 12:10 Short break
  • 12:25 Advisory Board responses: SAB and SFAB recommendations for Year 3 · ESAB interregional framework and Declaration of Intent
  • 12:45 ACE GALA — Awards session: best ABC project · best MLO presentation · outstanding student and staff contributions · musical interlude
  • 13:10 Launch of the e-Campus
  • 13:25 What's next for ACE²-EU — Corina Dragan and Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 13:40 Formal handover of the Annual Congress baton: the UCB Rector passes the baton to the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA), host of the 3rd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · closing remarks — João Moutão · Year 3 vision launch · Alliance Sustainability Pledge
14:00–15:00
Lunch break (not included) — recommended: UCB Canteen or restaurants in Târgu Jiu city centre
15:00–19:00
City Exhibition (optional)
Târgu Jiu — selected venues
Participants: All participants (optional)
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 15:00 ACE²-EU outputs and cultural showcases across Târgu Jiu: student-led guided tours · exhibition of ABC project outputs and Flavour School productions · Kaleidoscope of Cultures street performances · visit to the Constantin Brâncuși Sculptural Ensemble
19:00–21:00
Classic Music Show & Grand Closing Event
UCB Amphitheatre (Rectorate, floor 4)
Tuesday, 27 October
09:00–11:00
Arrivals & Coordinators' Meetings
Participants: Institutional Coordinators · MB Members
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 09:00 Arrival and registration open
  • 09:00 Bilateral coordination meetings between Institutional Coordinators and WP Leaders (optional)
  • 09:00 Optional: early MB working sessions for those arriving the previous day
11:00–13:00
Management Board (MB) — Preparatory Session, Part 1
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)
Participants: General Manager · WP Leaders · Strategy Advisor · Vice-Presidents · Institutional Coordinators
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Review progress of the ACE²-EU work plan implementation
  • Monitor deliverables and milestones across all work packages
  • Address operational challenges and propose corrective actions ahead of the main congress and in advance of the mid-term review
  • Agree proposals for the Quality Assurance Framework and the Academic Council structure
  • Priority joint degree programmes for development and the support programme for joint degree programme development

Agenda

  1. Minutes of previous meetings
  2. Overview of the Annual Congress
  3. Preparation for the Annual Congress opening summary presentation
  4. Preparing for the joint workshop with the SSG
  5. Preparing for engagement with the advisory boards
  6. Preparing for the closing session of the Annual Congress
  7. Pilot legal entity
  8. e-Campus operation
  9. Quality Assurance Framework
  10. Academic Council
  11. Joint degree programmes and their support
  12. Mid-term review
  13. Planning for future events and activities
  14. A.O.B.
13:00–14:00
Lunch in the Working Room
14:00–16:00
Management Board (MB) — Preparatory Session, Part 2
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)
Participants: General Manager · WP Leaders · Strategy Advisor · Vice-Presidents · Institutional Coordinators
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the Part 1 agenda.

Objectives

  • Review progress of the ACE²-EU work plan implementation
  • Monitor deliverables and milestones across all work packages
  • Address operational challenges and propose corrective actions ahead of the main congress and in advance of the mid-term review
  • Agree proposals for the Quality Assurance Framework and the Academic Council structure
  • Priority joint degree programmes for development and the support programme for joint degree programme development

Agenda

  1. Minutes of previous meetings
  2. Overview of the Annual Congress
  3. Preparation for the Annual Congress opening summary presentation
  4. Preparing for the joint workshop with the SSG
  5. Preparing for engagement with the advisory boards
  6. Preparing for the closing session of the Annual Congress
  7. Pilot legal entity
  8. e-Campus operation
  9. Quality Assurance Framework
  10. Academic Council
  11. Joint degree programmes and their support
  12. Mid-term review
  13. Planning for future events and activities
  14. A.O.B.
16:00–17:00
Free Time / Check-in
Wednesday, 28 October
09:00–09:30
Welcome & Registration
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: All participants
09:30–11:00
Annual Assembly — Joint Plenary
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: RPSG · MB · SAB · SFAB · ESAB
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Present the progress of the alliance during Year 2 of the current work plan to all management, governance and advisory bodies
  • Pose strategic questions for consideration by the RPSG, SAB, SFAB and ESAB in their meeting sessions

Agenda

  • 09:30 Opening of the Annual Congress — Luminița Popescu
  • 09:35 Introduction: overview and context — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min)
  • 09:45 WP Leader presentations, 5–7 min each (Year 2 progress): WP1 UPSantarém — Vânia Fernandes · WP2 UFV — Chelo Perez · WP3 CUAS — Sangeetha Ratnayake · WP4 LKA — Ieva Zemīte · WP5 UGD — Saso Koceski · WP6 LIK — Gitana Vyčienė · WP7 THI — Georg Overbeck · WP8 UCB — Corina Dragan
  • 10:40 Strategic considerations and questions for the stakeholder boards — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min). Each advisory board notes key questions to address in its discussion sessions
  • 10:50 Q&A — Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 10:55 Closure of the Annual Assembly Plenary — João Moutão
11:00–11:15
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
13:00–14:15
Working Lunch
15:45–16:00
Break
16:00–17:00
Free Time / Optional City Visit
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–23:00
Kaleidoscope of Cultures Festival Showcase
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Thursday, 29 October
09:00–12:00
Management Board & Steering Group — Joint Session
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · Management Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Workshop on the future sustainability strategy of the alliance, including its future activities, expansion plans and financial sustainability plan

Agenda

  1. 09:00 Opening — João Moutão
  2. Overview
  3. Innova and external advisor reports
  4. FOR-EU4All update
  5. World-café workshop on MS38 and MS39: future activities and expansion roadmap; financial sustainability plan
  6. Summary and next steps
  7. A.O.B.
12:00–13:45
Management Board — Sustainability Workshop (continued)
UCB Rectorate — Green Room
Participants: Management Board members
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Workshop on the future sustainability strategy of the alliance, including its future activities, expansion plans and financial sustainability plan

Agenda

  1. World-café workshop on MS38 and MS39 (continued): future activities and expansion roadmap; financial sustainability plan
  2. Summary and next steps
12:30–13:30
Working Lunch — MB members and Advisory Boards
14:45–16:00
ACE TALK with Roxana Mînzatu
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All congress participants
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Open dialogue between the European Commission and the ACE²-EU community
  • Allow students, staff and rectors to engage directly with EU leadership
  • Showcase the human dimension of the European Universities Initiative

Agenda

  • 14:45 Introduction
  • 14:50 ACE TALK: The Future of European Universities — Roxana Mînzatu
  • 15:10 Open Q&A — questions from students, staff, rectors and external guests
  • 15:25 Closing remarks — Roxana Mînzatu & João Moutão
  • 15:30 Governing Authority members leave for the GA meeting; session with Roxana Mînzatu and students
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–21:00
Masquerade Ball
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Friday, 30 October
09:00–10:30
Final Parallel Sessions — Internal
UCB Rectorate & Amphitheatre
Participants: Steering Group · Advisory Boards · ABC and BIP teams · Students
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • Steering Group — final session (UCB Rectorate — Working Room): 09:00 continuation of the previous days' agenda, working session — João Moutão
  • ABC and BIP final presentations (each course in its own room): 09:00 ABC Circular Economy — CD22 (floor 2) · 09:15 ABC Fake News and Social Impact — CD21 (floor 2) · 09:15 BIP Shaping Europe's Future Together — CD12 (floor 1) · 09:30 Flavour School — CD11 (floor 1)
  • Kaleidoscope final preparation
  • Reflection Moment — internal session (UCB Amphitheatre), for congress participants only: 09:00 student-produced videos and creative outputs, screened and voted on · 09:30 student presentations on MLO outputs (min. 3)
  • Advisory Boards — final session (UCB Rectorate — room TBC): 09:00 SAB · SFAB · ESAB finalise recommendations for the closing congress session
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:00–14:00
Annual Congress — Official Ceremony
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All participants · External guests · Media · Regional authorities
Objectives & agenda

The official congress opening for external guests and the European Commission, with cultural and musical interludes between the sessions.

Agenda

  • 11:00 Official opening — Regional commitment to European education: host welcome and ACE²-EU local impact — Luminița Popescu, UCB Rector · ACE²-EU Alliance Coordinator — João Moutão · remarks on the European Universities Initiative
  • 11:10 Student presentations — MLO outputs and experiences (minimum 3 presentations, cultural interlude between them)
  • 11:40 Kaleidoscope Festival presentations — student cultural presentations from all nine institutions
  • 12:10 Short break
  • 12:25 Advisory Board responses: SAB and SFAB recommendations for Year 3 · ESAB interregional framework and Declaration of Intent
  • 12:45 ACE GALA — Awards session: best ABC project · best MLO presentation · outstanding student and staff contributions · musical interlude
  • 13:10 Launch of the e-Campus
  • 13:25 What's next for ACE²-EU — Corina Dragan and Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 13:40 Formal handover of the Annual Congress baton: the UCB Rector passes the baton to the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA), host of the 3rd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · closing remarks — João Moutão · Year 3 vision launch · Alliance Sustainability Pledge
14:00–15:00
Lunch break (not included) — recommended: UCB Canteen or restaurants in Târgu Jiu city centre
15:00–19:00
City Exhibition (optional)
Târgu Jiu — selected venues
Participants: All participants (optional)
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 15:00 ACE²-EU outputs and cultural showcases across Târgu Jiu: student-led guided tours · exhibition of ABC project outputs and Flavour School productions · Kaleidoscope of Cultures street performances · visit to the Constantin Brâncuși Sculptural Ensemble
19:00–21:00
Classic Music Show & Grand Closing Event
UCB Amphitheatre (Rectorate, floor 4)
Wednesday, 28 October
09:00–09:30
Welcome & Registration
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: All participants
09:30–11:00
Annual Assembly — Joint Plenary
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: RPSG · MB · SAB · SFAB · ESAB
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Present the progress of the alliance during Year 2 of the current work plan to all management, governance and advisory bodies
  • Pose strategic questions for consideration by the RPSG, SAB, SFAB and ESAB in their meeting sessions

Agenda

  • 09:30 Opening of the Annual Congress — Luminița Popescu
  • 09:35 Introduction: overview and context — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min)
  • 09:45 WP Leader presentations, 5–7 min each (Year 2 progress): WP1 UPSantarém — Vânia Fernandes · WP2 UFV — Chelo Perez · WP3 CUAS — Sangeetha Ratnayake · WP4 LKA — Ieva Zemīte · WP5 UGD — Saso Koceski · WP6 LIK — Gitana Vyčienė · WP7 THI — Georg Overbeck · WP8 UCB — Corina Dragan
  • 10:40 Strategic considerations and questions for the stakeholder boards — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min). Each advisory board notes key questions to address in its discussion sessions
  • 10:50 Q&A — Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 10:55 Closure of the Annual Assembly Plenary — João Moutão
11:00–11:15
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:30–13:00
Student Advisory Board (SAB)
UCB Rectorate — Room CD12 (floor 1)
Participants: Student Advisory Board and Staff Advisory Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Discuss the questions posed at the Annual Assembly
  • Prepare the Student and Staff Advisory Board members' input for the afternoon sessions

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
13:00–14:15
Working Lunch
14:15–15:45
Student Advisory Board (SAB) — afternoon session
UCB Rectorate — Room CD12 (floor 1)
Participants: SAB — 27 students (3 per institution)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: SAB members.

Objectives

  • Ensure a student voice in the strategic development of the alliance
  • Provide feedback on mobility offerings, learning programmes and educational opportunities
  • Generate student-driven recommendations for Year 3 activities

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
15:45–16:00
Break
16:00–17:00
Free Time / Optional City Visit
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–23:00
Kaleidoscope of Cultures Festival Showcase
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Thursday, 29 October
12:30–13:30
Working Lunch — MB members and Advisory Boards
14:45–16:00
ACE TALK with Roxana Mînzatu
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All congress participants
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Open dialogue between the European Commission and the ACE²-EU community
  • Allow students, staff and rectors to engage directly with EU leadership
  • Showcase the human dimension of the European Universities Initiative

Agenda

  • 14:45 Introduction
  • 14:50 ACE TALK: The Future of European Universities — Roxana Mînzatu
  • 15:10 Open Q&A — questions from students, staff, rectors and external guests
  • 15:25 Closing remarks — Roxana Mînzatu & João Moutão
  • 15:30 Governing Authority members leave for the GA meeting; session with Roxana Mînzatu and students
15:30–17:00
Governing Authority (GA) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB, SAB and SFAB representatives
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Objectives

  • Review and formally approve the Preliminary Year 2 Annual Report
  • Ensure the voices of students, staff and external stakeholders are embedded in strategic governance
  • Formally endorse key deliverables, adopt Year 3 strategic directions and sign the AISBL

Agenda

  • 15:30 Welcome — Luminița Popescu (UCB Rector)
  • 15:35 Recommendations to the GA from the SSG — João Moutão (GA Chair)
  • 15:55 Input from the Advisory Board representatives: SAB, SFAB and ESAB recommendations (5 min each)
  • 16:15 Strategic responses: member positions on progress and future strategic direction · open floor
  • 16:40 Summary & closure — João Moutão
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–21:00
Masquerade Ball
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Friday, 30 October
09:00–10:30
Final Parallel Sessions — Internal
UCB Rectorate & Amphitheatre
Participants: Steering Group · Advisory Boards · ABC and BIP teams · Students
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • Steering Group — final session (UCB Rectorate — Working Room): 09:00 continuation of the previous days' agenda, working session — João Moutão
  • ABC and BIP final presentations (each course in its own room): 09:00 ABC Circular Economy — CD22 (floor 2) · 09:15 ABC Fake News and Social Impact — CD21 (floor 2) · 09:15 BIP Shaping Europe's Future Together — CD12 (floor 1) · 09:30 Flavour School — CD11 (floor 1)
  • Kaleidoscope final preparation
  • Reflection Moment — internal session (UCB Amphitheatre), for congress participants only: 09:00 student-produced videos and creative outputs, screened and voted on · 09:30 student presentations on MLO outputs (min. 3)
  • Advisory Boards — final session (UCB Rectorate — room TBC): 09:00 SAB · SFAB · ESAB finalise recommendations for the closing congress session
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:00–14:00
Annual Congress — Official Ceremony
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All participants · External guests · Media · Regional authorities
Objectives & agenda

The official congress opening for external guests and the European Commission, with cultural and musical interludes between the sessions.

Agenda

  • 11:00 Official opening — Regional commitment to European education: host welcome and ACE²-EU local impact — Luminița Popescu, UCB Rector · ACE²-EU Alliance Coordinator — João Moutão · remarks on the European Universities Initiative
  • 11:10 Student presentations — MLO outputs and experiences (minimum 3 presentations, cultural interlude between them)
  • 11:40 Kaleidoscope Festival presentations — student cultural presentations from all nine institutions
  • 12:10 Short break
  • 12:25 Advisory Board responses: SAB and SFAB recommendations for Year 3 · ESAB interregional framework and Declaration of Intent
  • 12:45 ACE GALA — Awards session: best ABC project · best MLO presentation · outstanding student and staff contributions · musical interlude
  • 13:10 Launch of the e-Campus
  • 13:25 What's next for ACE²-EU — Corina Dragan and Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 13:40 Formal handover of the Annual Congress baton: the UCB Rector passes the baton to the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA), host of the 3rd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · closing remarks — João Moutão · Year 3 vision launch · Alliance Sustainability Pledge
14:00–15:00
Lunch break (not included) — recommended: UCB Canteen or restaurants in Târgu Jiu city centre
15:00–19:00
City Exhibition (optional)
Târgu Jiu — selected venues
Participants: All participants (optional)
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 15:00 ACE²-EU outputs and cultural showcases across Târgu Jiu: student-led guided tours · exhibition of ABC project outputs and Flavour School productions · Kaleidoscope of Cultures street performances · visit to the Constantin Brâncuși Sculptural Ensemble
19:00–21:00
Classic Music Show & Grand Closing Event
UCB Amphitheatre (Rectorate, floor 4)
Wednesday, 28 October
09:00–09:30
Welcome & Registration
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: All participants
09:30–11:00
Annual Assembly — Joint Plenary
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: RPSG · MB · SAB · SFAB · ESAB
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Present the progress of the alliance during Year 2 of the current work plan to all management, governance and advisory bodies
  • Pose strategic questions for consideration by the RPSG, SAB, SFAB and ESAB in their meeting sessions

Agenda

  • 09:30 Opening of the Annual Congress — Luminița Popescu
  • 09:35 Introduction: overview and context — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min)
  • 09:45 WP Leader presentations, 5–7 min each (Year 2 progress): WP1 UPSantarém — Vânia Fernandes · WP2 UFV — Chelo Perez · WP3 CUAS — Sangeetha Ratnayake · WP4 LKA — Ieva Zemīte · WP5 UGD — Saso Koceski · WP6 LIK — Gitana Vyčienė · WP7 THI — Georg Overbeck · WP8 UCB — Corina Dragan
  • 10:40 Strategic considerations and questions for the stakeholder boards — Ruaidhri Neavyn (10 min). Each advisory board notes key questions to address in its discussion sessions
  • 10:50 Q&A — Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 10:55 Closure of the Annual Assembly Plenary — João Moutão
11:00–11:15
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:30–13:00
Staff Advisory Board (SFAB)
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)
Participants: Student Advisory Board and Staff Advisory Board
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Discuss the questions posed at the Annual Assembly
  • Prepare the Student and Staff Advisory Board members' input for the afternoon sessions

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
13:00–14:15
Working Lunch
14:15–15:45
Staff Advisory Board (SFAB) — afternoon session
UCB Rectorate — Council Room (floor 3)
Participants: SFAB — 18 staff (2 per institution)
Objectives & agenda

Continuation of the morning agenda. Official photography: SFAB members.

Objectives

  • Enhance staff engagement and ensure a staff perspective in the alliance's strategic development
  • Address professional development needs and staff mobility opportunities
  • Generate staff-driven recommendations for Year 3

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Election of representatives for the Governing Authority
  3. Consideration of questions posed at the opening session of the Annual Congress and any relevant survey data
  4. Joint meeting between the student and staff advisory boards
  5. Preparing for the Annual Congress closing session
  6. A.O.B.
15:45–16:00
Break
16:00–17:00
Free Time / Optional City Visit
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–23:00
Kaleidoscope of Cultures Festival Showcase
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Thursday, 29 October
12:30–13:30
Working Lunch — MB members and Advisory Boards
14:45–16:00
ACE TALK with Roxana Mînzatu
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All congress participants
Objectives & agenda

Objectives

  • Open dialogue between the European Commission and the ACE²-EU community
  • Allow students, staff and rectors to engage directly with EU leadership
  • Showcase the human dimension of the European Universities Initiative

Agenda

  • 14:45 Introduction
  • 14:50 ACE TALK: The Future of European Universities — Roxana Mînzatu
  • 15:10 Open Q&A — questions from students, staff, rectors and external guests
  • 15:25 Closing remarks — Roxana Mînzatu & João Moutão
  • 15:30 Governing Authority members leave for the GA meeting; session with Roxana Mînzatu and students
15:30–17:00
Governing Authority (GA) Meeting
UCB Rectorate — Senate Room (floor 2)
Participants: Rectors/Presidents · Vice-Rectors/Vice-Presidents · General Manager · Strategy Advisor · ESAB, SAB and SFAB representatives
Objectives & agenda

Official photography.

Objectives

  • Review and formally approve the Preliminary Year 2 Annual Report
  • Ensure the voices of students, staff and external stakeholders are embedded in strategic governance
  • Formally endorse key deliverables, adopt Year 3 strategic directions and sign the AISBL

Agenda

  • 15:30 Welcome — Luminița Popescu (UCB Rector)
  • 15:35 Recommendations to the GA from the SSG — João Moutão (GA Chair)
  • 15:55 Input from the Advisory Board representatives: SAB, SFAB and ESAB recommendations (5 min each)
  • 16:15 Strategic responses: member positions on progress and future strategic direction · open floor
  • 16:40 Summary & closure — João Moutão
17:00–19:00
Free Time
19:00–21:00
Masquerade Ball
Saloon Grande, Anna Events
Friday, 30 October
09:00–10:30
Final Parallel Sessions — Internal
UCB Rectorate & Amphitheatre
Participants: Steering Group · Advisory Boards · ABC and BIP teams · Students
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • Steering Group — final session (UCB Rectorate — Working Room): 09:00 continuation of the previous days' agenda, working session — João Moutão
  • ABC and BIP final presentations (each course in its own room): 09:00 ABC Circular Economy — CD22 (floor 2) · 09:15 ABC Fake News and Social Impact — CD21 (floor 2) · 09:15 BIP Shaping Europe's Future Together — CD12 (floor 1) · 09:30 Flavour School — CD11 (floor 1)
  • Kaleidoscope final preparation
  • Reflection Moment — internal session (UCB Amphitheatre), for congress participants only: 09:00 student-produced videos and creative outputs, screened and voted on · 09:30 student presentations on MLO outputs (min. 3)
  • Advisory Boards — final session (UCB Rectorate — room TBC): 09:00 SAB · SFAB · ESAB finalise recommendations for the closing congress session
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break — UCB Rectorate (floor 3)
11:00–14:00
Annual Congress — Official Ceremony
UCB Rectorate — Amphitheatre (floor 4)
Participants: All participants · External guests · Media · Regional authorities
Objectives & agenda

The official congress opening for external guests and the European Commission, with cultural and musical interludes between the sessions.

Agenda

  • 11:00 Official opening — Regional commitment to European education: host welcome and ACE²-EU local impact — Luminița Popescu, UCB Rector · ACE²-EU Alliance Coordinator — João Moutão · remarks on the European Universities Initiative
  • 11:10 Student presentations — MLO outputs and experiences (minimum 3 presentations, cultural interlude between them)
  • 11:40 Kaleidoscope Festival presentations — student cultural presentations from all nine institutions
  • 12:10 Short break
  • 12:25 Advisory Board responses: SAB and SFAB recommendations for Year 3 · ESAB interregional framework and Declaration of Intent
  • 12:45 ACE GALA — Awards session: best ABC project · best MLO presentation · outstanding student and staff contributions · musical interlude
  • 13:10 Launch of the e-Campus
  • 13:25 What's next for ACE²-EU — Corina Dragan and Ruaidhri Neavyn
  • 13:40 Formal handover of the Annual Congress baton: the UCB Rector passes the baton to the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA), host of the 3rd ACE²-EU Annual Congress · closing remarks — João Moutão · Year 3 vision launch · Alliance Sustainability Pledge
14:00–15:00
Lunch break (not included) — recommended: UCB Canteen or restaurants in Târgu Jiu city centre
15:00–19:00
City Exhibition (optional)
Târgu Jiu — selected venues
Participants: All participants (optional)
Objectives & agenda

Agenda

  • 15:00 ACE²-EU outputs and cultural showcases across Târgu Jiu: student-led guided tours · exhibition of ABC project outputs and Flavour School productions · Kaleidoscope of Cultures street performances · visit to the Constantin Brâncuși Sculptural Ensemble
19:00–21:00
Classic Music Show & Grand Closing Event
UCB Amphitheatre (Rectorate, floor 4)

Our Members

ACE²-EU is a dynamic Alliance of nine universities from nine different countries across Europe. United by a shared commitment to diversity and cooperation, this network fosters academic excellence, innovation, and cross-border collaboration.

UPS
Portugal
UFV
Spain
THI
Germany
CUAS
Austria
LIK
Lithuania
LAC
Latvia
MUG
Poland
UGD
North Macedonia
UCB
Romania

Welcome Words

"

A pivotal moment in our Alliance's journey towards establishing a legally recognised European University.

João Moutão
João Moutão
Rector, UPSantarém
"

The ACE²-EU Alliance has opened new pathways for preparing future generations to respond to today's challenges and actively shape the solutions of tomorrow.

Luminița Popescu
Luminița Popescu
Rector, UCB

What is ACE²-EU?

Our Mission

Addressing Future Challenges – Delivering Sustainable Societal Transformation Today

Transnational Cooperation
We forge connections across Europe and beyond, creating a network of collaboration that transcends borders.
Creativity, Co-creation & Innovation
We collaborate to co-create impactful, practical solutions for a sustainable future.
Inclusiveness & Equality
We embrace diversity and promote working, learning and research cultures that are inclusive, safe and welcoming.
Human Rights & Dignity
We are committed to developing new pathways for humanity to flourish.
Solidarity & Social Commitment
We strengthen bonds with our communities.
Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship
We embrace the holistic interconnection of ecological, social and economic systems.
Responsibility & Transparency
We recognise that our actions have a profound impact on the lives of individuals and the environment around us.

The Elements of Our Unique Approach

01
Applied

We create joint education, research, innovation, and service to society learning opportunities and activities which have a practical, applied focus, deal with real world issues, and utilise active challenge-based learning approaches.

02
Connected

We connect the collective expertise and strengths of Alliance members through our joint operational units and knowledge creation teams, fostering a collaborative approach to finding solutions to future challenges.

03
Entrepreneurial

We promote, use, and generate novel and innovative approaches in the development and implementation of our joint learning opportunities, nurturing an entrepreneurial mindset across our Alliance and among our stakeholders.

04
Engaged

We engage our external stakeholders and partners in industry, business, society, and government in the development and delivery of all our collaborative activities, ensuring effective civic engagement and knowledge transfer.

Joint Governance and Management Structures

Objectives and Participants

The 2nd ACE²-EU Annual Congress represents a pivotal milestone in our Alliance's journey towards establishing a legally recognised European higher education inter-university campus with European and global reach, reputation, and impact, focused on Addressing Future Challenges and Delivering Sustainable Societal Transformation Today.

This congress serves as a strategic convergence point where our Applied, Connected, Entrepreneurial and Engaged (ACE²) approach comes to life through comprehensive governance deliberations, student learning programmes, cultural exchange, stakeholder engagement, and the celebration of our collective achievements during the first year of our ambitious four-year transformation programme.

The event is crucial to oversee the project implementation at the highest strategic level, focusing on the main challenges and objectives of the Alliance's mission to equip students, staff and external stakeholders with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to collectively address future challenges, including the twin transition (digital and green transitions) and current socio-economic issues.

The Annual Congress will facilitate discussions and provide strategic decisions relevant to project implementation, review outcomes, and advance our planning priorities, while also addressing administrative and financial governance; communication, dissemination and exploitation activities; and comprehensive monitoring, quality, and evaluation frameworks.

Governing Authority

The main review and approval body consisting of the Rectors and Presidents of each Alliance member, the General Manager, Strategy Adviser, and representatives from key stakeholder advisory boards.

Rectors and Presidents Steering Group+
Responsible for formulating strategic development approaches, evaluating high-level Alliance direction, and developing sustainability guidelines.
Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu 1▾
Luminița Popescu

Luminița Georgeta Popescu

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Rector of Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu (UCB).
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences 2▾
Martin Waiguny

Martin Waiguny

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Executive Director, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Peter Granig

Peter Granig

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Head of Internationalisation & Cooperation, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon 1▾
Lina Girdauskienė

Lina Girdauskienė

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Rector of Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon (LIK)
Medical University of Gdańsk 1▾
Michał Markuszewski

Michał Markuszewski

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Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk
Santarém Polytechnic University 1▾
João Moutão

João Moutão

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Rector of Santarém Polytechnic University
Latvian Academy of Culture 1▾
Dāvis Sīmanis

Dāvis Sīmanis

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Rector of the Latvian Academy of Culture.
Goce Delčev University of Stip 1▾
Dejan Mirakovski

Dejan Mirakovski

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Rector, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt 1▾
Walter Schober

Walter Schober

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President, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI), Germany
Management Board+
Managing the implementation of the ACE²-EU strategy and work plan, overseeing deliverables at the work package level, and detecting potential deviations while deciding on corrective actions.
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences 2▾
Sangeetha Brennsteiner

Sangeetha Brennsteiner

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WP3 Lead, ACE²-EU Alliance — Head of ARIES Incubator, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
Julia Marinaccio

Julia Marinaccio

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ACE²-EU Institutional Coordinator, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu 2▾
Ghimisi Stefan-Sorinel

Ghimisi Stefan-Sorinel

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Prorector of Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu (UCB).
Corina Dragan

Corina Dragan

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WP8 Lead, ACE²-EU Alliance — Head of ACE COM, Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu (UCB)
Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon 1▾
Gitana Vyčienė

Gitana Vyčienė

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Head of WP6, Dean of the Environmental Engineering Faculty and Lecturer at Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon (LIK)
Medical University of Gdańsk 1▾
Anna Żaczek

Prof. Anna Żaczek

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Vice-Rector for Development and Cooperation, Medical University of Gdańsk
Latvian Academy of Culture 3▾
Ieva Zemīte

Ieva Zemīte

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ACE²-EU European University Alliance Lead of WP4, Societal Partnerships and Cultural Engagement Centre (SPACE Centre), Programme Director of the LAC and RTU joint post-graduate study programme "Creative Industries and Growth Management". Ieva Zemīte, Dr. oec., is a researcher and Programme Director of the joint Master's programme "Creative Industries and Growth Management" at the Latvian Academy of Culture and Riga Technical University. Her research interests include cultural and creative entrepreneurship, creative industries and cultural economics. She has led and contributed to several national and international research projects focusing on creative industries, cultural entrepreneurship and sustainable development.
Agnese Hermane

Agnese Hermane

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ACE²-EU European University Alliance Strategic Lead at the Latvian Academy of Culture, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation. Assoc. Prof. Agnese Hermane, PhD, is Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and a researcher at the Latvian Academy of Culture. She has previously served as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and held leadership roles in study programmes and the Department of Cultural Sociology and Management. Her research focuses on cultural management and leadership, with her doctoral research examining leadership in the context of the Latvian Song and Dance Celebration. Alongside her academic work, she has extensive practical experience in managing and coordinating national and international projects in the fields of visual arts, theatre and education.
Konstance Pīlēna

Konstance Pīlēna

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Institutional Coordinator for the ACE²-EU European University Alliance at the Latvian Academy of Culture. Konstance holds a Master's degree in Creative Industries and Growth Management from Riga Technical University and the Latvian Academy of Culture. Her professional experience includes public administration, human resources policy planning and project management, as well as managing projects supporting Latvian writers, translators and publishing and promoting Latvian literature internationally.
Goce Delčev University of Stip 3▾
Saso Koceski

Saso Koceski

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WP Leader, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Olga Koshevaliska

Olga Koshevaliska

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WP Leader, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Ana Nikodinovska

Ana Nikodinovska

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Vice Rector, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Santarém Polytechnic University 3▾
Vânia Fernandes dos Santos

Vânia Fernandes dos Santos

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General Manager, ACE²-EU — Santarém Polytechnic University
Cristina Novo

Cristina Novo

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Pro-President for the Coordination of the ACE²-EU European Alliance, Santarém Polytechnic University
Hélder Pereira

Hélder Pereira

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Pro-President for the Coordination of the ACE²-EU European Alliance, Santarém Polytechnic University
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt 2▾
Daniel Großmann

Daniel Großmann

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Vice-President, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI)
Anna-Lisa Klages

Anna-Lisa Klages

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ACE²-EU Institutional Coordinator, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI)
External Stakeholder Advisory Board+
Comprising core associate partners who advise on the most urgent emerging challenges relevant to societal transformation and inform the Alliance's future direction.
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences 1▾
Markus Steindl

Markus Steindl

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Head of the Tertiary Education Division, Government of Carinthia
Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon 1▾
Ieva Vengrovskaja

Ieva Vengrovskaja

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President of the Lithuanian National Union of Students
Latvian Academy of Culture 1▾
Ieva Ozoliņa

Ieva Ozoliņa

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Film producer — film production company "FA Filma" and the LAC National Film School, Latvian Academy of Culture.
Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu 3▾
Adi Tudor

Adrian-Marcel
Tudor-Drăghici

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Vice Mayor.
Antonius Eftenoiu

Antonius Eftenoiu

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Lawyer, University Teaching Assistant (PhD Candidate).
Roxana Pistol

Roxana Pistol

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Representative, Gorj County Council.
Goce Delčev University of Stip 2▾
Darko Lazarov

Darko Lazarov

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Member, External Stakeholder Advisory Board — Goce Delčev University of Stip
Ivana Mitrevska

Ivana Mitrevska

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Member, External Stakeholder Advisory Board — Goce Delčev University of Stip
Santarém Polytechnic University 1▾
João Leite

João Leite

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Mayor of Santarém, Santarém Municipality
Student Advisory Board+
Supporting and informing governance bodies with emphasis on student engagement, mobility programme implementation, and new educational offerings.
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences 1▾
Sonia Moncaleano

Sonia Moncaleano

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Digital Marketing and Sales student, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu 3▾
Alexandru Popescu

Alexandru Popescu

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MSc Student, Finance & European Public Governance — Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu
Geamanu Constantin-Alin

Geamanu Constantin-Alin

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Student at the Faculty of Engineering, Automation and Computer Science, Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu
Ciobanu Claudiu Daniel Ionuț

Ciobanu Claudiu Daniel Ionuț

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2nd-year student, Economic Sciences / Management, Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu
Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon 2▾
Domantas Grybauskas

Domantas Grybauskas

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Hydrotechnical Engineering study programme student, Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon (LIK)
Laurynas Matulaitis

Laurynas Matulaitis

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Hydrotechnical Engineering study programme student, Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon (LIK)
Latvian Academy of Culture 2▾
Agata Gaile

Agata Gaile

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Student at the Latvian Academy of Culture. Agata Gaile is a student at LAC and a member of the Student Council, where she contributes to the organisation and coordination of cultural events for students. She is involved in the planning and execution of various projects, helping to ensure that events are well-organised, engaging, and create memorable experiences for the academy community. She also volunteers with ACE²-EU, contributing her time and support to programmes and activities taking place in Latvia.
Annija Gardoviča

Annija Gardoviča

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Student at the Latvian Academy of Culture. Annija Gardoviča is a student at LAC and a member of the Student Council board, where she serves as the head of the culture division. Her responsibility is to provide a wide range of cultural events for students at the Academy and to ensure their successful and high-quality execution, so that the events create memorable experiences. She represents LAC on the Student Advisory Board of ACE²-EU and volunteers her free time at programmes that take place in Latvia, because she believes that innovation comes from international collaboration.
Goce Delčev University of Stip 1▾
Kristijan Panev

Kristijan Panev

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Student representative, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Santarém Polytechnic University 2▾
Filipa Bagagem

Filipa Bagagem

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Student, Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal
Maria Mesquita

Maria Mesquita

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Master's student in Social Education and Community Intervention, Santarém Polytechnic University
Staff Advisory Board+
Engaging staff representatives in the development and delivery of ACE²-EU activities, promoting professional development and pedagogical innovation.
Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu 2▾
Elena Paliță

Elena Paliță

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Associate Professor, Director of the Department for Teacher Training — Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu
Iulia Maria Tașcău

Iulia Maria Tașcău

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Lecturer, PhD in Philology — Faculty of Educational Sciences, Law and Public Administration, Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu
Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Instituon 1▾
Ingrida Bukantaitė

Ingrida Bukantaitė

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Organisational Development Advisor, Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Institution (LIK)
Latvian Academy of Culture 1▾
Aija Melbārde

Aija Melbārde

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Aija Melbārde is a communications and public relations professional.
Goce Delčev University of Stip 2▾
Zlatka Miteva

Zlatka Miteva

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Staff representative, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Vladimir Janevski

Vladimir Janevski

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Staff representative, Goce Delčev University of Stip
Santarém Polytechnic University 2▾
Joana Plantier

Joana Plantier

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Senior Administrative Officer, School of Education, Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal
Mónica Henriques

Mónica Henriques

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Senior Administrative Officer, Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt 2▾
Annette Risi

Annette Risi

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Professor of Sustainable Leadership, People & Organization, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI)
Astrid Moser

Astrid Moser

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Equal Opportunities Officer, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI)

Our Universities

Santarém Polytechnic University
Portugal · UPS
5,545students
406staff
5faculties
Leader WP1
Co-leader WP2, WP4
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Spain · UFV
15,824students
636staff
7faculties
Leader WP2
Co-leader WP4, WP5
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Germany · THI
8,600students
900staff
6faculties
37Master's programmes
Leader WP7
Co-leader WP4, WP5
Carinthian University of Applied Sciences
Austria · CUAS
3,334students
462staff (headcount; 432.2 FTE)
4faculties
25Master's programmes
Leader WP3
Co-leader WP4, WP1
Lietuvos inžinerijos kolegija Higher Education Institution
Lithuania · LIK
1,700students
268staff
2faculties
Leader WP6
Co-leader WP8
Latvian Academy of Culture
Latvia · LAC
1,200students
200staff
6faculties
Leader WP4
Co-leader WP6
Medical University of Gdańsk
Poland · MUG
6,931students
2,092staff
4faculties
18Master's programmes
Co-leader WP3, WP5 & WP8
Goce Delcev University
North Macedonia · UGD
6,490students
847staff
12faculties
Leader WP5
Co-leader WP3, WP6
"Constantin Brâncuși" University of Târgu Jiu
Romania · UCB
4,730students
134staff
4faculties
23Master's programmes
1Doctoral School
1Teacher Training Dept.
Leader WP8
Co-leader WP2, WP7
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