Following on from the development of the Strategic Plan for the Association in 2020, one of the key actions in support of both Effective Advocacy and Horizon Scanning was without doubt the development and publication in 2021 of a vision for the university sector. [...] Then, 2023 saw the implementation of EUA’s Universities and the future of Europe (UniFE) project, exploring the future of transnational collaboration in Europe and resulting in the formulation of high-level policy messages to be put to the next European Commission and future members of the European Parliament following the European elections in June 2024. [...] Other horizon scanning and advocacy activities on behalf of the sector have included EUA’s input to the European Commission’s Communication on a global approach to research, innovation, education and youth (March 2021), the Association’s work on public funding for universities (autumn 2020-spring 2021), the publication of the third edition of the Autonomy Scorecard (March 2023) and the development. [...] Besides the Association’s continuous work to facilitate best practice-sharing and peer-learning between its individual and collective membership, European Solidarity has been and is being visibly addressed in the context of EUA’s and its members’ efforts to support the Ukrainian university sector, through a range of activities and by strengthening Ukrainian membership of the Association. [...] Nevertheless, a thorough revision exercise, which could form the basis for the development of a new Strategic Plan for EUA will be undertaken in 2025, as key policy changes, such as and the elections to the European Parliament and the appointment of a new Commission President and college of Commissioners, will have taken place by then.
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