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The event is also an opportunity for the European Commission to present the [**European degree package**](https://education.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-presents-a-blueprint-for-a-european-degree), adopted on 27 March 2024. **A blueprint for a European degree** ------------------------------------- ### Results of Erasmus+ pilots on the European degree label & a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions #### 29th of April 2024 (Brussels & online) **Venue**: Université Libre de Bruxelles (only registered participants can attend the meeting in person) The event will be streamed and **you can attend online** at the youtube channel: [**CIVIS a European Civic University**](https://www.youtube.com/@civisaeuropeancivicunivers726/streams) **Event Agenda with the presentations (ppt)**: *08:00 - 09:00* Registration & Welcome Coffee *09:00 - 09:15* Opening by **Annemie Schaus** rector of Université libre de Bruxelles, part of the SMARTT pilot project ([ppt](/storage/files/opening.pdf)) *09:15 - 09:30* **Keynote speech** "A blueprint for a European degree" by **Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen**, European Commission, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture ([ppt](/storage/files/pia-ahrenkilde-hansen.pdf)) *09.30 - 10.15* **Challenges for joint degree programmes,** ([ppt](/storage/files/panel1.pdf)) **Moderator:** Sophia Eriksson- Waterschoot (European Commission) **Speakers:** Kurt Willems (ED-AFFICHE), Laura Howard (EDLab), Teet Teinemaa (ETIKETA), Aleksandar Šušnjar (FOCI), Rafael Toledo (JEDI), Nadia Fernández de Pinedo (SMARTT) *10.15 - 11.00* **Added value of a European degree**, ([ppt](/storage/files/panel2.pdf)) **Moderator:** Vanessa Debiais-Sainton (European Commission) **Speakers:** Laura Colò (ED-AFFICHE), Ana Lebre (EDLab), Barry Digman (ETIKETA), Dorota Piotrowska/Jainaina Frizzarin (FOCI), Ramón Martínez (JEDI), Alexandru Cartis (SMARTT) *11:00 - 11.30* Coffee Break *11.30 - 12.15* **The proposed European criteria,** ([ppt](/storage/files/panel3.pdf)) **Moderator:** Yann-Maël Bideau (European Commission) **Speakers:** Raquel Blave Gomez (ED-AFFICHE), Dorothy Kelly (EDLab), Marc Vandewalle (ETIKETA), Mario Calabrese (FOCI), Ramón Martínez (JEDI), Simona Iftimescu (SMARTT) *12.15 - 13.00* **Recommendations for the future,** ([ppt](/storage/files/panel4.pdf)) **Moderator:** Vanessa Debiais-Sainton (European Commission) **Speakers:** Josef Matousek (ED-AFFICHE), Andries Verspeeten (EDLab), Manuel José Damásio (ETIKETA), Aleksandar Šušnjar (FOCI), Timothée Toury (JEDI), Romita Iucu (SMARTT) *13.00 - 14.00* Lunch Break *14.00 - 14.45* **Legal status for alliances: added value**, ([ppt](/storage/files/panel5.pdf)) **Moderator:** María LuisaGarcia Minguez (European Commision) **Speakers:** Alexandre Guigue (EGAI), Daniela Craciun (ESEU), Eric Tschirhart (Leg Uni-GR), Janina Fengel (STYX) *14.45 - 15.30* **Legal status for alliances: the way forward,** ([ppt](/storage/files/panel6.pdf)) **Moderator:** Tine Delva (European Commission) **Speakers:** Barbara Gagliardi (EGAI), Daniela Craciun (ESEU), Eric Tschirhart (Leg Uni-GR), Timothée Toury (STYX) *15.30 - 16.00* Coffee Break and **Poster session** ([download posters](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UO2f0jjcb5Wx83yzgGDIbNSHo4O-jjUF?usp=sharing)) *16.00 - 16.45* **Moving forward with Member States and the Higher Education sector** ([ppt](/storage/files/last-session.pdf)) **Moderator:** Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot, European Commission, Director for Youth, Education and Erasmus **Speakers:**- *Mr Patrick Nédellec, Delegate for European and International Affairs, Ministry for Higher Education and Research (France)* - Mr Josep M. Garrell, President of the European University Association - Ms Aurelija Valeikiene, Deputy Director of the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education and Head of Lithuanian ENIC/NARIC - Ms Dana Reignier-Tayar, student at the University of Amsterdam - *Mr Elmar Pichl, Director-General of Education, Science and Research (Austria)* - *Ms Laurence Ris, Vice-Rector of international relations, mobility and cooperation, University of Mons* - *Mr Peter Lievens, Vice-Rector international policy, KU Leuven* *16:45-17:00* **Closing,** by ***Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot****, European Commission, Director for Youth, Education and Erasmus* \- - - - **Joint session** with the event [European University Alliances: Drivers of Change and Innovation in Higher Education](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/vlir.be/european-university-alliances-drivers-of-change-and-innovation-in-higher-education/__;!!DOxrgLBm!Auh7ibF3QtJhT9bFzc_ZDEvAtboAXm4jmuCbd8dD23oyFOZYvvWOV64bCLLroAwF9ZumTaszTh5hwinwdMe41ZS9ZoWEgA$), organised by 10 Belgian universities in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union **Venue**: Université Libre de Bruxelles 17.15 -18.00 **Reaching out to the wider Higher Education community:** linking with the event of Belgian universities in the framework of the Belgian Presidency • **Jan Danckaert**, Rector of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel • **Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen**, European Commission, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture • **Minister Caroline Gennez**, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy (Belgium) 17.45 - 20.00 Networking cocktail [See all the SMARTT project outcomes](https://civis.eu/en/discover-civis/civis-alliance-projects/smartt/outputs-and-results) Related news ------------ - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/europeandegree-smartt-civis-800x600.jpg?token=161818caac5c375528d2589baa9ba551)As discussions around a Council resolution on the European Degree Blueprint begin, Erasmus+ projects provide strong evidence to support it, says EC report Alliance projects 23 January 2025 ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/council-resolution-european-degree-blueprint-erasmus-projects-evidence-ec-report) - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/whatsapp-image-2024-04-29-at-092456-800x600.jpeg?token=a6060a1c709bdfd6f346e1f84eb54289)Around 1000 higher education institutions and Member States representatives gathered to call for the implementation of the European degree Alliance projects 29 April 2024 ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/around-1000-higher-education-institutions-and-member-states-representatives-gathered-to-call-for-the-implementation-of-the-european-degree) - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/europeandegree-smartt-civis-800x600.jpg?token=161818caac5c375528d2589baa9ba551)SMARTT project welcomes the European Commission’s decision to adopt a package of ambitious proposals for Europe’s higher education sector, with the aim of working towards a European degree. Alliance projects 30 March 2024 ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/the-smartt-project-welcomes-the-european-commission-s-decision-to-adopt-a-package-of-ambitious-proposals-for-europe-s-higher-education-sector-with-the-aim-of-working-towards-a-european-degree) [Discover all our stories](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom) [ Sustainability Sciences, a new SUR teaching module for all students ](< https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/sustainability-sciences-a-new-sur-teaching-module-for-all-students >) [ A new double degree in International Studies and Asian and African Studies (Arab) among the novelties of the 2024-2025 academic year at UAM ](< https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/a-new-double-degree-in-international-studies-and-asian-and-african-studies-arab-among-the-novelties-of-the-2024-2025-academic-year-at-uam >) ![CIVIS – Europe’s Civic University Alliance](https://civis.eu/build/assets/civis-CCpvK1nT.svg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe’s Civic University Alliance ![Co-funded by the European Union](https://civis.eu/build/assets/co-funded-by-the-european-union-DSKLW1us.png)Views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). 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