COIMBRA GROUP

EU Legislative Interests

Main EU legislative proposals targeted: * Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 * Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Erasmus+: the Union Programme for education and training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 * Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013 * Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Main policies targeted: European Education Area European Research Area European Digital Education Action Plan European Strategy for Universities AI in Science EU-Switzerland relations

Communication Activities

Annual high-level policy seminars alternatively on higher education and on research issues (e.g. in November 2023 in Brussels, "Achieving excellence at Universities: What does it mean in times of multiple crises?" / in November 2022 in Uppsala University, Sweden, "From learning spaces to learning environments"). Coimbra Group Policy statements (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/policy-papers): - No Directionality in MSCA (June 2025) - Resetting opportunities for EU and British students: finding the balance between ambition and realism (May 2025) - For bold, value-driven investments in Education, Research and Innovation (May 2025) - Building a Europe based on the pillars of Education, Research and Innovation (February 2025) - Why we need the European Degree now (February 2025) - Coimbra Group signs the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information (2024) - Coimbra Group joins the conversation on Open Science (2024) - Coimbra Group’s Recommendations for the Erasmus+ Programme 2021-2027 Interim Evaluation (2023) - Position Paper “Past, present, and future of the European Research & Innovation Framework programmes 2014-2027” (2023) - Joint Call for Action Towards an Africa-EU Science, Technology, and Innovation Programme (2023) - Joint Statement Paper on the Model Grant Agreement’s Intellectual Property Provisions of the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe (2022) - Second Coimbra Group Executive Board Statement on Ukraine (2022) - Call for Peace and Democracy (2022) - Statement on the Rolling out of the European Universities Initiative after the pilot phase - Statement on UK’s withdrawal from the Erasmus+ programme (2021) Joint Open letters/Statements with other signatories addressed to the European Commission (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/news): - Joint Statement on the Model Grant Agreement’s Intellectual Property Provisions of the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe - Joint statement on the exemption of education and research sector from EU Digital Services Act (2022) - Adapting Erasmus+ to support Ukrainian students and staff (2022) - Stick to Science campaign (2022) - Joint Statement for UK Association to Horizon Europe (2021) - Joint letter for the inclusion of R&I stakeholders in the co-creation and implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) governance system (2021) - Jena Declaration on Sustainability (2021) - Open letter on the Participation of Switzerland under Horizon Europe (2021) - Joint Statement for UK Association to Horizon Europe (2021) - Open letter on ERA governance (2021) Coimbra Group Policy papers (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/policy-papers): - Universities’ response to the Covid-19 crisis: What have we learnt so far? (2021) - Opinion piece on 'The essential role of networks in the development of the European Universities Initiative' (in the TH&MA Journal for Higher Education and Management volume 2021.4) - Key takeaway messages from discussions between Coimbra Group task group on post-Brexit UK-EU exchange & relevant stakeholders (2021) - Career services in times of Covid-19: Challenges, Responses and Best Practices (2021) Monthly newsletter with policy-focused editorials authored by the Rector of a Coimbra Group University and specific section on the European Universities initiative - sent out to over 3 500 subscribers worldwide (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/subscribe-newsletter)

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Coimbra Group is member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) Coimbra Group is associated partner to Una Europa asbl/vzw

Organisation Members

1. Aarhus Universitet, Denmark 2. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 3. Universitetet i Bergen, Norway 4. Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy 5. University of Bristol, United Kingdom 6. Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary 7. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 8. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 9. Durham University, United Kingdom 10. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 11. National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland 12. Université de Genève, Switzerland 13. Universidad de Granada, Spain 14. Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria 15. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands 16. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany 17. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania 18. Istanbul University, Turkey 19. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany 20. Universität zu Köln, Germany 21. Uniwersytet Jagiellónski Kraków, Poland 22. University of Leeds, United Kingdom 23. Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands 24. KU Leuven, Belgium 25. Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium 26. Université de Montpellier, France 27. Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France 28. Newcastle University, United Kingdom 29. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy 30. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy 31. Université de Poitiers, France 32. Charles University, Czech Republic 33. Universidad de Salamanca, Spain 34. Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy 35. University of Tartu, Estonia 36. Turun yliopisto, Turku, Finland 37. Uppsala universitet, Sweden 38. Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands 39. Vilnius University, Lithuania 40. Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg, Germany 41. Uniwersytet Wrocławski 42. Åbo Akademi University, Finland https://www.coimbra-group.eu/mission-statement/list-of-members/

Additional Information

97% of Coimbra Group sources of funding in the 2024 closed accounts are coming from the annual membership fees. The rest being E+ funding, bank interests and state subsidies.