Delving deeper into our project in Tenerife

The University of La Laguna (Tenerife) is hosting the working meeting to advance the different work packages of the European project that our alliance is developing until 2027. Some 180 people from the eight continental academic centers have confirmed their attendance , and around twenty local participants will join them in the sessions.

The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, November 25th at 8:45 a.m. in the main auditorium (Paraninfo), with the participation of the Rector of the University of La Laguna, Francisco J. García ; the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo; the President of the Island Council of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila ; and the Mayor of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, as well as representatives from the various working groups of this European project. Following this ceremony, the working sessions will be held over two days at the Higher School of Engineering and Technology .

This meeting will also be the first time that seven of the nine rectors of the alliance have met, so the occasion has been used to sign the Campus Charter, a document that reflects their joint commitment to the development of a cohesive, accessible and innovative campus that transcends borders, is inclusive, ecological and digital.

Furthermore , the university rectors will also meet with the Minister of Universities, Science, Innovation and Culture of the Canary Islands Government, Migdalia Machín , to personally present the opportunities for local development that participation in STARS EU entails. This meeting , as well as the presence of regional authorities at the opening ceremony , represents a significant boost to engagement with local stakeholders in Tenerife.

During the meeting there will also be an exhibition with physical examples of the work developed by work package 5.2 on corporate image on physical campuses, so that the alliance members can see in situ the examples shown by the approved project to consider application in their respective centers.

This is the alliance’s third face-to-face working meeting, following the one held in Trollhättan ( Sweden ) in 2023, which served as the project’s launch, and in Bremen (Germany) in 2024. These meetings are in addition to the alliance’s annual conferences held in spring, which the University of La Laguna hosted in 2023 after the one held in Groningen ( Netherlands ) the previous year , and which have subsequently been held in Besançon ( France) and Durrës ( Albania).