Patrons

Lissy Gröner, Member of the European Parliament
Group of the Party of European Socialists, Member
European Parliament, Member
Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, Member
Federal Republic of Germany
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Roy Perry, Member of the European Parliament
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, Member
European Parliament, Member
Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, Member
United Kingdom
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Luis Marinho, Member of the European Parliament
Group of the Party of European Socialists, Member of the Bureau
European Parliament, Member
Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Member
Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, Substitute
Portugal
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Christa Randzio-Plath, Member of the European Parliament
Group of the Party of European Socialists, Member
European Parliament, Member
Conference of Committee Chairmen, Member
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Chairman
Federal Republic of Germany
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Landfried, President of the Hochschulrektorenkonferenz
The Association of Universities and other Higher Education Institutions in Germany - Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) - is the body that unites higher education institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is a voluntary and non-governmental organization.
At present, 262 institutions are members of the HRK. Members include almost all state and state-recognized institutions of higher education.
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College of Europe
The College of Europe is characterised by its independence, its bilingualism (English & French), the diversity of teaching staff (academics and practitioners across a wide variety of fields), and its multicultural environment creating a real ‘European microcosm’. It has the Masters Degree in European Studies, 375 graduates of 40 nationalities and 140 professors and practitioners of 25 nationalities.
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Partners

EurActiv.com
EurActiv.com's primary objective is to serve EU institutions, countries and regions, industry & unions, non-governmental organizations, press and professionals, and thereby the citizens, institutions and companies which they represent. It facilitates efficiency and transparency of that "Community" by providing news monitoring, policy positions, discussion forums and contacts on selected EU affairs topics, complementing the existing institutional websites.
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European Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is an international organisation established by national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisationsto represent the interests of young people from all over Europe. It is the youth platform in Europe representing youth organisations in international institutions - mainly the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. It serves to channel the flow of information and opinions between young people and decision-makers. The European Youth Forum has 91 members made up of national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations, which are federations in themselves, bringing together tens of millions of young people from all European countries.
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DAAD
In its capacity as the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation, the DAAD, with considerable public funds at its disposal, simultaneously fulfils responsibilities in foreign cultural and academic policy, development co-operation policy and national higher education policy. Indeed German higher education policy focuses on the internationalisation of research, teaching and studies as a prime objective. Furthermore, the DAAD has taken on an intermediary role within Europe on matters of education policy - especially with regard to the European Union's exchange and mobility programmes. The DAAD's intermediary roles are reflected in its budget and funding sources, although its activities actually reach far beyond financial issues and in fact extend in two directions. For the institutions of higher education, these activities offer an opportunity for involvement in areas of foreign cultural, academic and development co-operation policies that would not otherwise be possible in such a co-ordinated form.
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BMBF
The BMBF supports education and research in numerous ways: by establishing and developing the necessary structures, by defining general conditions, by developing, testing and implementing concepts and by providing support for individuals or groups of persons.
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