29. 4. 2026
From 23 to 26 March 2026, Villa Vigoni hosted the launch event of its new cooperation with Heidelberg University and the 4EU+ European University Alliance. Held within the framework of the series Dialog Europa – Science in Exchange, the event took the form of a closed working session. Its central component was a strategic meeting of the Management Committee of the 4EU+ Alliance on the topic “The Added Value of the European University Alliance”.
At the same time, the event marked the beginning of a five-year cooperation, formally endorsed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement aims to strengthen academic cooperation between Villa Vigoni and 4EU+ and to coordinate joint activities. These include, in particular, academic educational programmes at Villa Vigoni, collaborative research projects and scholarly event formats, internship opportunities for Italian and German students, joint publications, and the promotion of Italian and German language and culture.
This cooperation establishes a new framework for European academic exchange and institutional networking.
About Villa Vigoni: Villa Vigoni e.V. is the German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue on Lake Como. Its mission is to foster and deepen the German-Italian relations in a European perspective. Villa Vigoni was founded in 1986 by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Italy. Find out more: https://www.villavigoni.eu