First successful transnational project meeting for the Green Erasmus 2.0 project in Brussels
20 March 2026
On 17-18 March 2026, the Green Erasmus 2.0 consortium met at the ESN headquarters in Brussels for its inaugural Transnational Project Meeting (TPM), marking an important milestone in the project’s launch. Representatives from all partner organisations advanced in the implementation, while having the opportunity to engage with external stakeholders, including Ms Bérénice Kimpe, Head of the SALTO Green Resource Centre.
It was agreed that the consortium will now collaborate closely with SALTO and its network of green national contact points for higher education within the Erasmus+ National Agencies, drawing on their broad knowledge of existing tools and frameworks that promote sustainability in internationalisation across Europe and their dissemination capacity.
Contributions at the meeting from two experts from KU Leuven and Utrecht University, both Coimbra Group members, also added significant value to the discussions.
Coordinated by the University of Poitiers and supported by the Coimbra Group as a full partner, Green Erasmus 2.0 is an Erasmus+ project (2025-2028) that aims to place sustainability at the heart of international higher education.
Over two intensive days, partners further developed the project’s quality assurance processes and made progress in the implementation of all deliverables :
- The self-assessment tool enabling students to reflect on their sustainability knowledge, habits, and decision-making, particularly in areas such as travel, consumption, and everyday behaviour.
- The series of online courses (MOOCs) designed to address knowledge gaps identified through the self-assessment process.
- The practical toolkit for universities to support the implementation of sustainable behaviour change across institutions.
- The educational framework for challenge-based learning, to foster active engagement with environmental sustainability issues.
- The Green Erasmus label, a mechanism to assess, recognise, and promote sustainability efforts within higher education institutions, while supporting the integration of sustainability into internationalisation strategies.
The consortium is also pleased to announce that it now has the formal support from the European Association for International Education (EAIE) in contributing to the dissemination of the project’s results and the development of the Community of Practice.
Participation in Green Erasmus 2.0 advances the Coimbra Group’s commitment to the Durham Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainability, adopted by all Coimbra Group university rectors in March 2025.
