
The Franco-German University (FGU) is a network of affiliated universities from France, Germany and other countries. Its administrative offices are located in Saarbrücken, Germany. The FGU was established as an international institution following an intergovernmental agreement (the Weimar Agreement) in 1997. The FGU provides expert guidance on relations between French and German universities with the aim to improve cooperation in the areas of university study programmes and research in both countries.

France Universités (former Conférence des Présidents d’Université – CPU) is an association gathering executive leaders of universities and higher education and research establishments in order to bring the voice and values of universities into the public debate. It currently has about 100 voting members.

The EUC is a grassroot initiative gathering students and academic staff from European Universities. European Universities have been launched by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme. They are transnational alliances that will become the universities of the future, promoting European values and identity, and revolutionising the quality and competitiveness of European higher education.

The Inaugural Session of the European Student Assembly was a decentralised event organised in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

The Inaugural Session of the European Student Assembly was organised as an event of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.