University of Cádiz to Host the 2nd UEUE Forum After Being Selected as Spain’s Top-Rated Candidate 20 February 2026
The University of Cádiz (UCA) has been chosen by the Executive Committee of Spanish Universities in European Universities (UEUE) to host the second national forum of this network, scheduled to take place next November on the Cádiz campus. The UCA’s proposal was selected as the best-valued candidacy at the national level, prevailing over competing bids from the University of Seville and the University of Zaragoza.
UEUE serves as the strategic coordination and reflection platform for Spanish universities that are part of European alliances funded by the European Commission. Its annual forum has become a key meeting point for exchanging good practices, defining joint positions, and analysing the future of the European Universities Initiative within the European Higher Education Area. The event also strengthens dialogue with institutional bodies and the wider academic community to promote broader awareness and active participation in the initiative.
Being selected as the host for the II UEUE Forum reinforces UCA’s active role in internationalisation and structural cooperation at the European level, as well as the positioning of the SEA-EU alliance — coordinated by the University of Cádiz — within the European university ecosystem.
In addition to this achievement, Fernando Pérez, Director General for European Projects at UCA, has recently been elected Vice-President of FOREU4ALL — the forum that brings together the 73 European university alliances currently funded by the European Commission. His candidacy, presented on behalf of the SEA-EU alliance, received strong support from participating alliances, further consolidating UCA’s presence in the main governance and coordination bodies of the European Universities Initiative. FOREU4ALL has two vice-presidencies with a one-year mandate.
FOREU4ALL acts as a joint platform for dialogue with European institutions and a strategic space for articulation among alliances, with the aim of enhancing the academic, institutional and territorial impact of the European university model through the effective exchange of best practices.