Updates on project milestones, meetings, and dissemination activities.
November 2026
On 3 November 2026, TranSustain HE was presented at the conference “On the Road to COP31: Cooperation between Local Governments and Universities in Climate Change Action” at Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya. Days before COP31 opens in Antalya, the project coordinator presented the TranSustain HE Model and a proposal for cooperation with the municipalities of Konya.
October 2026
On 14 October 2026, the TranSustain HE consortium held its October Online Meeting. Partners from Türkiye, Greece, North Macedonia and Slovenia took stock of the milestones since September – Progress Report No 1 submitted, ethics process completed – and prepared the launch of the international expert panel on 21 October 2026 with a new digital data-collection tool.
September 2026
On 16 September 2026, the TranSustain HE consortium held its September Online Meeting. Partners from Türkiye, Greece, North Macedonia, and Slovenia reviewed the status of the project's first progress report and the ethics route of the validation study. The meeting also covered the next steps of the expert panel and a status round of the work packages WP3, WP4, and WP5.
August 2026
On 12 August 2026, the TranSustain HE consortium held its August Online Meeting. Partners from Turkiye, Greece, North Macedonia, and Slovenia reviewed two major milestones reached since July. The meeting also featured the first status round of the partner-led work packages WP3, WP4, and WP5.
August 2026
Between 7 and 10 August 2026, the TranSustain HE consortium launched the validation and reliability programme for the TranSustain HE Model through a series of online meetings with partner teams from Slovenia, Greece, North Macedonia and Türkiye. The next step is the nomination of candidates for the international expert panel, expected to begin its work in autumn 2026.
July 2026
On 16 July 2026, the TranSustain HE project consortium convened for its July Online Meeting. Partners from all four participating countries - Türkiye, Greece, North Macedonia, and Slovenia - came together at a turning point for the project: with WP2 formally closed and its outputs approved, the partner-led work packages WP3 and WP4 officially started on 15 July 2026.
June 2026
The TranSustain HE consortium gathered in Skopje, North Macedonia, for its 2nd Transnational Project Meeting on 12-13 June 2026, hosted by International Balkan University. All seven partner institutions from five countries reviewed progress, presented the project's draft Sustainable University Evaluation Model, and set the roadmap towards Work Packages 3 and 4.
May 2026
The 5th Monthly Online Meeting of the TranSustain HE project was held on 13 May 2026. Partners reviewed the Ankara Sustainability Workshop outcomes, discussed the TranSustain Evaluation Model, coordinated country-based university analyses, and finalised preparations for the 2nd TPM in Skopje.
May 2026
The TranSustain HE project held its first expert workshop — the "Sustainable University Workshop" — at Ankara University ATAUM on 8 May 2026. High-level representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, partner universities, public institutions, and civil society organisations discussed pathways for strengthening sustainability in higher education.
April 2026
The 4th Monthly Online Meeting of the TranSustain HE project was held on 15 April 2026. Partners reviewed WP2 progress, addressed new partner onboarding, the upcoming Sustainability Workshop (8 May), and the launch of timesheet reporting.
February 2026
The 2nd international online meeting of the TranSustain HE project was held. Welcomed Ankara University and Selçuk University, whose inclusion in the consortium was accepted by the Executive Board.
December 2025
Project partners met to launch the TranSustain HE project and align on objectives and implementation plans.
November 2025
The official TranSustain HE website is now live, providing information on project goals, activities, and results.
October 2025
The TranSustain HE team met with TURKSTAT to discuss sustainability indicators and data support for higher education.
September 2025
The TranSustain HE project has been approved under the Erasmus+ Programme as a Cooperation Partnership in Higher Education.
This project is co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme (2021–2027), Key Action 2 – Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education, administered by the Turkish National Agency (TR01), Grant Agreement No. 2025-1-TR01-KA220-HED-000362010.
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