On the 29th of May, 2021 the Permanent Secretariat Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and the UNINP are organizing the first online Official Handover of the Presidency over The Alps-Adriatic Rector’s Conference where the UNINP will receive presidency from the University of Trieste for the 2021/2022 academic year. 

The Alps-Adriatic Rector’s Conference (AARC) is a network of over 40 universities from the Alps-Adriatic area and includes the Western Balkans since 2011. The main goal of the AARC is to promote transnational dialogue and cross-border cooperation in the fields of university education and scientific research between Higher Education Institutions across the region, as well as transdisciplinary cooperation with different partners in the spheres of culture, industry, the arts, business, and public institutions.