The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) simply after the opening of the European Universities Games in Salerno (Italy), reaffirming their shared imaginative and prescient and collaboration.
International university sport cooperation was additional strengthened on 19 July 2026, in Salerno, the place the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the International University Sports Federation (FISU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The settlement displays a shared dedication to selling and creating university sports activities actions globally and continentally, fostering nearer collaboration, data alternate, and new alternatives for student-athletes, establishments, and sports activities professionals.
The MoU was signed by representatives of each organisations. On behalf of FISU, current have been President Leonz Eder and Secretary General & CEO Matthias Remund. On EUSA’s aspect, the settlement was signed by President Haris Pavletic and Secretary General/CEO Matjaz Pecovnik. The signing underscored the strategic significance of the partnership and confirmed a shared imaginative and prescient for the future of university sport.
The MoU establishes a non-binding framework via which each organisations conform to cooperate to advance the university sports activities motion. The MoU particularly intends to accompany the implementation of the FISU Global Strategy 2027, serving as an expression of mutual need to work collectively to additional the goals of each federations within the true spirit of the university sports activities motion.
“Since EUSA was founded, our two organisations have worked closely together. The fact that the EUSA Secretary General is named Matjaž and the FISU Secretary General is named Matthias is already a guarantee of good cooperation!” smiled FISU President Leonz Eder. “This Memorandum of Understanding reflects our shared commitment today, and I am confident that, if EUSA accepts our new strategy, we will soon be signing an even stronger Memorandum of Understanding.”
The cooperation will give attention to the alternate of data, experience, and greatest practices in sports activities administration and improvement, in addition to the organisation of bilateral and multilateral sports activities competitions and occasions. It additionally contains the event of joint university sports activities programmes, workshops, and seminars for National University Sports Federations (NUSFs), university representatives, and student-athletes.
The collaboration will improve coordination between National, Continental, and International establishments whereas selling a high-level dialogue between FISU, EUSA, and NUSFs. Both organisations will contribute to actions on the event of the International Day of University Sport, the event of the FISU Healthy Campus programme, and the expansion of the sports activities volunteering motion.
Through this settlement, EUSA and FISU will strengthen their cooperation to assist the event of university sport via shared experience, strategic collaboration, and joint initiatives. The partnership will improve coordination between the 2 organisations, promote the university sports activities motion internationally, and create new alternatives for college students, member organisations, and the broader university sports activities neighborhood.