Editing Legal Entity

== Legal Entity (LE) ==
; Registration  
: The '''UNITA-UNIVERSITAS MONTIUM EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPING (EEIG)''', based on Regulation (EEC) No. 2137/85, was registered in Turin on 25 January 2023.

; Purpose and Governance  
: The EEIG serves the UNITA – Universitas Montium alliance and facilitates cooperation between its members while remaining under their control. It respects each member’s specificity, maintaining a social purpose auxiliary to their institutional activities. Governance is shared, based on a permanent structure and a project approach defined by mutual agreement of the member universities.

; Activities and Services  
: The EEIG enables UNITA members to offer:  
* Multidisciplinary courses and excellence training to students  
* Strengthened partnerships for researchers to promote regional innovation within a European framework  
* Certifications and microcredentials recognized by all UNITA partners  
* Professional training courses, distance learning (including MOOCs), summer/winter schools, conferences, symposia, and other dissemination events in collaboration with public or private partners  

: Emphasizing its European character, the EEIG strengthens the alliance’s international influence and attractiveness.

; Future Development  
: The EEIG’s main objective is to support its members in balancing higher education, research, and innovation. Planned hires include a full-time General Director, a Project Engine Office, and three IT experts (either directly by the Grouping or seconded by partners) to pilot joint recruitment of administrative and technical staff.

; Expansion  
: The EEIG may incorporate additional regional or national public higher-education and research institutions, major research organizations, and other public or private research or teaching partners. Enhanced cooperation agreements can also be signed with external partners.