{"id":6850,"date":"2026-05-18T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:46:14","slug":"ii-edition-of-the-commo-international-staff-week-2026-strengthening-academic-cooperation-and-internationalization-across-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/?p=6850","title":{"rendered":"II Edition of the COMMO International Staff Week 2026: Strengthening Academic Cooperation and Internationalization Across the Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6851\" style=\"width:450px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.commo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260507_102534743.MP_-135x100.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>II Edition of the COMMO International Staff Week<\/strong> recently took place in Rome from the <strong>4th<\/strong> to the <strong>8th May 2026<\/strong>, hosted by <strong>Universit\u00e0 degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT)<\/strong> in collaboration with <strong>UNIMED<\/strong>. The initiative gathered <strong>29 representatives<\/strong> from Higher Education Institutions across <strong>14 countries<\/strong>, creating an important space for dialogue and cooperation between Europe and the Mediterranean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme focused on strengthening participants\u2019 capacities in the field of <strong>academic international cooperation and development<\/strong>, with particular attention dedicated to <strong>Internationalization at Home<\/strong>, <strong>Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM<\/strong>), <strong>Virtual Exchange<\/strong> and <strong>Sustainable Development<\/strong> in Higher Education. Through workshops and peer-to-peer discussions coordinated by the UNIMED staff, participants exchanged experiences, reflected on common challenges and explored practical strategies to enhance internationalization within their institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a time when global crises and regional instabilities increasingly limit physical mobility, the Staff Week reaffirmed the value of <strong>internationalization <\/strong>as a powerful tool for <strong>fostering intercultural dialogue<\/strong> and <strong>strengthening academic cooperation<\/strong>. The initiative also highlighted the crucial role of education in <strong>promoting mutual understanding<\/strong>, <strong>inclusion<\/strong> and the development of <strong>meaningful and lasting partnerships<\/strong> across the Mediterranean region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The II Edition of the COMMO International Staff Week recently took place in Rome from the 4th to the 8th May 2026, hosted by Universit\u00e0 degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT) in collaboration with UNIMED. The initiative gathered 29 representatives from Higher Education Institutions across 14 countries, creating an important space for dialogue and cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6850"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6857,"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850\/revisions\/6857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commo.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}