The University of Rijeka (UNIRi) is the fundamental educational and research institution in the western part of Croatia. It was founded in 1973 following a long-standing tradition of higher education institutions and activities. With 16,600 students, 1,300 academics, 12 faculties, 4 departments, 9 research and development centres, 174 accredited study programs, UNIRi has matured into a modern European university and centre of excellence whose impact extends beyond the region, supporting social and economic development in the local community, the City of Rijeka, and the wider region.

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is a leading Lithuanian university providing a wide range of studies and closely cooperating with business. The University provides studies of engineering, technologies, physical and social sciences, humanities and arts. The research groups working at KTU contribute to the global scientific knowledge by conducting cutting edge interdisciplinary research on the most important questions of current time.

Senior Europa (Kveloce I+D+I) is an SME specialized in the development, implementation, and exploitation of R&D projects and their funding, with a history of more than 15 years. The company is composed by a team of 18 women with different and complementary profiles, distributed in three Spanish regions: Valencia (East region), Asturias (North regions) and Madrid (central region). Kveloce's main scope is the area of health and social innovation, in particular, socioeconomic impact assessment of innovation initiatives implemented to respond to the main global challenges in relation to education, inclusion, wellbeing, and human behaviour; Kveloce also promotes new business models, circular economy, green behaviors using different methodologies and capacity building programs including participatory processes, co-creation and new governance models; all of them using supportive user-friendly ICT solutions.

The COPERNICUS Alliance (CA) is the European Network on Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Founded in 2011, it unites more than 20 universities and colleges committed to transformational learning and change for sustainable development. Working closely with members in 16 countries and in partnership with strategic stakeholders, the CA identifies challenges in higher education for sustainable development and spearheads the development of processes, tools and knowledge to address these challenges from a whole-institution perspective.