The preparatory meeting of the International Academic Council of Center EMUNI was held in Ljubljana on March 10, 2008. Participants were the representatives of partner higher education and research institutions from Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. Furthermore, the project is supported also by the Slovenian Government. The University should perform programs that are important for Euro-Mediterranean region and should bring together the best professors, experts and students from the region. Such an institution can provide a significant contribution to the cooperation among higher education institutions in order to create a centre of excellence in the fields such as internal relations, environment, economy, security, humanities and culture, as well as to the achievement of mutual understanding between the countries in the Euro Mediterranean region.

On June 9 the formal inauguration of the Euro-Mediterranean University with a seat in Slovenia was held at Portorož-Portoroso on Slovene Coast. As part of the event, the Letter of Intent on establishing the Foundation was formally signed by the representatives of the enterprises that have expressed a willingness to cooperate in developing the university foundation. The premises of the new university were provided in partnerships of Slovene Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Sport and the Piran-Pirano Municipality.

Center EMUNI organises Summer School 2008 and together with partner institutions provide different types of professional qualifications (short courses, seminars, ect.) based on a "lifelong learning" concept. With partner universities some study programs are going to be organised in 2008/09 and a new (postgraduate) study programs developed in the future.

A new publication - International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (IJEMS) - is going to be launched in autumn.