The University of Maribor, one of the four founding members of EMUNI, has supported our development efforts by signing a consensus on the participation of professors from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor in the development of new EMUNI study programmes. This is an important step for the further development of the cooperation between the two universities in both the educational and research fields, which was set out by the EMUNI President Prof. Dr. Rado Bohinc and the Rector of the University of Maribor Prof. Dr. Zdravko Kačič with the signing of the agreement on mutual cooperation. The signed agreement is an expression of the strategic goal of both universities to engage in solving societal challenges in the local and global environment by supporting cooperation in the field of higher education in Slovenia. Thanks are also due to the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Maribor, Prof. Dr Polona Tominc, who has shown great understanding for the development needs of EMUNI in the field of study activities.