- a mobile philosophical laboratory for reflection on the challenges European leadership is facing in the creative tension between business and art

- exploiting the full potential of the meaning, role and contribution of art in the transformation of society, organizations and enterprises

- built on the conviction that the ethical and aesthetic values are the soul and essence of European societies

The Aim of NUROPE is:
• to contribute to the cultivation of the complex formation of identities in a changing transnational Europe where art and culture function as resources both for growth and for identity constructions in open communities
• to offer both post graduate students, researchers and leaders within culture and economy a platform to develop and reflect on questions concerning the synergies between art and economy from a glocal European perspective
• to offer a multidisciplinary academic course for European postgraduate students
• to document every oasis by a series of research reports, publications and media productions for comparative and cumulative learning and research initiation on European leadership
• to share experiences and develop creative models for education and research in social and cultural as well as economic entrepreneurship