In the summer of 2022, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich LL.M. (Co-Director of the Europa-Institut and Chair of European Law, Public International Law and Public Law), there was a university dialogue with the countries of the Western Balkans at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University. The project, entitled "ED4ELE" (Equality and Diversity in European Legal Education), aimed to identify similarities and differences in the legal and institutional fields of law studies among the partner countries in the project Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The project was funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the German Foreign Office (AA) as part of the program "University Dialogue with the Countries of the Western Balkans", the funding amount is almost 40,000 euros. The main objective of the project was to expand the existing networks between the Europa-Institut and the partner countries to include the topic of equality and diversity in legal education. Within this framework, among other things, a Summer School with 25 young academics was successfully organized in Split, Croatia, from September 4 to 10, 2022, to facilitate cross-border exchange and networking among law faculties in the Western Balkans region and between German and foreign universities, students and young academics.

The DAAD Higher Education Dialogue with the countries of the Western Balkans - former DAAD Academic Reconstruction - is a programme funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Foreign Office. This program is organized annually since 2013 by the Europa-Institut in cooperation with the South East European Law School Network (SEELS) and the partner faculties from Albania (Tirana), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo and Zenica), Croatia (Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Zagreb), Northern Macedonia (Skopje) and Serbia (Belgrade and Nis). The aim of the DAAD Higher Education Dialogue is to create a network of lawyers in the field of postgraduate teaching and research on various topics related to European and International law.

Sine the beginning of the cooperation various summer schools, workshops, training courses have taken place in Saarbrücken and the especially in partner countries. Through the years, almost 200 students on their Master's or doctoral studies from Saarbrücken and the partner countries as well as many professors and experts from Germany, countries in South-East Europe and other countries worldwide have participated in these projects. The Europa-Institut together with the South East European Law School Network and the partner faculties will continue to organize interesting and current projects in the future. The participants of these projects will be able to further deepen their knowledge in the fields of European and International law as well as build a network with colleagues from other countries.