The IHES project and its recent activities were presented on 11th May 2022 at the conference "European University Alliances and the future of universities – How to foster civic engagement?", organized by the French Presidency of the council of the European Union, MSMT, DZS and the French Embassy in the Czech Republic. The event brought together important players in the field with a fruitful debate concerning the issues of civic engagement. The full recording of the event is available here: