The University of Foggia (UNIFG) was set up in 1999 by decree of the Ministry of University and Research. It has eight academic faculties: the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Economics, Management and Territory, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, the Faculty of Medical and Surgical Sciences, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Food and Environment and the Faculty of Humanities, which comprises literature, cultural heritage and educational sciences. The University of Foggia has entered the rankings of some of the major international ranking agencies, alongside the Italian Censis report, which has certified its constantly growing trend on the national scene in recent years. The Department of Economics ensures university education that is increasingly responsive to the needs of the world of work and is in constant dialogue with pupils, the European reality and the territory. The involved team, with different professors and researchers, is experienced in research activities and projects management mainly on Circular Economy, Agricultural Economics, Rural development, Education, innovative training, studies and analyses on different fields. Given the direct relationship with the surrounding environment, local SMEs and different categories of stakeholders (municipalities, policy makers, citizens, companies, public bodies, etc), the UniFg team has always been available to listen to their needs and propose new solutions also coming from their experience and research results. Their practical expertise can support the research coming for HEIs to develop real changes and represent good practices also in other environments, thanks to knowledge sharing, new networks, pupils and teacher mobility, etc. In this sense, the UniFg is willing to share all the expertise on training, research initiatives and projects in the field of Economy, Circular/Bio Economy and Rural Development. Moreover, the UniFg team has cooperated on different EU funded projects (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+) such as: COREnet (to establish a EU network of advisors on shortfood supply chain), SKIN (dedicated to the development of a thematic network about short food supply chain), NUCIF (dedicated to the Circular Economy and capacity building for South American Universities), STAND (aimed to transfer good practices on University autonomy for new Management, Administration and Financing systems in Balkans Universities), eTOMATO (dedicated to the training and orientation for Multifunctional Agriculture entrepreneurial opportunities) and recently CL4Bio just on Creative learning and bioeconomy.