IROICA

IROICA is the European network of international relations officers at Higher Education Institutions (

WHY JOIN US?
• You will be able to attend our Annual Conference and receive firsthand information on the European educational landscape and important developments in the field of international higher education. Previous speakers on the conferences were affiliated to the European Commission and DG Education, National Agencies or leading European Universities.
• You can develop yourself by acquiring

skills crucial for international relations officers during the workshops designed on the members’ requests.
• Your institution can maintain their relation with existing European partners or establish contact with new partners as a result of the networking events being an integral part of every IROICA event.
• IROICA provides a forum for promoting and supporting international activities for undergraduate and post-graduate students, and for academic and administrative staff .
• If you are new to the environment of international relations officers, IROICA will enable you to establish personal contacts with the IRO representatives of your institution’s partner institutions.
• If you are an experienced IRO our network gives you the opportunity to meet a lot of your colleagues from partner institutions at one place to sort out any matters connected with your daily work cooperation.
• If your office needs a channel of dissemination for the projects in which it is participating - IROICA with its wide spread 200 members is a very effective mean of disseminating the outcomes of the projects and is always pleased to being included in the dissemination plan of educational projects.
• IROICA establishes European proposals and projects proposed and approved by its members that will further the work of the international relations officers.

22/05/2026

Dear colleagues,

Would your university like to host us for the next IROICA staff training?

To express your interest, send an e-mail to [email protected] by June 10th.

Candidates are expected to do a short presentation at the General Assembly during the staff training in June in Iceland.

What do you think, where will we meet in 2027?

Your ExCo

13/04/2026

You can still register for our upcoming training 😉

Here is the link: https://shorturl.at/6NjiM

See you there!

Long time no IROICA webinar 😉

This time, we've decided to offer our members a webinar in a training format, something that we could all put to use in difficult situations, so let us present:

"ACTIVE BYSTANDER TRAINING"
April 24th at 09:00–12:00 CET

Have you ever witnessed behaviour that made you - or someone around you - feel uneasy? Would you like practical strategies to step in with confidence?

During this 3-hour training organised by Ghent University, you will:

👉 Gain a clear understanding of what constitutes inappropriate or transgressive behaviour.
👉 Explore the dynamics at play when witnessing problematic situations - both as an individual and within a group.
👉 Learn how to respond constructively and effectively as an active bystander.
👉 Discover where you can find support, whether at Ghent University or within your own institution or organisation.

The trainer is Danielle Wouters, HR Advisor for Wellbeing and Engagement at Ghent University.

To participate, please register here https://shorturl.at/6NjiM by April 22nd

27/03/2026

18/03/2026

Drumroll, please! 🥁

Registration to our 29th IROICA Staff Training, taking place on June 15-19, hosted by Agricultural University of Iceland and Reykjavik University is now open! 🇮🇸

Theme of the week: "Are we powerless? Internationalisation in a fractured world"🌍
Please see the programme, more information and register here 👉 https://ica-iroica.eu/component/sppagebuilder/page/1

Registration deadline is March 30th! Please note that priority will be given to IROICA members as the venues in Iceland have limited capacity.

We're really looking forward to seeing you there! 🤗

27/02/2026

Our colleagues at Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, MATE - former SZIU invite your Bachelor’s and Master’s students to develop data-driven solutions for real agrifood and sustainability challenges.

Students work in a team of three, collaborate across disciplines, and compete for a place in the on-site final in Hungary (travel support provided for finalists). Participating helps them gain international experience, expert mentoring, and the chance to present their ideas to industry professionals.

📅 Application deadline is March 8.

📩 More information: [email protected]

🌐 Details: en.uni-mate.hu/anthropocenecasecompetition

26/02/2026

Last week, the IROICA Executive Committee had the great opportunity to visit the beautiful town of Saint Jean de Luz 🇫🇷 for our winter meeting. We were there just in time for the windy and powerful storm Pedro 👍 🌧️

The setting was perfect for fruitful and productive discussions about this year’s staff training (we’re all in for a treat!😉), about our other activities (webinars coming up!) and we got to check in on our progress over the last year and also think about what’s next.

All in all, a good meeting in even better company 🤗

20/02/2026

🤗 🇫🇷 🇮🇸

See you in June 💨 🌊

19/02/2026

Bonjour from the IROICA Executive Committee winter meeting 👋

Today and tomorrow the ExCo is together in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in France 🇫🇷, working on the agenda for this summer’s staff training and the rest of our activities this year.

We can’t wait to see you in Iceland in June 🇮🇸

News coming soon!

05/02/2026

If you're looking for a change of scenery and a nice staff training this spring (before THE IROICA staff training in June 😉 ), then here are three events organised by universities in our community you might want to check out:

🇧🇪 Ghent University - "Supporting Student Wellbeing in Higher Education: Strategies, Tools, and Institutional Practices", June 4-5, Ghent, Belgium.
More information: https://lnkd.in/d9zu9uYV, registration deadline February 23rd.

🇫🇮 University of Helsinki - Staff Week, May 6-8, Helsinki, Finland. More information: https://lnkd.in/dE3Jzpkn, registration deadline February 13th.

🇪🇪 Estonian University of Life Sciences - "Sustainability in Action", May 4-8, Tartu, Estonia. More information: https://lnkd.in/dWBzm6rr, registration deadline March 1.

All promise to be absolutely wonderful, so if you haven't been to these universities yet, it might be time! 🤩

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