{"id":1143,"date":"2025-10-06T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/from-stockholm-to-goteborg\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:29:07","slug":"from-stockholm-to-goteborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/en\/from-stockholm-to-goteborg\/","title":{"rendered":"From Stockholm to Gothenburg: IHECS at the heart of the international academic network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In early September, Sophie Henrard, Coordinator of the IHECS International Department, took part in a series of meetings in Scandinavia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 8 September, Stockholm hosted the 8th seminar of the Group of Francophone International Relations Officers (GRRIF). Around fifty delegates from Europe, Quebec and Africa gathered to discuss the specificities of their profession: the organisation of constantly evolving international offices, responsible partnerships and collaboration with research. It was a day rich in debate, experience sharing and collective reflection, to which IHECS, through Sophie Henrard, was able to contribute actively.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the GRIFF, a few hours away by train, Gothenburg hosted the 35th annual conference of the EAIE (European Association for International Education), the must-attend event for higher education stakeholders worldwide. More than 7,000 participants gathered over four days to discuss a variety of topics, ranging from the future priorities of the Erasmus+ programme to the digitisation of processes, sustainable mobility and institutional selection criteria. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36216fb5-1b67-44f3-ae8f-86e2b90c8b4e-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1110\" style=\"width:617px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36216fb5-1b67-44f3-ae8f-86e2b90c8b4e-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36216fb5-1b67-44f3-ae8f-86e2b90c8b4e-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36216fb5-1b67-44f3-ae8f-86e2b90c8b4e-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/36216fb5-1b67-44f3-ae8f-86e2b90c8b4e-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the conferences and presentations, this event is a unique opportunity to meet our partners face-to-face and explore new collaborations. Thanks to the stand provided by Wallonia-Brussels Campus, Sophie was able to organise nearly 30 individual meetings with representatives from European institutions, as well as North and South American, Asian and Australian institutions. These meetings fuel an essential dynamic: refocusing a larger part of our mobility programmes in Europe, in line with the priorities set by the European Commission and the available budgets, while remaining open to offering students attractive and diverse destinations.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sophie also took advantage of her trip to visit three long-standing partner institutions: J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University in Sweden, the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX) and Aarhus in Copenhagen. These meetings not only enable us to regularly assess the quality of the exchanges offered to students, but also to explore new forms of collaboration with institutions that are among the most popular destinations for the IHECS student community. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FR-Cofinance-par-lUnion-europeenne_PANTONE-1024x215.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1109\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4.7628497717801155;width:352px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FR-Cofinance-par-lUnion-europeenne_PANTONE-1024x215.png 1024w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FR-Cofinance-par-lUnion-europeenne_PANTONE-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FR-Cofinance-par-lUnion-europeenne_PANTONE-768x161.png 768w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FR-Cofinance-par-lUnion-europeenne_PANTONE-1536x322.png 1536w, https:\/\/staging.ihecs-international.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FR-Cofinance-par-lUnion-europeenne_PANTONE-2048x429.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early September, Sophie Henrard, Coordinator of the IHECS International Department, took part in a series of meetings in Scandinavia. 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