Leo-Net annual seminar “Time For New Perspective” in Bratislava, on April 19-21,2023

WorkSpace Europe is happy to announce an interesting international seminar we host in Bratislava on April 19-21. 2023 focused on international traineeships and employability of HEI students, virtual traineeships, digital skills development and new concepts of bridging Higher Education with sustainable careers.

The seminar organizer is LEO-NET (NL) an international association of Universities focused on International Erasmus+ internships, University Consortia and graduate employability.  

Please see the interesting programme here. 

As a member organisation, WorkSpace Europe is honoured to host this year’s annual seminar in Bratislava, with an interesting professional and social programme. We will welcome the Erasmus+ internships coordinators from member and non-member Universities from across Europe. We are also happy to welcome the European Commission representative, presenting the state of the art of the present Erasmus+ Programme, especially for traineeship mobility, followed by the Q&As and discussion.

Let’s gain new insights about virtual internships, future-oriented skills and inclusion on the work floor. Let’s learn why the mental balance of interns is important as well as for ourselves.

Discover the role of regional traineeship mobility consortia and how we want to interconnect them.


More details about the seminar you can find here. 

Looking forward to learning new trends and exploring new partnerships.

Hope to meet you in the beautiful city of Bratislava !

Karol Ovesny was elected to the leadership team of EAIE – European Association for International Education


It is a great honor for us that Karol Ovesny, the director of WorkSpace Europe was elected to join the leadership team of the biggest University association for international education in Europe – EAIE. Karol will join the Employability expert group where he will offer his expertise in University – Business cooperation and employability of graduates with regards to specifics and challenges of the CEE region among this biggest network of experts form the top Universities from across Europe. Karol Ovesny has currently became the only member of the EAIE leadership team from Slovakia.

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Karol Ovesny, the director of WorkSpace Europe was elected to the board of LEO-NET association (NL)

It is a great honor for us that in April 2018 at the yearly seminar of LEO-NET, an international association of universities and Erasmus+ university consortia for Higher Education student internships, was Karol elected by association members to the LEO-NET board. Karol will do maximum to represent the Central and Eastern part of Europe in the topic of international work experience and Erasmus+ consortia in the sector of Higher Education, to consult and motivate universities and companies join the EU programmes and stand for the needs and challenges of the CEE region in multirateral dialogs among European universities and European commission.

Karol Ovesny representing Slovakia at Erasmus+ 30th anniversary celebration in EU Parliament

Mrs. Alexandra Junaskova, the director of Slovak Erasmus+ National Agency and Karol Ovesny, director of WorkSpace Europe represented Slovakia at the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus+ programme event celebration at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, June 2017.

It was a great pleasure and an honor to be a part of this unique international event celebrating the 30 years of the wonderful Erasmus+ programme. We had the chance to speak with Mr. Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sport at the European Parliament and we met other programme leaders from the European Commission as well as top representatives of the program from every country involved in Erasmus+ programme. We also had the opportunity to be present at the European Parliament official speech led by the European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker.

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WorkSpace Europe at Erasmus+ conference in Strasbourg

In October 2016 French Erasmus+ National Agency organized an international conference in Strasbourg covering interesting topics within Erasmus+ program.

Karol Ovesny, director of WorkSpace Europe was invited as a speaker to represent the Slovak University Consortium project and its impact on employability on university graduates and university – business cooperation.

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