WINTER OSM IN LJUBLJANA

It is a biannual meeting for all official bodies in EGEA. All Team representatives, Regional Teams, Supporting Roles, Project representatives, Congress Organisers, Board and Advisory Board meet there to discuss the future of EGEA in order to come up with a common strategy and ways of accomplishing it. Everyone can register to participate in the OSM, suggest topics and apply for the Support Fund.

You can suggest topics for the different sessions which will be held during the WOSM. For ideas and more information you can check the Last WOSM and SOSM minutes.

Our main source of motivation for organising WOSM25 is our passion for organising international events and enjoyment of hosting members of any and all EGEA entities in our lovely city. Part of our interest in organising WOSM25 also lies in the very members of our entity. We are endlessly proud of the members of EGEA Ljubljana who currently hold important roles in the Board of EGEA and the East&Med Regional Team, so we’d love to help them on their journey as much as possible.

The nature of the city itself also holds a big part of why we feel Ljubljana is the place for WOSM25, as did the figureheads in the 1800s, when they organised the Congress of Ljubljana in 1821. Fear not, this time around, you won’t need to rely on horse-drawn carriages, Ljubljana, as the capital of Slovenia, is very accessible, both with public and private transport.

Ljubljana is well connected with European countries, so you have a couple of options regarding transfer. Our accommodation, C-Punkt Hostel, is located in the city centre and is only a scenic walk through the old town away from the Faculty of Arts, where the Department of Geography is located.

To keep the event as green as possible we recommend travelling to Ljubljana via bus or train. Ljubljana is well connected through FlixBus and international train services, the journey to the accommodation itself will then finish with a 20 odd minute walk from the bus and train station.

Those of you flying are welcome to check connections to Ljubljana Airport, though your options will most likely be quite expensive. The airport itself is well connected with the city with a direct bus line. When looking at flight connections we recommend checking out neighbouring airports such as Trieste, Venice (Treviso and Marco Polo), Zagreb, or even Vienna. There are some FlixBus connections from those airports but you could also check out a shuttle service Slovenians use to get around different airports called Goopti (though that might be quite expensive especially for solo travelling).

If you are planning on travelling by car, Ljubljana is notoriously difficult to park in affordably, however we do have parking available at the accommodation. We recommend ridesharing to keep the number of cars to a minimum and help create a greener event.