The representative of the Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education participated at the meeting of the Working Group on Recognition of Academic Qualifications of Western Balkans economies which were held on 14-15 December 2021 in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Organized by the Center for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, the round table "Higher Education Reform - Impact on Recognition and Mobility" was held on 24 November 2021 in Mostar. The round table was attended by representatives of higher education institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, competent education authorities, the Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance, The Agency for Higher Education of the Republic of Srpska, ERASMUS + office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), the EU project "Education for Employment", and members of the CIP's Steering Committee.

As part of the EPER project, the Final Conference of the EPER project was held in Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia. Representatives of the countries participating in the EPER project, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Northern Macedonia, presented the main results of the EPER project realized during almost three years of the project. 

Centar za informiranje i priznavanje dokumenata iz oblasti visokog obrazovanja (CIP), provodi postupak javnih konsultacija vezano za Izvještaj o radu Upravnog odbora CIP-a za 2021. godinu.

Proces javnih konsultacija otvoren je do 11.12.2021.godine, te vas pozivamo na učešće u konsultacijama putem web aplikacije Ministarstva pravde BiH eKonsultacije https://ekonsultacije.gov.ba/legislativeactivities

In Strasbourg, on 18 October 2021, the 8^th meeting of the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR) Project Coordination Group was held. Participants from all 12 countries currently participating in the project as well as the UNHCR attended, either in Strasbourg or online.

Implemented by the Council of Europe since 2017, the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees enables refugees to have their qualifications assessed even in the absence of full documentation. The EQPR helps refugees to enter further studies or to seek employment.

Center for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education has been informed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs that there is not a need for signing a new agreement for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the EU's Erasmus + program
Furthermore, a new name for "partner countries", what was the status of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a previous period, has been changed and for the period 2021-2027, the name is "unaffiliated third countries".
Although for the participation in Erasmus + 2014-2020, besides a signing of the agreement, an entry card was necessary to be paid, in a new program cycle this entry card does not exist.
Thus, Bosnia and Herzegovina should not sign the agreement either pays the entry card for the participation in the Program and will continue using par of the Program for the Western Balkans.
Call for Proposals 2020 will be announced this autumn, and the European Commission will inform all stakeholders on exact dates, requirements, and deadlines for applications.

The CIP has developed Recommendations on the Recognition of Qualifications for Access to Higher Education. The Recommendations were published in the "Official Gazette of BiH", No. 58/21.

The text of Recommendations can be downloaded HERE.

Centar za informiranje i priznavanje dokumenata iz oblasti visokog obrazovanja raspisao je Javni poziv za prijem volontera. Tekst oglasa možete preuzeti ovdje.

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Within the PATRISH project (Development of Part-Time and Short Cycle Studies in Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina), project partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina were in a study visit to Slovenia from 21 to 24 September 2021. The host of the study visit was also a project partner from Slovenia, the Academia College Maribor. The Project was approved under Erasmus+, KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices – Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education, the selection year 2019.

Within the OCTRA (Online Course Catalogues and Databases for Transparency and Recognition) project, the Project progress meeting of project partners was held on 13-14 September 2021 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The host of the meeting was the Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education while the meeting was attended by the representatives of the Academic Information Centre – Latvian ENIC/NARIC in person. Other project partners, ENIC/NARIC centres of Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Poland and Russian Federation attended the meeting online.