Within the OCTRA (Online Course Catalogues and Databases for Transparency and Recognition) project, the Project progress meeting was held on 21 April 2022 in Riga, Latvia. The meeting was held in a blended format with the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Poland who were in person, while representatives of Croatia attended online. The project was aproved by the Erasmus+ program, the K3 activity “Support for Policy Reform”.

The Global Student Prize judging academy has announceed that the application and nomination process for the 2022 Global Student Prize is now open.

Eligibility and criteria can be found here. The deadline for nominations is 17 April 2022.

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Within the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Week 2021 Conference, which was held in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 13 to 16 December 2021, the representative of the Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (CIP) participated as the panelist in a panel discussion with the topic Trade in Services and Licences, Qualification, Permits.

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.