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National reforms in higher education
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

14.Ongoing reforms and policy developments

14.4National reforms in higher education

Last update: 13 March 2025
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2024

A strategy for the development of science and technology, higher education and information society in Republika Srpska was developed for the period 2023-2029. years and complies with the global goals of the "Europe 2030 for Sustainable Development", in which education, science, technology, research, innovation and digitalization are seen as a prerequisite for achieving the EU's sustainable economy, as part of the UN sustainable development goals. In doing so, this strategy also complies with the framework for the realization of sustainable development goals in BiH, as well as other sectoral strategies in Republika Srpska, primarily with the strategy of small and medium enterprises in Republika Srpska for the period 2022 -2027, Strategy for the development of the Republika Srpska Industry for the period 2021-2027. and with the Employment Strategy in Republika Srpska for the period 2022-2027.

The Center for Information and Recognition of Documents in the Field of Higher Education (CIP) has, through the project Mapping of Higher Education Qualifications for the Purpose of Automatic Recognition in the Region, developed the following documents: Map of Qualifications of the Countries of the Region, Analysis of Documents for the Purpose of Developing a Map of Qualifications of the Countries of the Region for the Purpose of Recognition in BiH, Handbook of the European Recognition Area (EAR)

The purpose of these documents is to promote and improve recognition procedures that will lead to facilitated/automatic recognition of foreign higher education qualifications, and to support digitalization in the recognition of qualifications.

2023

The Center for information and recognition of documents from the field of higher education has started the implementation of the ILIRIC project. The project is focused on the implementation of the Lisbon Convention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and will last until November 2023. The project is intended to analyze all the laws that define the recognition of foreign higher education qualifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to facilitate the process of implementation of the Lisbon Convention on recognition for the competent authorities in the form of proposals, trainings and workshops.

2022

Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education created Recommendations on the recognition of specific types of learning for access to higher education.