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The Director of the Higher Education Accreditation Agency of the Republic of Srpska, Biljana Vojvodić and the Director of the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education of Montenegro Srđa Popović signed on October 6, 2020 in Banja Luka Memorandum of Cooperation between the two agencies which continues the cooperation between the two agencies.

The Memorandum stipulates that the agencies cooperate for mutual benefit and work on improving regulations and quality assurance in their jurisdiction and improving the quality of higher education in both countries. Cooperation in the field of information exchange, development of employee competencies, and exchange of experts and reviewers is also envisaged.

Director Popović paid a two-day visit to the Higher Education Accreditation Agency of the Republic of Srpska and on that occasion they also exchanged experiences in the work of the two agencies, higher education systems and strategic development plans.

The Head of the Department for Quality Assurance and International Cooperation in the Higher Education Accreditation Agency of the Republic of Srpska, Duška Radmanović, participated on September 17, 2020 at a meeting aimed at assessing the impact of structural projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina funded by the European Union.

The assessment was launched by the Higher Education Expert Support Initiative on behalf of the European Commission and the EU Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture.

The assessment is primarily focused on the analysis of the impact of structural projects under the Erasmus + (Erasmus +) capacity building program in higher education.

The meeting included talks with representatives of higher education institutions as well as with representatives of institutions responsible for higher education systems in BiH, and it was concluded that structural projects significantly contribute to the development of policies, strategies, procedures and strengthening cooperation networks of the academic community.

Radmanović pointed out that, having in mind the complex administrative structure of BiH, it is necessary to include as partners in structural projects representatives of all levels of government, especially institutions responsible for the adoption and implementation of specific measures, in order to ensure project sustainability.

Given the unchanged epidemiological situation in relation to May 2020, when ENQA recommended quality assurance agencies to adjust their operations to the working conditions during the pandemic, the Higher Education Accreditation Agency of the Republic of Srpska on September 29, 2020 conducted another supervisory visit in the accreditation procedure of the Independent University of Banja Luka. During the supervisory visit, the fulfillment of the recommendations from the External Evaluation Report of the Independent University of Banja Luka for one study program of the first cycle of Economics and Business was checked. The visit was conducted in accordance with the Rulebook on Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions and Study Programs, using Google Meet tools, and was followed by a series of interviews with the management of the institution, teaching staff and associates of the study program Economics and Business. The Commission of Experts previously analyzed the documentation submitted by the Independent University of Banja Luka, and the visit was led by the President of the Commission prof. Marko Đogo, PhD with the help of the coordinator of the procedure from the Higher Education Accreditation Agency.

Head of the Department for Quality Assurance and International Cooperation Duska Radmanovic participated in a webinar  "Quality in Work-based Learning: the  way to maximise the value of Professional Higher Education" organized by the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE).

The seminar was held on August 27 with participants from many European countries. Among other things, the seminar presented manuals created within the ApprenticeshipQ project (AppQ) developed with the aim of gaining insight into the quality of student internships at higher education institutions, and to enable users to further develop and improve this area.