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The Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA) held on June 26, 2023 regular bimonthly online meeting of representatives of network member agencies. At the meeting, in addition to the reports of the president and board members, news about the work and activities of the network's member agencies were presented.

New developments and progress in the Center for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC) from Lithuania were presented by Almantas Šerpatauskas, director of the Center, while new developments and progress in the National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education (NAB) from the Czech Republic were presented by Martina Vidláková, Head of Strategy Unit. Gregor Rebernik, Deputy Head of the International Cooperation Sector of the National Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Quality in Higher Education, presented the Guide for Quality Assessment.

On June 15 and 16, 2023, the Higher School of Tourism and Hotel Management in Trebinje was visited by the Commission of Experts as part of the accreditation procedure of the higher education institution and the study programs Tourism and Hotel Management and Business Economics of the Tourism Industry.
During the visit, the Commission of Experts had a direct insight into the quality assurance system of the higher education institution and study programs through meetings with the management of the higher education institution, the Commission for Self-Evaluation and Quality Assurance, representatives of the student service and administrative staff, representatives of accounting and the library, representatives of the department for international cooperation, academic staff engaged in study programs, students in study programs, representatives of the alumni organization and representatives of the labor market with whom the higher education institution has cooperation and who employ graduates from study programs that are subject to the accreditation procedure.

At the 4th regular session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska held on July 19, 2023 the Work Report with the financial report of the Agency for Higher Education of the Republic of Srpska for the year 2022 was discussed. In accordance with Article 43, paragraph 1 of the Law on Quality Assurance in Higher Education of the Republic of Srpska, the Agency has the obligation to submit a work report to the National Assembly no later than June 30 of the current year for the previous year.
The work report with the financial report for 2022 was explained by the director of the Agency, prof. Biljana Vojvodic, PhD. In her presentation, the Director of the Agency referred to the most significant activities of the Agency in the previous reporting period, as well as to the activities of the Agency in the current year.

The workshop "Implementation of the Lisbon Convention on Recognition in Bosnia and Herzegovina - ILIRIC" was organized by the Center for Information and Recognition of Documents in the Field of Higher Education (CIP) in Neum from May 30, 2023 to June 2, 2023 within the project "ILIRIC". The conference was attended by representatives of the Agency for Higher Education of the Republic of Srpska, representatives of other authorities responsible for the recognition, as well as by representatives of higher education institutions.
At the workshop, an analysis of the regulations in the field of recognition of foreign higher education qualifications was presented, a model regulation for the recognition of foreign higher education qualifications was presented, as well as accompanying forms needed for easier obtaining of information in the evaluation procedures of foreign higher education qualifications.