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Assistant Director for Accreditation and International Cooperation Duska Radmanovic participated in the second meeting of the working group for higher education, which specifically discussed the methodology for collecting data on employment of people with higher education, held on December 7 in Banja Luka.
The working group operates within the project "Education and Employment" funded by the European Union, and deals with issues within the second component of the project "Quality Assurance in Higher Education" which aims to develop qualification standards and occupational standards, as well as improving mechanisms recognition of non-formal and informal education.
Expert consultant Sanja Crnkovic-Pozaic presented the methodology for estimating the demand for higher education knowledge and skills in the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the importance of analyzing employment data, where the unemployment rate is only one indicator, while it is equally important to take into account employment of individuals with different profiles of higher education, since a significant part of workers is not employed in their profession.
The plan for mapping selected study programs for which qualification standards and occupational standards will be developed was also presented at the meeting.

Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA) held on November 17, 2021. the eighth two-month online meeting of representatives of network member agencies, which, in addition to the report of the president and board members, was dedicated to the presentation of the work of network member agencies.
The work of the Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (AQAE) from Azerbaijan was presented by Ilham Humbatov, director of the Department for quality assurance, while the work of the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AKOKVO) from Montenegro was presented by Milica Kavedzic, independent advisor for international cooperation.

The Center for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIP) organized a round table conference "Higher Education Reform - Impact on Recognition and Mobility" on November 24, 2021 in Mostar. The round table was attended by representatives of higher education institutions and institutions responsible for the recognition of foreign higher education qualifications from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representatives of the Agency for Higher Education of the Republic of Srpska also took part in the event.
The activities regarding the implementation of international projects of the CIP were presented at the conference as well as the Recommendation on the assessment of foreign higher education qualifications in the recognition process and the Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications for access to higher education. Ilir Deda, an employee of the Regional Cooperation Council, presented the proposal of the Western Balkan Agreement on Recognition of Academic Qualifications, which should be signed by the six economies of the Western Balkans in the coming period. Representatives of the University of Mostar and the University of Herzegovina had presentations on student mobility and reform of priorities for the development of higher education which were followed by an interesting panel discussion.

The expert team engaged in the project of ranking higher education institutions in Republic of Srpska presented a detailed set of criteria for ranking higher education institutions in Republic of Srpska at a seminar held in Banja Luka on November 9, 2021.
The Minister of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republic of Srpska, Srdjan Rajcevic, stated that Srpska will soon have exact data on the quality of its higher education institutions for the first time.
Minister Rajcevic pointed out that this will be possible thanks to the project of ranking higher education institutions, which is being implemented by the Agency for Higher Education of Republic of Srpska.
"Through this project, we wanted to achieve several things, among which is to encourage competition among higher education institutions, in order to achieve the best possible quality in this sector," said Rajcevic.