Development of part-time and short cycle studies in higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina Erasmus Project

Project Title

Development of part-time and short cycle studies in higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

There are students that due to different reasons do not reach the bachelor degree or cannot study regularly and in expected age. Dropout rates are high and many students with one or two years uncompleted bachelor studies abandon their studies. This is very important if we bear in mind a high unemployment rate of young people between 19 and 30 years old, around 45%, in BIH (in all cantons and entities), a trend of growing inactivity of young people, early dropout of education and long-term unemployment, problems in legislation, which does not recognize PT and SCHE, etc.Bosnia and Herzegovina give high priority to build programmes for lifelong learning at all HEIs, according to their Priorities of Higher Education Development for 2016 – 2026 in BiH. This project aims to address this problem, providing appropriate legislation framework, tested and prepared for adoption. This problem was selected because of:1. Widening access to HE: PT and SCHE will be more convenient for larger population of new students (shorter, cheaper, employability prospects, etc.)2. Increase of efficiency of bachelor studies: Students having difficulties to reach bachelor degree, instead of abandoning their studies (dropout), can choose short cycle programs.3. Making HE more flexible and in line with labour market: SCHE studies aim to provide necessary knowledge and skills sets exactly specified for certain jobs, providing HEs to offer shorter programs in line with needs of employers.4. Increase of employment: PT and SCHE studies usually target areas where employability is relatively high and promising. Unemployed may faster and easier get new qualifications according to labour market demands. 5. Lifelong learning: with PT and SCHE, employees may easier upgrade or change their qualifications according to needs of employers.The main outputs of the project are new developed and implemented PT and SCHE programs and adopted changes in laws on higher education in BIH cantons and entities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 960644 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU & Country: RS

Project Partners

• JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U TUZLI UNIVERSITAS STUDIORUM TUZLAENSIS
• UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR
• JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U ZENICI UNIVERSITAS STUDIORUM ZENICAENSIS
• LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATES RIGAS MEDICINAS KOLEDZA
• CENTAR ZA INFORMIRANJE I PRIZNAVANJE DOKUMENATA IZ PODRUCJA VISOKOG OBRAZOVANJA, MOSTAR
• TALLINN UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER