National Erasmus+ Information Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held at the Rectorate of the University of Sarajevo on 11 November 2015.
The event promoted opportunities within Erasmus+ Programme, with special emphasis on presentation of the new Calls for Proposals in the area of higher education, including capacity building for higher education, international credit mobility, joint master degrees, Jean Monnet activities and other relevant opportunities in the area of higher education.
In his opening statement Massimo Mina, Head of Operations Section for Social Development, Civil Society and Cross border Cooperation in the EU Delegation to BiH, commended the country’s engagement within the programme.
“According to the results of the call published under ERASMUS+ this summer, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the second ranked country in the Western Balkans region as far as the number of awarded projects is concerned and first ranked under the Jean Monnet action,” Mina underlined.
Mina explained that, in addition to higher education institutions, the Agency for Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education are also engaged in an eTwinning programme since January this year with 185 schools and 272 teachers active at the platform up to now.
Suad Muhibić, Head of National Erasmus+ Office in BiH, called upon all higher education institutions in the country to use the opportunity and to participate in Erasmus+ programmes.
Representatives of higher education institutions and relevant ministries in BiH attended the event.
Erasmus+ is the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport. Erasmus+ started on 1 January 2014 and replaces the current funding programmes run by the European Commission in the areas of education, training, youth and sport, including the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Comenius, Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal), Youth in Action and other international programmes such as Jean Monnet and Erasmus Mundus. The Erasmus+ Programme runs from 2014-2020 and supports activities in education, training, youth and sport across all sectors of lifelong learning including higher education, further education, adult education, schools and youth activities.
All the relevant info on Erasmus+ can be found on official pages:
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm
and on website of BiH National Erasmus + Office:
http://www.erasmusbih.com/index.php/en/
Erasmus + guide is available on the link:
http://euinfo.ba/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/erasmus-plus-programme-guide_en.pdf
