15 + years of support to Bosnia and Herzegovina Higher Education through ADC-WUS Austria ...

36 Pages·2011·7.55 MB·English

OF SUPPORT TO BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH

ADC - WUS AUSTRIA COLLABORATION
OF SUPPORT TO BOSNIAN & HERZEGOVINIAN
HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH

ADC - WUS AUSTRIA COLLABORATION
CONTENTS
• FOREWORDS
2 • Austrian Development Agency
3 • WUS Austria
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• ADC AND WUS AUSTRIA COLLABORATION
4 1.1 About ADC
5 1.2 About WUS Austria
7 1.3 Cooperation History
9 1.4 Cooperation Achievements: Overview of Implemented
• Projects and Activities
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• RESULTS OF ADC-WUS AUSTRIA COOPERATION – HIGH-
• LIGHTS IN BIH HIGHER EDUCATION
14 2.1 University of Banja Luka
20 2.2 University of Bihać
26 2.3 University Džemal Bijedić in Mostar
32 2.4 University of East Sarajevo
38 2.5 University of Mostar
44 2.6 University of Sarajevo
50 2.7 University of Tuzla
56 2.8 University of Zenica
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62 CONCLUSION: SUMMING UP THE YEARS
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66 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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67 IMPRESSUM
Forewords
Foreword by ADA Foreword by WUS Austria
Austrian Development Cooperation has success- leading to improved results and facilitating the After almost 20 years that I have been active in technological development of the universities in BiH.
fully been engaged in Bosnia and Herzegovina acceptance of recommendations at the policy the field of higher education of citizens of Bosnia Before the Bologna Process in BiH
since 1992. As Bosnia and Herzegovina’s devel- level. and Herzegovina, I am glad and proud to see the officially started, WUS introduced the Bologna
opment agenda is driven by the prospect of her results of the cooperation and assistance initiated Process in 2002 – meaning the modification of
future integration into the European Union, we Now we stand at the beginning of a new era in and implemented by WUS Austria, which from the the curricula, changing of the methodological
have also supported our partners in their efforts to our bilateral cooperation with Bosnia and Herze- very beginning were supported by the Austrian approaches, ECTS, monitoring of quality of new
modernize the educational sector. The promotion govina. Both countries have agreed to a gradual Government. 15+, 15 years of cooperation, which programs, all of which were a major turning
of youth and making the sector relevant for the phasing out of traditional development coopera- are highlighted with this publication as a final point in solving tasks within the reform processes.
labor market were among the targets set. Austrian tion until the end of 2013. manifestation of projects supported by ADA, are
Development Cooperation assisted in the imple- ending. This support was continuous and consist- Today, after a series of joint actions, WUS can be
mentation of the Bologna process, participated in Ongoing programs will carefully be brought to a ent in accordance with the needs of the academic proud that it has been part of those processes at
the development of a Quality Assurance System in successful end and will be handed over to Bosnia community in BiH, and it will hopefully continue the universities, where it managed to contrib-
Bosnia and Herzegovina and linked the country’s and Herzegovina in 2013. in another form. ute to restoring and improving the undermined
institutions with relevant partners in Austria and quality and restore the concept and system of
the EU. We will encourage and support our partners It is difficult to single out one thing that was quality assurance, while responding to the needs
to make increased use of existing alternative special. Everything was special, every attempt, of the universities.
Good education and continued learning are instruments of Austrian cooperation such as every task, and every step. Today, our friends,
necessary preconditions for young graduates to Business Partnerships, NGO co-operation, regional former students and scholars, are distinguished We would like to thank the Austrian Develop-
be successful in the national and international co-operation, EU Twinning and loan funding professors, vice-rectors, deans, ambassadors, ment Agency for recognizing the need and for
labor markets. Consequently Austrian Develop- provided by the Oesterreichische Entwicklungs- directors, presidents, engineers, etc. Some of them working together in implementing the Austrian
ment Cooperation made particular efforts to sup- bank. have taken over, at their own institutions, the Development Cooperation fund. We also thank the
port young people and, in doing so, cooperated very activities they were involved in together with Austrian Development Agency staff in Sarajevo
with the World University Service Austria (WUS We are looking forward to many more years of WUS. Those who have once had language and for their good communication, flexibility and
Austria) and the public universities in Bosnia and fruitful cooperation between Austrian Develop- computer classes, now hold classes as guest understanding. Last, but not least, I would like to
Ambassador Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer Professor Wolfgang Benedek, PhD, Chairman of WUS
Herzegovina. ment Cooperation and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Managing Director of Austrian Development lecturers at prestigious universities around the thank the WUS Austria staff for their enthusiastic Austria
Agency world. approach, understanding, learning by doing, and
As the principle of ownership is important for moving from chapter to chapter in recognizing
us, Austrian Development Cooperation has One of the important steps for Bosnia and the importance of their mission.
involved the main stakeholders and beneficiaries Herzegovina was the action of providing quality
in the design and implementation of program - Internet links after the war. Furthermore,
and project - activities. This has contributed to projects like Telemedicine, Distance Learning
sustainable institutional capacity development Center, eContent, are parts which supported the
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ADC and WUS Austria Collaboration
1.2. About WUS Austria reforming the higher education system in the
1.1 About ADC - Austrian Development Bosnia and Herzegovina signed on 4 Novem-
target countries, with particular emphasis on
Cooperation ber 2009 embodies the framework of coop-
World University Service (WUS) is an associa- the Bologna Declaration. In the course of this
eration between both countries. This strategy
tion committed to the promotion of the human process, the context of WUS Austria’s activi-
Austrian Development Cooperation promotes sets out Austria’s approach towards rendering
right to education based on academic freedom ties shifted from one of construction to that of
sustainable development by reducing poverty. assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the
and university autonomy. medium term EU-expansion, which now forms
Bilateral development cooperation concen- period of 2011–2013. The main objective is a
the framework of cooperation in the field of HE
trates on partner countries in Africa, Asia and well prepared and successful phasing out of
Since its establishment as a non-profit organi- in SEE.
Central America as well as in South Eastern and bilateral programs of Austrian Development
zation in Graz in 1983, WUS Austria has been
Eastern Europe. Cooperation. The priorities are education
working on the promotion of higher education WUS Austria focuses on four core areas: Higher
(higher education and vocational educational
(HE) in various countries all over the world. Education Development, Linking Higher Educa-
In South Eastern Europe Austrian Development training), economic development and employ-
Since 1994, following the conflict in former tion and Economy, Arts and Culture and Higher
Cooperation supports countries in their social, ment, as well as governance and gender as
Yugoslavia, WUS Austria has developed a Education and Human Rights.
economic and democratic development and cross cutting issues. Ongoing programs will be
regional focus on South Eastern Europe (SEE).
helps them prepare for their accession to the carefully brought to a successful end and will
While higher education and South-East Europe
European Union. The main priorities of coop- be handed over to Bosnia and Herzegovina in
WUS Austria implements its activities main- remain at the center of WUS Austria’s work,
eration with South Eastern Europe lie in the 2013.
ly in Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, the organization is now looking to extend the
fields of business and employment, education,
Montenegro and Serbia, while some programs scope and geographic focus of its services.
environment and the rule of law. At the beginning of a new era in bilateral co-
have been extended to many other countries, This refers particularly to an enhanced knowl-
operation Austrian Development Cooperation
mainly in Central, Eastern and South Eastern edge transfer between universities, the busi-
Austrian Development Cooperation with Bos- will encourage and support the Bosnian and
Europe. To this end WUS Austria has set up ness world and society at large, and to WUS
nia and Herzegovina Herzegovinian partners to make increased use
local offices in Belgrade, Podgorica, Prishtina Austria’s efforts to revive its activities in Africa
of existing alternative instruments of Austrian
and Sarajevo. Today, WUS Austria employs and Latin America.
By virtue of a shared history and intense in- cooperation such as Business Partnerships,
approximately 35 permanent staff and adminis-
stitutional and economic relations, Austria NGO co-operation, regional co-operation, EU
ters an annual budget of 2.5 million EUR. Within the scope of these projects, WUS
has close ties with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Twinning and loan funding provided by the
Austria cooperates above all with the Austrian
Austria supports the country’s convergence Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank.
Through its continuing efforts in the field of Federal Ministry for European and Internation-
with Europe along with that of other countries
HE in SEE, WUS Austria has been playing an al Affairs, the Austrian Development Agency,
in the region.
integral part in the reconstruction and the Austrian Ministry for Science and Research,
advancement process of HE in this region. the European Union and other (inter) national
The bilateral agreement on technical coop-
Following the emergency and reconstruction organizations, as well as with universities in
eration between the Republic of Austria and
phases in the 1990s, efforts concentrated on SEE, Austria and the EU.
4 ADC AND WUS AUSTRIA COLLABORATION 15+ YEARS OF SUPPORT TO BIH HIGHER EDUCATION 5
From Humanitarian Aid to Support to Strategic Reforms of BiH Higher Education
The Austrian Development Cooperation and WUS prevent extreme brain drain. The „Lifeline“ kind of
Austria proudly look back at seventeen years of projects have characterized the first out of three
successful cooperation focused on support to periods of ADC/WUS cooperation.
Higher Education (HE) in BiH. The joint efforts
encompassed a variety of different projects which The second phase of our work in BiH can be called
all had one thing in common: the belief that the reconstruction and stabilization phase,
sustainable prosperity needs the Academia as one which focused mainly on purchasing of infra-
of its main preconditions – and that the invest- structure, enabling the start of academic mobility
1.3 Cooperation History ment in this sector does matter. And – that it did and inspiring excellence through smaller support
make a difference. projects.
This „difference“ is now called „the impact of The third and still ongoing phase of ADC-WUS
projects“ and is defined as „change in people’s Austria cooperation is characterized by an
lives“. In the HE sector, the change caused through advanced approach initiating and enabling
our projects is extremely difficult to isolate from reforms at BiH universities. Through a variety of
other influences and to put into a certain time measures such as building up and developing
frame. It has been driven by many influences in Quality Assurance structures and systems, inter-
the past decades and the results are surely inter- nationalization, linking HE with the economic
woven with those of many other initiatives. The sector and modernization of curricula, the BiH
story of our cooperation with the ADC and the public HE sector has been strongly supported on
BiH Universities is thus told through a number its way towards the European Higher Education
of examples and testimonies throughout this Area (EHEA).
publication enabling the readers to make their
own impression about what we have jointly Almost two decades of ADC-WUS cooperation
achieved. have, in our own opinion, been characterized
by an approach which stands for sustainabil-
The good intentions of the Austrian Government, ity, dignity, quality and a long-lasting friendship
now called „Austrian Development Cooperation“, between BiH and the Republic of Austria.
have started as an „Academic Lifeline“ Project
back in 1994, financed by the Austrian Federal We would like to express our appreciation and
Chancellery of the Republic of Austria. In order gratitude to the Republic of Austria for the
to implement this and other projects that came immense support given to the HE sector in BiH, and
Mag. Nina Beširević, Project Coordinator and Member
afterwards, the WUS Austria Office in Sarajevo the “difference” enabled through their support. of Executive Board, WUS Austria
was founded in the summer of the same year.
In those turbulent times, Austria and WUS were
the first to recognize the urgent need to provide
humanitarian aid for academic survival and
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Academic Lifeline Program for Bosnia and tion of manifestations such as international
Herzegovina conferences, workshops and seminars, as well
as events that aimed to improve academic
The Academic Lifeline Program for exchange and the reform process of the
Bosnia and Herzegovina, by improving educational sector.
curricula through purchase of books, teaching
aids and helping the restoration of classrooms Academic Mobility Grant / Support (AMG/
and laboratories, aimed at reducing the brain- AMS)
drain from BiH and creating better possibilities
1.4 Cooperation Achievements: Overview
for students and teachers to continue their The AMG /AMS program served to help break
education and work at their home universities. the isolation of BiH universities by assisting
of Implemented Projects and Activities
teaching staff and students to take part in
Ideas for Action (IFA) international scientific events in Europe and
around the world in order to reestablish
The IFA program aimed at supporting student academic contacts and cooperation. In order
volunteers helping to rebuild higher education to make their presence at different interna-
in BiH. Through this Program scholarships were tional congresses, conferences, and workshops
offered to full-time students at all BiH universi- possible, ADC-WUS Austria provided financial
ties for projects proposing cultural and human- support to cover their travel costs.
itarian activities and assistance to faculties and
students on the basis of voluntary work. Postgraduate Students’ Grants (PSG)
Innovative Students Ideas (ISI) The PSG was a scholarship program for post-
graduate students studying at universities in
The ISI program aimed at giving the BiH. Scholarships were granted to students
students of BiH universities a unique chance to with good performances at their faculties
influence their immediate environment at their and who were at the end of their studies. The
universities, faculties or student associations. number of scientific publications, frequent
The Program supported students’ projects that participation in international scientific events
aimed at improving the existing conditions of and three recommendation letters were part
studying. of the selection criteria as well. In addition,
the social situation of the candidate and the
Support to Academic Events (SAE) formal quality of the application were taken
into consideration.
The SAE aimed at supporting various kinds of
academic events or events linked to universi-
ties. The program supported the organiza-
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1.4 Cooperation Achievements: Overview of Implemented Projects and Activities
Doctoral Studies Support (DSS) Support to Small Projects (SSP) circumstances were given preference in the Academic Cooperation Center for Sarajevo
selection process. Students (ACCESS)
The DSS program met the most urgent The SSP was an integrated intervention
needs of local students in assisting young primarily aimed at sustainable development Establishment of Human Rights Center at The ACCESS center was located in the
academics in their postgraduate and doctoral of BiH university institutions through the the University of Sarajevo building renovated with the support of the
studies. The Program was developed to provide support of diverse faculty projects such as pro- Austrian Federal Chancellery and Hope ’87 in
financial aid to postgraduate students and in curing of laboratory equipment, books, comput- The Human Rights Center project focused on the UNSA campus. ACCESS consisted of a Coun-
such a way support the development of new ers and other items and even supporting visiting activities aimed at the development of human seling and Information Center, which advised
academic generations. professors. rights education at the University of Sarajevo. students and academics on opportunities of
The Center included a library and human rights academic cooperation, exchange possibilities,
Visiting Professors Program (VPP) Centers of Excellence Projects (CEP) documentation which was made available to all scholarship schemes, academic events, etc.,
members of the University, (non)governmental an Internet Café which served as a meeting
The VPP aimed at supporting the visits of The CEP motivated faculties to develop organizations, and the public in general. place, but also gave online access to all the in-
professors from abroad who came to teach new concepts leading to higher standards of formation sources on the Internet, and a copy
courses not available at local faculties in BiH quality in teaching and research as well as to Establishment of WUS Interlink Center at center which assured cheap copying services to
and to fill urgent gaps in the local teaching open up new fields of activities. The BiH uni- the University of Sarajevo students. On the upper floor, there was a library
capacities. This part of international scientific versity institutions, at the time, were often and reading room with international literature
exchange and cooperation was considered missing the most basic “hardware” for their “Interlink” aimed at educating students and and magazines, as well as internet access for
important for the development of local academic work, such as books and technical establishing direct internet connection for the work in a quieter environment. ACCESS also
universities. equipment. CEP provided support in the de- Rectorate of the University of Sarajevo, Faculty offered academic and cultural activities, such
velopment of centers of excellence at those of Law and Center for Human Rights, in order to as scientific workshops and seminars, as well as
Balkan Case Challenge (BCC) faculties which were able to demonstrate they improve their communication with the rest of the concerts, exhibitions, book presentations, etc.
had a development plan and a concept of world. Computer and internet courses were regu-
The BCC project was an annual internation- making optimal use of the equipment (e.g. by larly held at the center, making it possible for fac- Networking Infrastructure Projects (NIP)
al case study competition and recruitment sharing it with other university institutions). ulty staff and students to establish international
event with a focus on South-Eastern Europe contacts with other universities, as well as access The NIP aimed at creating and improving
(SEE). It aimed at opening up opportunities Excellent Students’ Program (ESP) to databases useful for teaching and research. the internet infrastructure of the universities
and new perspectives for excellent students in BiH. The underlying mission of the project
from SEE through strengthening links between The ESP aimed at supporting active students Establishment of Unilink Center at the was to supplement current internet projects,
higher education and employment and by the and promising undergraduates with yearly University of Banja Luka covering the support of not only hardware,
provision of concrete job opportunities. scholarship schemes. The selection criteria but also software organization and transfer of
Excellent students from SEE and Austria had were based on study success and achieve- “Unilink”, a walk-in computer center at know-how.
the opportunity to compete in the following ments, relevance of studies for the recon- the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the
four academic disciplines: Law Moot Court, struction of higher education and sciences in University of Banja Luka, aimed at providing free
Business Case Competition, Model European BiH, as well as the social situation of the ap- internet access to University members, as well
Council, and ICT (Information and Communica- plicants. Students disabled in the war who as offering computer and internet courses on a
tion Technology) Case Competition. were doing well in their studies despite difficult regular basis.
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1.4 Cooperation Achievements: Overview of Implemented Projects and Activities
Support for University Network Program European standards. This program encouraged BiH eLearning - “Fine Tuning” • Strategic and Structural Development
(SUN) the faculties to introduce new subjects, and to of Quality Assurance in BiH Higher Educa-
apply innovative approaches - in content and The BiH eLearning - “Fine Tuning” program tion 2008-2011 - focused on furthering the
The SUN, implemented by WUS Austria methodology - to already existing courses. The aimed at promoting a set of Recommenda- development of quality assurance in BiH
and the Interlink Center, aimed at providing CDP placed particular emphasis on interdis- tions by the BiH eLearning Task Force for the higher education. The project represented
internet connection to the individual ciplinary teaching, transnational cooperation purpose of showcasing practical aspects of follow up action to previously established
faculties which were willing to join the and networking between academics. eLearning in university education and lifelong QA structures at BiH universities and a push
academic-cooperation network. This provid- learning. The Recommendations covered a wide forward to the BiH Agency for Higher Educa-
ed a useful and long-term investment to the Brain Gain Program / Brain Gain Program range of activities that were important for the tion Development and Quality Assurance. The
network infrastructure of a university. Plus (BGP / BGP+) creation of a collaborative environment among project intervention logic followed a specific,
BiH universities, as well as between BiH demand-led approach, whereby BiH univer-
BiH eLearning “eLearning Program” - The BGP aimed at opening the higher edu- academic eCommunity and universities world sity institutions were given the opportunity to
eContent Program (eCP) cation sector in BiH by inviting emigrated wide. propose and implement measures they deemed
academic staff to provide courses which were necessary for upgrading their QA systems.
The eLearning program was oriented at not available at public universities in BiH. The Degree Development Structure (DDS)
raising awareness and promoting eLearn- BGP was an important tool for strengthening
ing within the BiH academic community. The the institutional cooperation between higher The DDS project’s main objective was to help
eContent Program was a an evolutionary education institutions of BiH and universities install the methodology for developing II and
merging of eLearning Program and CDP+, from around the world from which the visiting III cycle degree study programs and to initiate
which aimed at transforming suitable CDP+ professors came. the creation of new master and PhD programs
processed courses or their parts into online at BiH public universities. Particular emphasis
educational content, as a supplementary Distance Learning (DL) was placed on linking higher education and the
educational tool. eContent developers were labor market, to the aim of providing better
trained in order to assure the sustainability of The DL program was concerned with the appli- career opportunities for graduate students.
eLearning centers and make use of eLearning cation of advanced information technologies,
infrastructure which was accumulated in the whose focal point was on the service aspect. Quality Assurance (QA) projects
previous project years. Above all, the aim was The far-reaching aims of the program were:
to further promote the general and specific development and integration of information • Structural Development of Quality
aspects of eLearning within the university staff and computer technologies (ICT) in educa- Assurance in Higher Education 2006-2008,
and students’ community. tion and teaching, development of flexible financed by the Austrian Development Coop-
user-friendly infrastructure, advancement of eration and Liechtenstein Government, aimed
Course Development Program / Course “digital” education of the academic community at ensuring the transfer of know-how and
Development Program Plus (CDP / CDP+) and development of a high-quality teaching expertise from EU experts to BiH Universities
content, which could be integrated into the in the field of internal quality assurance (QA)
The CDP supported the improvement of current European e-learning process. and supporting them in the development of
curricula, with the objective to facilitate the institutional QA guidelines.
transition of higher education in BiH towards
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2.1 University of Banja Luka
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WUS Austria activities. Some very important study program “PhD in ICT” in close coopera- th
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