Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that the 2018 Erasmus+ Call for Proposals has been published today.

This year, for the first time, the Programme Guide is available in all official EU languages at the date of its publication.

These documents are available at:

• 2018 Erasmus+ Call for Proposals
• 2018 Erasmus+ Programme Guide

We kindly ask you to disseminate this information widely or publish it on your website.

We wish you a great success for the preparation of your capacity building proposals or any other cooperation projects !

National Erasmus+ Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (NEO), in cooperation with the Higher Education Reform Experts (HERE) organized the TAM workshop „The Management of Human Resources in Public Higher Education“ on Friday, 20th October 2017, in the premises of the Rectorate of the University of Banja Luka.

The workshop was led by an international expert, Prof. Stephen Hagen, professor emeritus at ITMO University of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

The workshop aimed to transfer knowledge and experience of European universities in human resource management and discussed the challenges in this area and the ways of overcoming them.

• Presentation 1 HRM Policies and Practice in European Universities TAM Seminar Professor Hagen
• Presentation 1 Paper 1A HR STRATEGY example
• Presentation 1 Paper 1B ATHENA HRM Toolkit
• Presentation 1 Paper 1C Anglia Uni Academic_Workload_Planning_System
• Presentation 2 Paper 2A EC-OECD Entrepreneurial Universities Framework
• Presentation 2 What is an Entrepreneurial University
• Presentation 3 Background paper ITMO KPIs on Key Strategic Directions
• Presentation 3 Breaking into the top 500 world university rankings

Regional and Cross-Cutting Priorities National and Cross-Cutting Priorities Explanation of priorities

6th Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Education and Training & Research and Innovation was held in Belgrade on September 28-29, 2017. Meeting in Belgrade was a continuation of initiative launched in 2012 in Danilovgrad in the field of education and training in the Western Balkans region. These meetings are is aimed at identifying joint priorities at regional level, as well as possibilities for further elaboration of these ideas, that may serve as topics of interest for potential joint projects supported by EU funds.

Meeting was organized in form of panel discussions of ministers of education and ministers of science, as well as alumni who are drivers of regional alumni association. This association as such  is one of the products of previous ministerial meeting, and is aimed at encouraging youth to use mobility programmes, as well as to encourage marginalized students` group to use mobility opportunities. European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics actively participated in this panel.

The main objective of HERE seminar was to enable discussion on planning and design of doctoral programmes, structures to support the organization of doctoral studies, such as doctoral schools, funding of doctoral education, quality assurance in doctoral education and international collaboration and networks in doctoral education, as well as generally building research capacity.

“Implementation of the Directive 2005/36/EC and the Directive 2013/55/EU in BiH” Workshop held on September 21, 2017 (from 09:30 do 17:00) at the Faculty of Health Studies of the University of Mostar (address: Bijeli brijeg bb – University Hospital Mostar).

• Directive 2005-36-EC and the Directive 2013-55-EC Emita Blagdan - Croatia
• Implementation of Professional Qualifications Directive Maja Grasic - Slovenia
• List of regulated professions deregulation reforms Maja Grasic - Slovenia

“Implementation of the Directive 2005/36/EC and the Directive 2013/55/EU in BiH” Workshop will be held on September 21, 2017 (from 09:30 do 17:00) at the Faculty of Health Studies of the University of Mostar (address: Bijeli brijeg bb – University Hospital Mostar). More information about the event can be found in the agenda enclosed. Please confirm your participation by September 18, 2017 at the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (including your name and surname, name of institution, function, e-mail and phone contact).

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National Erasmus+ Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina is looking for a Project Officer.