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Federal Minister of Education and Science Jasna Durakovic is in London, at the World Education Forum (World Education Forum 2026), where today, as part of the Forums official program, she participated in the panel discussion Building global citizenship through mobility. In addition to Minister Durakovic, representatives of UNESCO, as well as high-ranking officials and representatives of educational institutions from the Republic of South Africa, Peru and other countries participated in the panel, the Federal Ministry of Education and Science announced.
In her address, Minister Durakovic stressed that modern education must go beyond exclusively administrative and technical aspects of mobility, stressing that international cooperation in education plays a key role in strengthening mutual understanding, trust and openness among young people. She particularly pointed out the importance of developing competencies such as critical thinking, intercultural understanding and the ability to cooperate in an international environment, stressing that precisely such skills are becoming just as important as formal qualifications and professional knowledge.
The panel also discussed the importance of international recognition of qualifications, the improvement of academic mobility and the development of more inclusive education systems that enable young people to participate equally in global educational and professional flows.
As part of the London Forum, Minister Durakovic also held a series of bilateral meetings, and in a conversation with the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Turkey, prof. Yusuf Tekina confirmed the very good and friendly relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Turkey in the fields of education, science and academic cooperation.
The importance of cooperation with Istanbul University and support for the establishment of an independent Department of Bosnian Language in Istanbul was particularly highlighted, and the possibilities of developing new programs and lectureships, strengthening the exchange of students and teaching staff, and cooperation in the fields of science, innovation and technological development, including connecting universities with research centers and technology parks, were also discussed.
During the meeting with the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia, Vesna Janevska, the focus was on the regional connection of universities, the mobility of students and teaching staff, and cooperation in the areas of digitization of education, innovation and strengthening of the European perspective of the education systems of the Western Balkans.
Minister Durakovic also attended the formal reception held at Lancaster House in London, where she spoke with the Minister of Education of the United Kingdom, Bridget Phillipson, about the contemporary challenges of education systems and the importance of international cooperation in the field of education, the Federal Ministry of Education and Science announced.
