As part of the WB-MIGNET P2P Scenario-Building Exercise held in May 2025, regional experts assessed future migration trends in the Western Balkans, identifying key drivers, forecasting their likely evolution, and proposing policy responses. Their insights provide a nuanced view of both immigration and emigration dynamics over the next 15 years. IMMIGRATION: Western Balkans as an…
During the WB-MIGNET Spring School on AI and Migration, held in Sarajevo in May 2025, over 30 participants from across the Western Balkans, Türkiye, and Croatia came together to explore how artificial intelligence can be used to respond to current and emerging migration challenges. As part of a hands-on ideation exercise, participants co-created seven innovative…
The final conference of the JUSTMIG project was held online on 28 May 2025, bringing together researchers, social partners, public institutions, civil society organisations, and academic peers to discuss one of the most pressing issues in European labour markets: the hidden realities of temporary migrant work. We are still under the impressions of this insightful…
CREDI participated in the final validation meeting of the Roadmap on Employment of Foreign Workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which took place on 10 July 2025 in Sarajevo, as part of its engagement in the project providing technical assistance for the development of this important policy framework. The meeting was organized by the Labour and…
On May 20–21, 2025, CREDI hosted the Regional Spring School on Using Artificial Intelligence and Modern Technologies to Navigate Migration Challenges in the Western Balkans. The event was held as part of the People-to-People (P2P) component of the EU TACSO 3 project and was jointly organized by the Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science…
We are pleased to share that our Director of Research, Dr. Nermin Oruč, actively participated at the 22nd Annual IMISCOE Conference, held from 1 to 4 July 2025 at Campus Condorcet, Paris-Aubervilliers and online, under the theme “Migration Studies Decentering”. The conference was organised by IMISCOE, the largest European network of scholars in the area…
The Head of the Data Archive for Social Sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina (DASS-BiH), Amela Kurta, took part in the first official meeting of the FIDELIS Trustworthy Digital Repository (TDR) Network, held online on 1 July 2025. The meeting gathered over 30 representatives from prominent European research institutions, data services, and repositories, including CSC, DTU,…
Ilma Kurtović, researcher at the Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI), participated in the 5th Balkan Think Tanks Convention held in Ankara, Türkiye, from 19 to 20 June 2025, organized by SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research. Under the theme “The Balkans in a Changing World,” the event gathered leading…
Our researcher Amela Kurta recently completed a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as part of the COST Action CA21118 “P-WILL: Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab”. The visit took place from 16 to 20 June 2025 and focused on strengthening comparative research and collaboration on platform work between Spain and Bosnia…
From May 22 to 23, 2025, a two-day workshop dedicated to strengthening the capacities of nominated vocational secondary schools in the area of quality assurance in education was held at the Ethno Village in Vitez. The workshop was organized by the project implemented by GOPA in cooperation with the relevant educational institutions, with the support…
