Our director Nermin Oruč participated in the co-design workshop „COVID – 19 and Research System Observatory”, organized on 11 & 12 March 2021. The workshop was organized online by GDN and INASP, who joined hands to call for coordinated global work on research and knowledge systems and the impact of the pandemic, with specific attention…
Our director Nermin Oruč participated in an event within the Migration and Diaspora (PMD) program on the topic “Monitoring, encouraging and supporting the return and circular migration” organized in an online format on March 10, 2021. This multi-actor dialogue is organized within the global Migration and Diaspora Program, which is implemented in Serbia within the…
The second workshop of the InLearn Center was organized on March 3, 2021. Due to the current epidemiological situation, the workshop was realized online via the Zoom application. Companies that want grants support need information and advice on developing project proposals to apply for open calls for grant funds. Based on the years of the…
As part of the InQuire Research Incubator program to support postgraduate students, the third workshop was held on March 2, 2021, at the premises of the CREDI centre and online. The topic of the third workshop was Literature Review. During the workshop, the participants were introduced to different literature review approaches, and practical advice was…
On Friday, February 26, the Western Balkans European Social Survey Regional Network (WBESS) and SCiDEV jointly organized a one-day in-person and online event on WBESS sustainability. The in-person meeting was held in compliance with all measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. The regional consultative meeting was opened by Dr. Goran Basic, director of…
The second workshop within the InQuire Research Incubator program to support postgraduate students was held on February 23, 2021, at the premises of the CREDI centre and online. The topic of the second workshop was Research Question. There is nothing in the research process more important than a good question. The importance of defining a…
Within the InQuire Research Incubator program to support postgraduate students, the First Workshop with candidates from the first cohort was held. The workshop was organized on February 16, 2021, at the premises of the CREDI centre, with the possibility of an online presence. The topic of the first workshop was Identifying Research Problem and Purpose.…
CREDI, as subcontractor at MEASURE-BiH II, on behalf of leading partner IMPAQ International, LCC publishes Vacancy call for (Senior) Research Analyst Position. IMPAQ International is a US-based firm providing exemplary research and consulting services to domestic and international clients in program evaluation, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and technical assistance. IMPAQ International, LLC is an…
Open Day of the InLearn Center of Excellence in Non-Formal Education was organized online on February 11, 2021. On this occasion, the InLearn Center of Excellence was presented to the audience with the mission to become a resource centre for training academies in companies. The idea of improving skills through training academies in companies and…
After a series of individual meetings held by the InQuire team with all candidates selected for the InQuire Research Incubator program to support graduate students, the first joint working meeting was organized on February 3, 2021. During the meeting, the plan and program of 15 workshops were presented, as well as the way of connecting…
CREDI as coordinator of WB-MIGNET participates in the organization of The Migration Conference 2021, to be held from 6th to 10th July 2021. The conference is the largest globally scholarly conference on migration. The Migration Conference 2021 will be hosted by Ming-Ai Institute, London, United Kingdom. Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, The Migration Conference (TMC) 2021…
The Migration Conference 2021 Call for Papers | 6 to 10 JULY 2021 | WILL BE HELD ONLINE Submission (extended) Deadline: 26 February 2021 Call for papers for Special Sessions and Special Issues and Edited Books On behalf of The Migration Conference Organizing Committee, we cordially invite you to the 9th conference in the series…
In the last few decades, developed economies in the European Union (EU), followed by the developing countries inside and outside the EU, are trying to move to more ‘open’ approach to research, development and innovation. Therefore, several initiatives where academia and industry are working together to boost innovation are seen. The main idea behind these…
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the only country in the Western Balkans that did not yet join any of the rounds of the ESS Survey. Unfortunately, it is not so surprising at all, given the institutional set-up of the country and a slow progress in pursuing any reforms and new initiatives. Although the procedure of…
CREDI, a member of the Western Balkans European Social Survey Network (WBESS) and one of only a few research infrastructures in the region, will host an online event about Open Access Initiatives in Europe and Western Balkans, on 26th January 2021, (1:00 pm – 2:30 pm CET). The focus of the event will be presentation and discussion about…
A policy brief “Making sure that the emigration of healthcare personnel from Albania and BiH works for all: What Germany can do” co-authored by Clara Schmitz-Pranghe, Nermin Oruč, Katja Mielke and Aida Ibričević was published. The brief provides recommendations to German policy decision makers, including harmonization of ministerial policies, oversee and regulation of the operational…
A journal paper “The Effect of Increasing the Minimum Wage on Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina” co-authored by Amela Kurta and Nermin Oruc was published in Economic Annals 2020, vol. 65, issue 226, 121-137. This paper investigates the minimum wage, as a labour market policy with distributive impact, widely debated in Bosnia and…
ESS-ERIC organized the first country briefing for Bosnia and Herzegovina for Survey round 10. The virtual meeting with ESS-ERIC representatives was held on Wednesday, 9th December 2020 from 11:00 to 17:00. Representatives of ESS-BiH research network, which is coordinated by CREDI, presented our progress in joining ESS-ERIC and in preparation of ESS Round 10 in…
InQuire Evidence2Policy Hub invites registered postgraduate students from universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Orientation Day of Research Incubator program for postgraduate students which will be organized on December 18, 2020, at 10:00. The event will be organized online, and we will send an invitation to all students who register at the link below.…
InQuire Evidence2Policy Hub announces a call for postgraduate students to register for the Research Incubator program. The goal of this program is to support social sciences research, and to enable young researchers to develop the skills of developing quality research project proposals relevant to the discussion and adoption of policies / programs in BiH. Research…
A book chapter titled “Gender Differences in the Effect of Migration and Remittances on Labour Market Participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina” coo-authored by our researchers Nermin Oruč and Amela Kurta is published in edited volume Social Exclusion and Labour Market Challenges in the Western Balkans, by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The volume is edited by Will…
In line with open science principles, CREDI aims to provide open access to its resources for members of social science research community. The access is described and defined within CREDI Open Access to Research Infrastructure Policy, which was prepared through the Technical Assistance provided by the Regional Cooperation Council in June-October 2020 under the Open…
The first working meeting of the Academic Board of the DASS-BiH research network was held in the premises of CREDI Center in Sarajevo with the online presence of a number of members, on Thursday, November 5, 2020. The aim of the meeting was to determine the plan of activities in the work of the DASS-BiH…
Call for expression of interest for Individual consultants for USAID MEASURE II evaluation, assessment and research support in November 2020 – September 2021 USAID is committed to key principles and practices that foster a results-oriented culture within the Agency and makes every effort to ensure strong oversight of its development assistance. Rigorous monitoring, evaluation,…
Our director Nermin Oruč participated at Trend-building workshop organized by Western Balkans Futures project on 30 October – 02 November 2020. The workshop is part of the project implemented by University of Warsaw, Poland and Visegrad Insight/Res Publica Foundation, supported by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the whole initiative is to…
Our director Nermin Oruč participated at the international conference organized by Aspen Institute Germany on 28-30 October 2020. The topic of the conference was “Young People, Migration and the Demographic Challenge in the Western Balkans” and the conference aimed to shed light on both the phenomenon of emigration from the Western Balkans and the challenges…
The first working meeting of the Academic Council of the ESS-BiH research network was held in the premises of the CREDI Center in Sarajevo with the online presence of a number of members, on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. The aim of the meeting was to agree on further activities in the work of the ESS-BiH…
CREDI won a competitive bid for the independent evaluation of two projects implemented by Non-Governmental Organization for development and affirmation of the society (NODAS), which is a local non-governmental, non-profit organization with the main objective to support the sustainable development of society in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a focus on preventing and reducing unemployment. NODAS…
Our director Nermin Oruc participated at the 3rd conference of the German Network of Forced Migration Researchers organized on 17-19 September 2020. The conference took place on-line and was organized by the Chair of Youth Welfare and Social Work at the University of Cologne with the executive board of the German Network of Forced Migration…
The paper “Drivers of radicalisation of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina” co-authored by Nermin Oruc and Nikolina Obradovic was published in Economic Research – Ekonomska istraživanja Vol 33, 2020. This article shifts the focus to a migrant’s sending country and explores different socio-economic factors that could be associated with the process of radicalisation and the…
The paper “Income Inequality in Transition Economies: A Comparative Analysis of Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia” co-authored by Jelena Žarković Rakić, Gorana Krstić, Nermin Oruč and Will Bartlett was published in Economic Annals 2019, vol. 64, issue 223, 39 – 60. This paper investigates the relationship between income inequality and different welfare state trajectories that three…
Our director Nermin Oruc participated at digital conference organized by Aspen Institute, Germany on 10-11 September 2020. The topic of the conference was “Emigration from the Western Balkans – Addressing the Challenge“ and Nermin presented his paper on remittances and diaspora for development in the Western Balkans. The conference offered a platform for a selected…
DASS-BiH is continuously improving its services and strengthening its capacities to better respond to the needs and requests of our designated community of social science researchers. One of them is development of the first data archive in social sciences in BiH (DASS-BiH), which is expected to serve as an important resource for researchers in the…
CREDI as a subcontractor in a consortium led by UDA Consulting from Turkey, was selected to conduct a survey of 3.000 unemployed respondents across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The survey is a part of the Evaluation of pilot provision of private employment services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, implemented by the World Bank. The World Bank implements…
“Reacting to the COVID-19 emergency presents the scientific community with a unique opportunity to exploit the power of data across domains and several FAIRsFAIR partners are playing a strategic role.” – says the FAIRsFAIR report with included information from CREDI about its’ DASS-BiH activities. Full article can be found here.
CREDI is pleased to announce its new partnership with UDA Consulting to work together on data collection, research and evaluations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in the Western Balkans region. The major areas of expertise of our new partner span from statistics, sampling methodologies, project management and geographical information systems (GIS) to qualitative and…
CREDI was commissioned by Caritas Switzerland in the employment opportunity assessment of disadvantaged groups in the Upper-Drina-Region (UDR), as for their SELLS project. Assessment will be conducted in seven regional municipalities: Čajniče, Foča (RS), Foča (FBiH), Novo Goražde, Pale (FBiH), Rudo and Višegrad. The main aim of the assessment is to identify economic sectors with…
Coordinator of DASS-BiH, Amela Kurta, participated at First FAIRsFAIR Certification workshop held at 6th February 2020 at DANS in The Hague. The workshop was held as part of the FAIRsFAIR support to selected repositories in obtaining CoreTrustSeal certification. DASS-BiH is selected trough open call application process to be supported together with 9 other repositories. The…
As part of the first phase of the project “Analysis and projection of employers’ needs for labor, training and mentoring”, training was held for partner institutions that will participate in the collection and analysis of data on employers’ needs for labour. The three-day training held at Hotel Mostar in period 22-24 January 2020, was attended…
CREDI was selected to conduct an analysis and projection of employers’ workforce, training and mentoring needs as part of the My Future project. The My Future project is implemented by Helvetas BiH and funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation. It was launched with the aim of establishing a systematic monitoring and analysis of employers’ needs…
CREDI is proud to announce that the General Assembly of the OpenAIRE LE approved us as the regular member of this European research network. The acceptance of the membership is approved at the Second General Assembly meeting of the OpenAIRE AMKE, held at 16th September 2019 in Porto. The mission of the OpenAIRE is to…
As a result of the efforts within the WB-MIGNET, coordinated by CREDI, the journal Migration and Ethnic Themes published a new special issue in December 2019. This special issue of the journal contains selected papers from the Third Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network (WB-MIGNET), which took place at the University College Effectus…
Our researcher, Amela Kurta, as representative of DASS-BiH participated at the Regional roundtable “Legal and Ethical Issues in Research Data Management and Open Science in SEE Countries”. Data centre Serbia for Social Sciences (Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade), in cooperation with CESSDA ERIC Training Working group, the Croatian Data Center for Social Sciences (Faculty of…
Our director and coordinator of the WB-MIGNET, Nermin Oruc participated at a high-level panel discussion organized by OSCE on 18 December 2019 in Vienna, on the occasion of the International Migrants Day. The title of the panel discussion was “Advancing Human Capital Development Through Migration and Innovation”. OSCE diplomats, migration experts and practitioners, innovators and…
A book titled “Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?” co-edited by our director Nermin Oruc, was published by Taylor&Francis. The book is an outcome of recent activities of the WB-MIGNET, which is coordinated by CREDI. The book explores issues such as the complex geopolitics of the region, the relationship between migration and…
“Are Forced Migrants More Skilled? A Theoretical Model of Self-Selection in Forced Migration” is the title of an article that fills a gap in theories of forced migration. Our director, Nermin Oruc, coauthored this article with Ian Jackson and Geoffrey Pugh. The article is presenting a new model, motivated by specific features of forced migration…
Data Archive for Social Sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina (DASS-BiH), which is hosted by CREDI, is selected by FairSFair project for support to data repositories towards achieving CoreTrustSeal certification. DASS-BiH is one out of 10 data repositories that are selected for this support in the open call launched in July-August 2019. The submissions were assessed…
Western Balkans Migration Network (further WB-MIGNET), coordinated by CREDI, organized the First Regional Winter School “Diaspora for Local Development”, held in Belgrade, Serbia in period of 10 – 11 December 2019 at ENVOY Conference Center. This innovative Winter School aims to involve experts and practitioners from the Western Balkans to establish connections, exchange knowledge and…
Members of the Western Balkan Regional Initiative “The Future of the Welfare State” formulate the Platform to define a common minimum as a Regional Social Protection Floor or to formulate a basket of essential services and benefits. Elements of the Future of the Welfare State Platform have been formulated based on the position paper The…
As a team member of DASS-BiH at CREDI, Amela Kurta participated at CESSDA Meeting “Strengthening and Widening of the European Infrastructure of Social Science Data Archives” held in the period 5-6 November 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The host of the meeting was Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research of Ss. Cyril and Methodius…
CREDI invites applications for its Internship Programme. CREDI internship program provides students with a unique research experience that introduces all aspects of social science research and includes supported exploration of a research query from research question to a report, as well as data management training, and focused methodological education in quantitative research. Interns can learn…
Our researchers, Nermin Oruc and Amela Kurta, participated at Western Balkans Policy Analysis Laboratory (PAL) on Welfare State Issues, organized by the Regional Initiative „The Future of the Welfare State in the Western Balkans”. The PAL was organized from 21 to 25 October 2019 in Montenegro (Bečići). The PAL was aimed at around 50 professionals…
Our researcher, Nermin Oruc was one of the authors of the report “Maximising the development impact of labour migration in the Western Balkans”. The report was prepared within a project financed by the European Union and implemented by IBF International Consulting. The objectives of the project were: – to analyse innovative policies and practices in…
CREDI with its project proposal entitled “Development of methodology for targeting social benefits in Sarajevo Canton” applied for the Public Call for Co-financing of the Science Program from the Canton Sarajevo Budget for 2019. The call was issued in front of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Sarajevo Canton. The project proposal was…
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Srpska, in cooperation with the Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research, has organized training on the use of microsimulation models in public finance research. The training was held at the premises of the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, on 4th October 2019. CREDI organized…
The Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research, in cooperation with the Faculty of Economics of the Džemal Bijedić University in Mostar, organized a training on the use of microsimulation models in public finance research. The training was held at the premises of this faculty, on 25th September 2019. CREDI organized this training as…
Our researcher, Amela Kurta, participated at EACES Workshop in memoriam of Professor Božidar Cerović „The Comparative Economics of Transition in South East Europe“. The workshop was organised by Economic Annals and EACES at Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, on 20th September 2019. Amela presented a conference paper “Effects of increasing the minimum wage on…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc as Coordinator of WB-MIGNET was a lecturer at the Second Uni Adrion Summer School in Ancona, 9-13 September 2019. UniAdrion Summer School on “Migration and mobility in the Balkans” intends to provide an intensive training course for Master and PhD students, young researchers and officers who are interested in the current…
CREDI won a competitive bid for the Baseline on Changed Knowledge Level, Attitudes and Behaviors of targeted youth as the first part of the Baseline & Endline Research related to Output 1 of the Regional Project: “For Active Inclusion & Rights of Roma Women in the Western Balkans III – FAIR III”. The project is…
CREDI as member of a consortium led by Centre for Economic and Social Studies – CESS from Tirana, Albania won funding for project proposal “Internships of young researchers to migration think tanks in Western Balkans”. The consortium includes two more members from WB-MIGNET: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography from Serbia and Institute for Strategic…
The Center for Development Evaluations and Social Science Research, in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics, University of Zenica, has organized training on the use of microsimulation models in public finance research. The training was held at the premises of this faculty, on 17th June 2019. CREDI organized this training as part of a project…
As a team member of DASS-BiH at CREDI, Amela Kurta participated at CESSDA Training Workshop held on 14th May 2019 in Athens, Greece. The workshop was organised by SoDaNet – Social Data Network which is a service provider for data archiving in social sciences in Greece. The training covered Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG), Research…
Our researchers Dzeneta Karabegovic, Jasmin Hasic and Nermin Oruc, participated in the World Bank project „Supporting the Effective Reintegration of Roma Returnees in the Western Balkans “. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG-NEAR) approached the World Bank to develop an evidence base and to deliver policy advice and technical assistance for…
Our researchers, Nermin Oruc and Amela Kurta participated at the meeting with representatives of DataBank of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA KRTK). The meeting was organized by TARKI Institute on 26 February 2019. It was an opportunity to learn about the data archive of the MTA…
Through InGRID visiting grant, our researchers working on DASS-BiH, Nermin Oruc and Amela Kurta spent last week of February at TARKI-POLC Institute, Budapest, Hungary. The researchers used this visit to acquaint themselves with TARKI data archive, its history and current situation, experiences and challenges in the development of it. Through the meetings and training, our…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc, as a representative from Bosnia and Herzegovina, participated at the 12th Forum Meeting of ESS ERIC National Coordinators, held in Mannheim on 3-4 April 2019. The European Social Survey (ESS) ERIC is an academically driven cross-national survey that has been conducted across Europe since its establishment in 2001. Every two years,…
Our researchers Nermin Oruč and Amela Kurta participated at ESS ERIC workshop held on 28-29 March 2019 in Tivat, Montenegro. The workshop brought together national representatives from countries in South East Europe to discuss recent experiences from the survey fieldwork. Representatives from the region discussed the potential for Round 10 (2020/21) participation and the potential…
The Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research has organized training on the use of microsimulation models in public finance research. The training was held on the premises of the Faculty of Economics, University of Tuzla, on 6th March 2019. CREDI organized this training as part of a project funded by Balkan Monitoring Public…
The Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research has organized training on the use of microsimulation models in public finance research. The training was held at the premises of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo, on 18th February 2019. CREDI organized this training as part of a project funded by Balkan Monitoring Public…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc participated at the workshop titled ‘Migration in the Western Balkans’. The workshop was organized by the EC DG NEAR and ICMPD, and was held on 24 – 25 January at the Metropol Hotel, Belgrade. The workshop enabled participants to share experiences in the aftermath of the ‘migration crisis’ in the EU…
Our researchers Nermin Oruc and Amela Kurta received InGRID2 visiting grant to TARKI-POLC, Budapest, Hungary. The purpose of the visit is capacity building of CREDI’s researches working on DASS-BiH (Data Archive for Social Sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina). During their visit, researchers will learn about the day-to-day operations of Hungarian data archive located at TARKI-POLC,…
Our researchers participated at the conference entitled “Inequality and Social Protection in South East Europe”, held on October 22, 2018 at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade. The workshop was opened by Sasa Randjelovic, vice-dean for finance and international cooperation of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade, Jelena Zarkovic,…
On Friday, 14.12.2018. in Sarajevo a workshop of ” Western Balkans Migration Network” was held, gather researchers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans region. This event was organized with support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Sarajevo Canton. In addition to the researchers, participants at the workshop were also…
Handbook for “For adult training providers, with guidelines and instruments for planning, implementing and evaluating adult training programs” is published. The Handbook was created for the “Prilika Plus” program, and was developed by the Center for Development Evaluation and Social Research. The Handbook was developed through active participation of a number of Adult Training Centres…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc participated at the workshop titled “The Future of the Western Balkans in Europe”. The workshop was held at the University of Warwick on 6-7 December 2018. Nermin presented recent labour market and social policy trends in the Western Balkans. The objective of this workshop was to bring together early career researchers,…
Our Centre, in a consortium led by Ecorys, is participating in the implementation of the Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of the Good Governance Fund (GGF) project. GGF is a highly responsive, adaptive, demand-led fund, largely focused on supporting governance and economic reform in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. We as consortium…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc presented a paper at the 4th The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism (SVOC), held at the CEU, Budapest, 29-30 November 2018. His presentation was titled „Varieties of Transition in Yugoslav Successor States: Labour Market Institutions and Inequality” and is based on his work as a Visiting Atlantic Fellow at…
Representatives of CREDI attended workshops called “CSOs as equal partners in monitoring public finances” held in Tuzla, on 23 November 2018. The workshop was organized by the Center for Ecology and Energy and the Foundation Wings of hope within the project Balkan Monitoring Public Finances (BMPF) supported by the European Union. At the event, representatives…
Representatives of CREDI attended the conference “Opportunities and Challenges of Energy Transition” organized by the Center for Ecology and Energy, in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and with the support of the EU. This conference is part of the projects “Energy Policy for Climate Protection” and “CSOs as equal partners in monitoring public finances”.…
CREDI was selected to perform analysis of baseline and endline data for impact evaluation of project „Community Based Approach to Support Youth in Targeted Communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina“ (PVE) implemented by IOM BiH. IOM implemented a pilot project in 2015 with the overall objective to prevent the possible development of radicalization and violent extremism…
CREDI is commissioned by the USAID to carry out an evaluation of the ENABLE project (Enhancing and Advancing Basic Learning and Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina). USAID is funding and Save the Children is implementing this project to develop key science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educational competencies in 12 pilot schools BiH. Evaluation will…
Members of the Western Balkans Regional Initiative „The future of the Welfare State”, including CREDI’s representatives Nermin Oruc and Amela Kurta, gathered in Skopje, 23-25 September 2018, to discuss strategic options and future development of the Network. Participants discussed the external and internal environment, long-term goals of the network, projects and research areas that will…
Our researchers, Nermin Oruc and Amela Kurta participated and presented the current stage of development and ongoing research projects using BiHMOD at Vienna EUROMOD Workshop. The full name of the workshop was “New research directions of using EUROMOD: Austria and the Western Balkan countries in focus”. The workshop was held in Vienna on 17-18 September 2018.…
Director of CREDI, Nermin Oruč, participated in a workshop “Western Balkans and the Berlin Process”, held on June 13, 2018, at St Antony’s College, University Oxford, United Kingdom. The workshop was organized by SEESOX in co-operation with the Bank of Albania. The Berlin process is a diplomatic initiative linked to the future enlargement of the…
Our researchers, Dzeneta Karabegovic, Jasmin Hasic and Nermin Oruc, participated in the study on mapping the Bosnian-Herzegovinian diaspora. The study was conducted under the coordination of the International Organization for Migration, Mission to BiH and the Ministry of Human rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the framework of the project “Mainstreaming the Concept…
Coordinator of CREDI project for the development of data archive from social sciences in BiH, Amela Kurta, participated in a two-day event called „Strengthening and Expanding the European Infrastructure for Data Archives of Social Sciences” in Milan, Italy. The workshop was held in period 05-06.06.2018. This workshop was organized by the CESSDA network in collaboration…
Within The Western Balkans Regional Initiative “The Future of the Welfare State in the Western Balkans”, CREDI participated in the organization and implementation of the first regional conference of this network. The conference was held in Belgrade in the period from 6th to 8th June 2018. This three-day meeting included 4 panel discussions and 13…
WB-MIGNET, coordinated by CDESS, is organizing Third annual conference. Conference “A SEARCH FOR THAT SPECIAL PLACE UNDER THE SUN IN MODERN EUROPE: MIGRATION IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY” will be held in Zagreb on May 25-26, 2018. Call for papers for this conference is open. The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, a member of WB-MIGNET, in cooperation…
CREDI won a competitive bid to conduct research “Policy impact analysis of changes in labour legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina – estimating effects on public revenues and job creation” requested by MarketMakers program. The research is related to the estimation of effects of proposed changes for part-time employment, temporary employment and student employment. MarketMakers is…
Centar za razvojne evaluacije i društvena istraživanja (CREDI) u saradnji sa JU “Služba za zapošljavanje Kantona Sarajevo” Sarajevo raspisuje konkurs za jedno (1) radno mjesto mlađeg istraživača, a po Programu sufinansiranja zapošljavanja “Zlatna značka”. Mlađi istraživač će pomoći u svakodnevnom radu u okviru istraživačkih projekata. Najvažniji zadatak mlađeg istraživača će biti korištenje statističkog softvera za…
Centar za razvojne evaluacije i društvena istraživanja (CREDI) u saradnji sa JU “Služba za zapošljavanje Kantona Sarajevo” Sarajevo raspisuje konkurs za tri (3) radna mjesta mlađeg istraživača, a po Programu sufinansiranja zapošljavanja “Zlatna značka”. Mlađi istraživač će pomoći u svakodnevnom radu u okviru istraživačkih projekata. Najvažniji zadatak mlađeg istraživača će biti korištenje statističkog softvera za…
Our researcher participated in region conference “Boosting the social dimension – the contribution of economic governance to decent work and life in the Western Balkans and Turkey” in Belgrade on January 31, 2018.The conference was organized by European Commission and supported joint governance efforts by the EU and enlargement countries on reforms for improving the…
Our research fellow Nermin Oruc is presenting at the seminar “Income Inequality and Welfare Systems in the Yugoslav Successor States” at London School of Economics together with: PhD Will Bartlett (LSEE Research on South East Europe), PhD Jelena Žarković Rakić (University of Belgrade) and PhD Gorana Krstić (University of Belgrade) on Tuesday 23rd January 2018.…
CDESS researchers prepared final evaluation report for Performance Evaluation of the 2010–2013 USAID DGP in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The purpose of the 2010–2013 USAID/BiH Development Grants Program (DGP) was to expand USAID’s NGO network of development partners and provide capacity-building assistance to new partners through supporting initiatives and mechanisms, enabling a wider range of partners…
Our Director, Nermin Oruc, as Coordinator of WB-MIGNET, participated at a high level panel-discussion organized by IOM and OSCE on 18 December 2017 in Vienna, on the occasion of the International Migrants Day. The title of the panel discussion was “Perception is not reality – Towards a new narrative of migration”. The event gathered experts…
Representatives from CDESS participated on December 6, 2017 at a regional workshop in Tirana devoted to the provision and financing of holistic services in the countries of the Western Balkans. The researchers of our Center presented the experiences and practices in the field of social protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina and actively participated in the…
A group of Western Balkan think-tank organisations and researchers working on the welfare state issues, including experts from CDESS, have initiated development of a Regional platform with the aim to engage the foremost researchers, political, business and other leaders of society to shape a regional social welfare state agenda, thus contributing to improving the social…
CDESS was selected to implement project “Development of Manuals with Guidelines and Tools for Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Vocational Education and Training Program” under the PrilikaPlus Program implemented by the Republic Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises, and supported by the Swiss Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Find more about project…
Within the project of expert support to benchlearning among Western Balkan-6 Public Employment Services, several national workshops were organized: in Albania (30.10.2017.), Montenegro (31.10.2017.), Kosovo (01.11.2017.), Bosnia and Herzegovina (02.11.2017.), Serbia (02.11.2017.). Remaining two workshops will be organized soon: in Serbia (15.11.2017.) and Macedonia (22.11.2017.). In addition to workshops, retreat meetings were organized in order…
The results for 4th quarter 2017 of the ifo World Economic Survey are now available. The ifo World Economic Survey (WES) is designed to give an accurate picture of the economic situation and forecasts for important industrial, emerging and developing economies on a quarterly basis. Since 1981 the ifo Institute has conducted a quarterly survey in…
CDESS project entitled “Analysis of Competitiveness of the Three Value Chains in Canton Sarajevo” was financially supported by Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Canton Sarajevo trough Call for Co-financing of Scientific Research/Arts Research and Development Projects of Special Interest for Canton Sarajevo in 2017. This project aims to identify three key value chains…
CDESS experts participated in the training with the PES representatives from 6 WB countries from the region, which was held in Belgrade on 14.-16. September 2017. The first ever assessors training on benchlearning for representatives of Public Employment Services (PES) from the Western Balkans was organized by the Regional Cooperation Council’ (RCC) Employment and Social…
Our researcher Nermin Oruc attended workshop titled “Access to anonymized administrative data for the purposes of research and policy analysis” held on 21.-22. September 2017. in Budapest, Hungary. The workshop brought together researchers and policy analysts to assess the state of play of access to administrative data in the Visegrad countries and to discuss what…
Our proposal “Psychological, behavioral and social changes attributable to life skills curriculum implementation in primary schools in B&H” was selected as one of winning proposals by USAID / BIH MEASURE on its call titled “Impact Evaluation of Social and Economic Programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. You can find more information about the project here.
CDESS is seeking a full-time Research Assistant for at least one year, beginning in the end of September 2017. The Research Assistant (RA) will assist with the daily operations of research projects in the fields of economics, including topics on labour market, migration, education, and social policy. The most important task of the Research Assistant…
Our researcher analyst and member of BiHMOD team, Amela Kurta, received a scholarship for the autumn school “Using EUROMOD in cross country microsimulation” organized by ISER, University of Essex, from 25 to 27 October 2017. The InGRID project is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant…
CDESS, in a consortium with Budapest Institute, was contracted by RCC to provide expert support to benchlearning among Western Balkan 6 Public Employment Services. The purpose of this assignment is to contribute to enhanced cooperation and implementation of a “benchlearning” initiative among Public Employment Services of the Western Balkan economies, drawing on the experience of…
[:en]Center for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), on behalf of Western Balkan Migration Network, is organising Conference on “Migration, Diaspora and Development in Albania and in the Western Balkans”. The conference will be organised on 27-28 October 2017 in Tirana, Albania. Read more about call for papers for the conference on this link.[:ba]Centar za ekonomske…
CDESS has won a competitive bid for conducting performance evaluation of the 2010-2013 USAID/BiH Development Grants Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project will be implemented under the USAID funded activity MEASURE-BiH which is implemented by IMPAQ International, LLC. You can find more information about the project here.
[:en]Organizational Board of the 2nd Regional Conference of Western Balkans Evaluators Network invites members of the Network and other interested evaluators active at both theoretical and practical level in evaluation of policies, programs and projects to send their scientific and practical papers by 15 July 2017. More information and application for can be found here.[:ba]PROGRAMSKI…
Our Research Fellows participated in 3rd Conference of LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion in SEE on topic “Social Cohesion and Economic Governance” organized in Skopje on 6-7 April 2017. The conference gather together researchers from all social science disciplines including social policy, political economy, economics, political science, public administration, sociology, and socio-legal studies. More…
The latest results of the ifo World Economic Survey are now available. The ifo World Economic Survey (WES) is designed to give an accurate picture of the economic situation and forecasts for important industrial, emerging and developing economies on a quarterly basis. Since 1981 the ifo Institute has conducted a quarterly survey in numerous countries on…
Our team (Nermin Oruc, Amela Kurta and Amina Tabakovic) moderated a workshop of representatives of institutions in charge of education and statistics, which was held on Vlasic in period 15-16th May 2017 which. The workshop is one of the activities of our project entitled “Development of guidelines for education statistics in BiH“, funded by Prilika…
[:en]CDESS has become a member of the “Eastern European Social Policy Network” (EESPN) that was established in 2016 by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (affiliated to the United Nations) in Vienna. The European Centre is a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research.The Centre aims to improve social…
[:en]This project will, besides analysis of current state, give information about migration trends, projection of future migration, which are going to be used for measuring effects of migration on social cohesion, labour market, needs for improving transport infrastructure, health and social protection, education and housing. Migration can cause positive and negative effects on life in…
[:en]CDESS received a grant by Government of Sarajevo Canton for its research proposal “Analysis of migration in Sarajevo Canton: Trends and effects”. This project will, besides analysis of current state, give information about migration trends, projection of future migration, which are going to be used for measuring effects of migration on social cohesion, labour market,…
[:en]Our director Dr Nermin Oruc was selected into the first cohort of Atlantic Fellows at the International Inequalities Institute, LSE. In a team led by Dr Will Bartlett from the LSEE, and with Dr Gordana Krstic and Dr Jelena Zarkovic Rakic from the University of Belgrade, Dr Oruc will stay at the LSE for three…
[:en]The second two-day Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network titled „Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?“ was held at International Burch University on 19-20 May 2017. The conference brought together Western Balkans scholars and policy makers, in order to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and a discussion of migration. It…
[:en]Second Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network “Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?” Sarajevo, 19-20 May 2017 #WBMigNetConf The Western Balkans Migration Network (WB-MIGNET), in cooperation with the International Burch University (IBU), is organizing its 2nd Annual Conference in Sarajevo on 19-20 May 2017. The Conference is financially support…
CDESS invites applications for its Visiting Research Fellow (VRF) Programme. The Centre’s Visiting Research Fellowship programme enables mid-career researchers, activists, practitioners and scholars to spend a period of time conducting research at CDESS. The Centre aims to put in place a funded programme to enable those with a genuine and active commitment to social science research from…
CDESS invites applications for its Internship Programme. CDESS internship program provides students with a unique and expansive research experience that introduces all aspects of social science research and includes supported exploration of a research query from start to finish, data management training, and focused methodological education in quantitative research. Interns learn about the various activities…
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At the 90th session of the Council of Ministers of BiH held on 1st February 2017 was discussed and adopted the information on the drafting of the document ” Guidelines for the Development of Statistical Reporting in Education”. The document is the result of a project implemented by CREDI for the Ministry of Civil Affairs,…
2nd Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network “Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?” Sarajevo, 18-20 May 2017 The Western Balkans Migration Network, in cooperation with the International Burch University (IBU), is organizing 2nd Annual Conference in Sarajevo on 18-20 May 2017. The conference will be hosted…
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We are happy to announce that the Central European Initiative decided to provide financial support to CDESS for organization of the Second Annual Conference of WB-MIGNET through their Cooperation Fund 2016. After receiving the financial support for our First Annual Conference, we continue our successful cooperation with CEI. We highly appreciate their support in our…
We were selected by the RS Agency for development of small and medium-sized enterprizes to conduct an assessment of the current educational statistics and develop guidelines for its improvement. The main purpose of the project is to conduct a critical assessment of the current system of collection, exchange and dissemination of statistics in the field…
We were selected by the Government of the Sarajevo Canton to conduct ex-ante assessment of expected effects of the loan guarantee funds that will be provided to the enterprizes in the Canton in 2017. It will be implemented by SERDA Regional Development Agency, in cooperation with Union Bank. The purpose of the Loan Guarantee Fund…
Our researcher and team leader of BiHMOD team, Nermin Oruc, received a scholarship for the summer school “Migrant women on the labour market – identifying determinants and consequences of labour market inequalities considering the intersection between gender and ethnicity”organised by AIAS, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 24 to 28 October 2016. The InGRID project is…
Our Research Fellow and member of BiHMOD team, Nikolina Obradović, has been accepted and won scholarship at EUROMOD – HHoT Summer School hosted at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerpen from 28 to 30 September 2016. You can find more information about the event here. The InGRID project is funded by the…
Our resaerchers Nina Brankovic and Nermin Oruc presented country report “Higher Education and Transition to the Labour Market in Bosnia and Herzegovina” at the premises of Delegation of EU to BiH on Wednesady, 29 June 2016. The country report is prepared within a regional project that covered six Western Balkans countries. The project was funded…
We currently participate in a project “Strengthening the Labour Market Research Network – Toward the Understanding of the Political Economy of Unemployment in the Western Balkan”, led by FREN Belgrade. This project aims at the creation of a Labour Market Research Network of Excellence and Internationalisation. The project intends to consolidate recent advances in applied…
Paper “Integrating Informal Institutions in Local Governance: Does it Matter” co-authored by our Research Fellow Snezana Misic Mihajlovic was published in the Working Paper Series of Institute of Development Studies, UK. In this paper authors add to the literature on ‘informally institutionalised’ relationships between states and citizens by examining the case of a particular type of…
This article analyses the differences between expected and actual wages of VET students and graduates. It uses a survey of VET students enrolled in schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and data about employed VET graduates from the Labour Force Survey. The model of determinants of wages, expected or actual, estimated separately on each dataset, reveals…
Our director Nermin Oruc participated in the first meeting of the RRPP Western Balkans Research Network on Decentralization. The project was implemented by EURAK Belgrade in partnership with Institute for Strategic Research and Prognoses from Podgorica. This project is implemented within Regional Research Promotion Programme supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The first working…
A new article authored by our researchers Nermin Oruc and Amina Tabakovic was published in Sudosteuropa. This paper aims to analyse whether and how this decrease is related to a change in motives for sending remittances. The change in motives will be analysed by exploring the interaction between social transfers and remittances using two household datasets, from 2007 (before…
Our director Nermin Oruc participated in first meeting of the RRPP Western Balkans Labour Market Research Network. The project was implemented by FREN in partnership with American College Skoplje and Institute for Strategic Research and Prognoses from Podgorica. This project is realized within Regional Research Promotion Programme supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The…
The First Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network (WB-MIGNET) in Tirana on 15-16 April 2016, marked the initiation of the Network activities. It was attended by a number of representatives from government institutions, international organisations, academia and students. Welcome speeches were delivered by Prof. Anastas Angjeli, member of the Albanian Academy of Sciences…
CDESS is currently developing BiHMOD, a microsimulation tax and social benefits model, which is based on EUROMOD. The project is jointly implemented by CDESS and the BiH Evaluation Society. The current team members of the BiHMOD National team are: – Nermin Oruc, CDESS – Nikolina Obradovic, CDESS – Fahrudin Memic, BiH Evaluation Society The initial financial…
