EDUKOPRO

Edukopro is an SME organization focused on working closely with educational institutions, teachers, students and parents. We are committed to the development of partnerships between schools and families in order to promote a culture of learning that will lead to greater student success. Our programs focus on developing critical thinking skills for teachers and students, reducing stress among educators, promoting inclusion for children with disabilities in public schools, connecting schools with social media tools like Facebook or Instagram as well as helping them develop their own websites. While working with the associated partner, publishing house “Vrijeme”, they have also gained experience in publishing textbooks, workbooks, manuals and knowledge on how to write and create a successful piece useful to the youth but also to adults.

A special department within Edukopro is dedicated to working with young people, aged from 6-14 (primary school), 15-18 (high school), and 19-25 (college education). We are actively working on organizing tribunes, conferences, promotions, fairs, and helping to educate young people. Edukopro is very sensitive to the needs of young people and creates adequate responses to those needs and helps to address them. In order to achieve that, we are determined to support and advance young people’s competencies, to improve skills, help them take initiative, responsibility, and promote social inclusion intercultural dialogue among young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our team strongly believes in the value of Non-formal education and experiential learning based on experience and observation.

For these reasons, Edukopro and associated partners are organizing various seminars, educational and training activities for primary teachers and school managers, cooperating with primary and secondary schools, educational centers, teachers associations and introducing innovative educational approaches to young people, teachers, and youth workers with developing digital platforms for schools. At the local level, we have placed our focus on teaching, seminars and preparing materials for children and Youth organisations that are actively included in education society. On the international level, we are members of the international organisations and groups working on the EU funded projects, cooperating as part of Erasmus+ families in several countries. We are part of a network of schools and digital platforms supported by different educational programmes and initiatives in neighbouring countries.

edukopro as an organization is new in Erasmus + projects, but its employees have years of experience working in the field, having implemented several
projects and currently working on those in the implementation phase.

Edukopro provides various programs, ranging from extracurricular activities, training for teachers and students on how to use technology effectively. They are also usually used as a dissemination partner since their members record the highest number of successful dissemination activities, knowing their widespread network of connections. Even though the organisation has recently been founded, it’s members have experience in projects such as this one, focusing on supporting parents in Covid times, as they were idea developers and partners in a project focusing on doing exactly that, EDUCOV Supporting parents in Covid times, Collegium Balticum Poland, currently in the implementation phase.

The importance of having Edukopro as a partner reflects in the fact that they will be leading the Parents workshop Project result, focusing on the development of tool that will provide teachers and parents with access educational content, information and activities that will support them in growing the self-esteem of children aged 9-14. This will contribute to the overall objective of the project, which is to develop a growth mindset of primary school children teaching them to grow up enjoying a positive relationship towards themselves -helping them raise their self-confidence and realise their full potential.

The reason behind them leading the PR is because their members have years of experience in working with a variety of different people in the field, from education, to creation of training programmes necessary, working with youth workers, children, young adults and adults in general. In addition, they are also usually used as a dissemination partner since their members record the highest number of successful dissemination activities, knowing their widespread network of connections. They also have extensive knowledge and experience working with schools and school staff in preparing trainings and courses in ecology, IT technology and inclusion, creating guides and manuals aimed at providing content for teacher education and dissemination.

Muamer Tinjak PhD -project manager/teacher training developer/dissemination expert

Is an experienced manager in educational institutions with 20 years of working experience.

Master’s Degree in Management in Education, and a PhD Degree in Management and Evaluation in Institutions of Education at the Pedagogical Faculty in Sarajevo.

He has scientific interests in the topic Improving partnership between families and schools in the process of the institutional education system (his PhD thesis).

He has 20 years of experience in primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina as former principal of the largest school in the city of Sarajevo. It was the first school which had approved Erasmus + projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015 and 2017), international programs for the exchange of best practices in education.

Project coordination/ several projects and activities coordinated in Primary school, NGO field in Bosnia and Herzegovina – since 2015 – present, Strong management skills 12 Years work experience, Strong Administrative skills/ 12 Years work experience, Strong Communication skills/ In charge of communication strategy Strong Teamwork skills, Strong coaching skills in: project development, management, youth programs, eco schools programs. He has been involved into E+ project for over five years and he was a project manager in all 4 of his approved projects, out of which the most relevant for this project is the one focusing on the mindset of youth, which should be beneficial in this project: E+KA2, 2020-2-NL02-KA205-002994, MINDSET – Preventing Cyberbullying with a positive mindset.

Velid Tinjak – Project expert for development/dissemination expert

Is a third year student of University in Sarajevo School of Economics and Business. Youthpass acquired in 2019 for participating in a learning mobility project of youth workers called Top Skills That Young Entrepreneurs Need which took place in Konya, Turkey.

Started working on Erasmus +projects in 2020 and currently has multiple E+KA2 projects in implementation.