WBAA – Western Balkans Alumni Association

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Candidates for the Elections for the National Representative of the WBAA Albanian Chapter

Meet the 4 candidates campaigning for the open position of board member of the Albanian chapter! They will campaign and promote themselves until June 8, after which elections

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WBAA Regional Board candidates for Albanian chapter– get to know the applicants!

We are pleased to announce that we have received four applications for the open position of board member of the Albanian chapter. The members of the Albanian chapter now have

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Launching #WBAAjuniors

We are happy to announce the launching of #WBAAjuniors initiative! This idea started with our head of research Renata Petrevska Nechkoska, who tried out building capabilities with her daughter Noela

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WBAA’s participation in the 17th EMA General Assembly

Njomza Sallauka as the representative of WBAA (Western Balkans Alumni Association) at the esteemed 17th EMA (Erasmus Mundus Association) General Assembly held from May 12th to 14th in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Physics Educators for Better Science Education in the Western Balkans Symposium

Short promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhYW5DWgef8 PEBSE Final video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qklRdz-ixZc&t=5s PEBSE website: https://pebse.com/ The story of our project began in March 2022. As a new Ph.D. student in Physics Education, I

WBAA Tracer Study

After a long time of work, the results of the WBAA Tracer Study are finally here! The study was initiated in 2018 by members of the WBAA Research team, above all Arber Hajrizaj, Renata Petrevska Nechkoska, Samir Beharic and Adelina Basholli. It was funded by the EU and carried out by the WBAA Service Provider, in this case the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna. » Read more

Who we are?

The Western Balkans Alumni Association (WBAA) is a regional association of alumni from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo * and Serbia, who pursued international learning mobility in an Erasmus+ Programme Country. Officially launched in March 2018, WBAA was born from the EU’s Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training in 2014, where the Ministers of Education of the 6 Western Balkan countries agreed on the need to establish a regional network of alumni. Since its inception, WBAA has come a long way! Read more here

WBAA’s Objectives

Establishing a strong union of alumni from the Western Balkans
Promoting mobility opportunities in Europe and beyond
Sharing experience by supporting and mentoring students
Increasing employability through exchange of best practice, experience and contacts
Empowering and inspiring young people to achieve their goals
Contributing to the modernisation of higher education systems back home
Liaising with other alumni associations in the EU and beyond

Find more details about WBAA aims and goals here.

Our Mission

The aim of the WBAA is to establish a strong union of alumni coming from the Western Balkans countries in order to advocate for modernization and improve the quality of higher education in the region and empower young people of the Western Balkans on their academic and career development towards successful employment.

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Nov 19 2023

Board meeting, Brussels, Belgium

Another Board meeting is being held from 1 to 2 October 2022 in Brussels, Belgium!

Blog

Happy to introduce WBAA Blog, a place where alumni of Erasmus scholarships share their experiences, students discover more about mobilities and opportunities, high education professionals share their work and young professionals get advice on how to grow professionally. This blog is about storytelling that inspires, tips and tricks on how to succeed professionally and academically. Meet Western Balkan stories from the eyes of successful and empowering WBAA members.

Author: Isidora Janeva – North Macedonia Chapter Content: “Are the participants arriving?” “The gift bags are ready right?” “Please take some photos of the people while we’re waiting to start.”

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Author: Nikolina Pandza – Bosnia & Herzegovina Chapter Content: I AM WBAA I am WBAA became for many of us a proud statement during the last almost three years. We

July 23, 2020

Author: Teuta Nunaj – Albania Chapter Content: I’m WBAA The history of the Balkans is early in culture, and it is composed by different cultures that are world heritage and

July 23, 2020

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How to get involved in WBAA?

If you are an alumna or alumnus from the Western Balkans who has spent part of your studies in the EU member states or third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme, either as an EU scholar or EU country scholar, or as a self-funded individual, you can get involved with WBAA now!

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