Teams

Higher education reform & Equal access to Higher education

The aims of this WBAA team are:

to align higher education systems in the WB6
explore the status quo and opportunities for different reform initiatives, e.g. adapting the curriculum to labour market requirements
lobby for the alignment of higher education systems in the WB6 with EU standards and the strategic frameworks of the EU, the UN and the Council of Europe and finally to advocate for closer cooperation between higher education institutions in the Western Balkans.

Furthermore, the focus is on:

Student rights in WB6: benefits, duties, tasks and responsibilities of students in the region; mapping needs and addressing specific issues through advocacy and publicity campaigns; engaging WBAA members, e.g., making awareness raising videos; advocating for the rights of students who seek a balance between education and work.
Social inclusion in higher education: focusing on educational equity, equal opportunities for and inclusion of marginalised groups and rights of underprivileged groups in terms of their access to quality education; promotion of the successful social inclusion component of the Erasmus+ Programme.

If you would like to become a member of this team, please log into the WBAA Online Community and submit a join request to the following group: https://community.western-balkans-alumni.eu/page/view-group-profile?id=69

Team

Shukrije Rama

Head of Team

Born in Pristina, Shukrije Rama graduated in Philological Sciences, while in 2003 she also received the title of Master of Philological Sciences. In 2...

Shukrije Rama

Born in Pristina, Shukrije Rama graduated in Philological Sciences, while in 2003 she also received the title of Master of Philological Sciences. In 2005 she specialised in the field of Information Sciences in Boston (USA). During the 2003/2004 academic year she was engaged in teaching at the higher education (HE), while from time to time she also lectures at foreign universities around the world.

In 2010 she obtained the title of Doctor of Management Sciences from the University for Peace and Development of the United Nations where the doctorate focused on the challenges of HE in transition.
In 2012 she specialised for the second time in the field of project management at the Illinois State University in Chicago (USA).

She is the author of four books. She enjoys an international reputation with her scientific publications in international academic journals!

Lives and works in Pristina.

Shukrije Rama is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Development of Social Policies in Pristina and a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Broadcaster of Kosovo.
In addition to Albanian as her mother tongue she speaks English and Serbian!

Nikolina Adžić

Vice Head for Communication

Nikolina Adžić completed her bachelor's studies in pedagogy and andragogy at the University of Montenegro. As a CEEPUS scholarship holder, she studi...

Nikolina Adžić

Nikolina Adžić completed her bachelor's studies in pedagogy and andragogy at the University of Montenegro. As a CEEPUS scholarship holder, she studied at the University of Maribor and the University of Ljubljana. She is currently attending the second year of the Master's degree in Inclusive Education (research in the field of autism). Since 2019, she is a representative in the Student Council of the Faculty of Philosophy of Montenegro. She improved her professional work as a representative of the Montenegrin Association of Pedagogues through many educations and other engagements. In addition to her studies, she has been researching and educating herself in the field of Montessori pedagogy for five years, and has recently become a certified Montessori educator for children with typical development and for children with disabilities.

For the past few years, she has been actively engaged in youth activism and youth politics and she is one of the founders of the Non-governmental organization, The Association for Social and Behavioral Studies, which aims to engage in scientific research in the field of social science, education and promotion of youth cooperation. She was a representative of the expert team of the Youth Lab for Montenegro, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council. For three years she was the coordinator at the Youth Center in Podgorica where she worked with young people aged 15 to 30. Through that experience, she participated in and coordinated many events of an international character. As a member of OMSA (Organization of Montenegrins studying abroad), she helped high school and university students from Montenegro when it comes to studying abroad, through many seminars and conferences where they were informed and easily selected faculties.

She improved her work and cultural experience by working for six months in the pavilion of Montenegro, at Expo 2020 Dubai, a project of the Government of Montenegro implemented by the Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism of Montenegro. She has held this position within the WBAA Teams since June 2022.

Vjoela Allkanjari

Vice Head for Advocacy

Being grown up in Italy and Germany, Vjoela Allkanjari decided to go back in her country of origin in 2019 as a returning expert of GIZ GmbH working a...

Vjoela Allkanjari

Being grown up in Italy and Germany, Vjoela Allkanjari decided to go back in her country of origin in 2019 as a returning expert of GIZ GmbH working at first in the Ministry of Albanian Diaspora in Tirana and then giving her contribution as gender expert in a small association For Gender Integration, implementing two relevant projects in extremely poor rural areas of Albania, Zall Bastar and Manze, with focus empowerment for women in green startups.

After her study in Law in Milan, Berlin, and Frankfurt, Vjoela founded her own law firm together with her German husband called A:S Lex et Fiscus Pan Europae shpk. The company is specialised in project management for the Balkan region, juridical and financial consultancy as well as sworn translations. Today she is completely self-employed and tries to involve young Albanian people to invest in the country.

Vjoela is married and has two beautiful children.