USAID Turizam is working with three BiH universities (University of Tuzla, University of East Sarajevo, and University Herzegovina) to acquire the TedQual Certificate awarded by UNWTO, an international program for quality assurance and certification of study programs in tourism. It represents the gold standard of education in tourism, which seeks to facilitate the continuous improvement of tourism education and research programs by defining quality standards for tourism education.
USAID Turizam activities included a series of webinars with international guest speakers and resulted with one of the three institutions – Faculty of Economics Pale University of East Sarajevo, already completing and sending the application for the TedQual certification of their study program in tourism. They are now waiting for the TedQual audit. University of Tuzla is following suit – they secured the funds for the certification and are finalizing their application.
