Guest Lecture on “International Monetary Fund Priorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
On Monday, 1 December 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00, in Room 3 at the Faculty of Economics, Assistant Professor Bobana Čegar, Economist at the International Monetary Fund and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, will deliver a guest lecture on the topic “International Monetary Fund Priorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
The guest lecture is organized within the course International Finance.
The lecture is open to all students, including those from other study programmes in the 4th year.
Published 01.12.2025 at 08:42
International Mobility Day Held at the Faculty of Economics
At the Faculty of Economics of the University of Banja Luka, on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, the International Mobility Day was held - an informational event dedicated to promoting student exchanges and international professional development programs.
Representatives of the Office for International Cooperation of the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, Prof. Dr. Tajana Serdar Raković, Academic Coordinator for International Mobility, and Vladana Ritan, Coordinator for International Cooperation, presented to students the opportunities for participating in international mobility through various exchange programs (including the Erasmus+ program and the CEEPUS network).
The event was attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dalibor Tomaš, Vice-Dean for Teaching of the Faculty of Economics, Prof. Dr. Igor Todorović, Coordinator for three CEEPUS networks of the Faculty of Economics, and Jelena Rožić, ma, representative of the Office for International Cooperation of the University of Banja Luka.
Special value was added to the event by the students of the Faculty of Economics who had already participated in exchange programs and shared with their colleagues valuable experiences about living and studying at partner universities across Europe, highlighting the importance of international mobility for the academic, professional, and personal development of young people.
The goal of the event was to encourage students to take advantage of the opportunities provided by international mobility and to motivate them to become part of the international academic community.
Published 30.10.2025 at 08:30
Presentation of the CEEPUS Student Exchange Program
The Faculty of Economics at the University of Banja Luka invites all interested students to attend the presentation of the CEEPUS student exchange program, which will be held in the Faculty Amphitheatre on May 5th starting at 12:00.
Students will have the opportunity to learn more about exchange and scholarship opportunities, get acquainted with partner universities, and receive detailed information about the application process and participation requirements. CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) is one of the most successful mobility programs in the region, offering study stays and professional development opportunities across Central Europe.
For more information, please visit the official website: www.ceepus.info.
Published 05.05.2025 at 08:28
Faculty of Economics in Banja Luka at the International Fair Gradiška 2025!
The Faculty of Economics at the University of Banja Luka is proud to announce its participation in the 3rd International Fair Gradiška, which will take place at Arena Gradiška from 25 to 27 April 2025.
This important regional event brings together leaders and prominent stakeholders from the fields of economy, agriculture, education, employment and tourism, offering a unique opportunity for networking, knowledge exchange and new partnerships.
This year, as part of the panel discussions, prof. Milenko Krajišnik, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, will speak about the role of higher education in the development of the economy and entrepreneurship, as well as the Faculty’s position as an active partner of the business community.
The Faculty of Economics (https://ef.unibl.org) will, during this event on 25 and 26 April 2025, present the following:
- Study programmes and enrolment opportunities
- Cooperation with the business sector and institutions
- Activities within the Enterprise Europe Network - EEN
As an active EEN partner, the Faculty of Economics will also present opportunities for business cooperation provided by the Enterprise Europe Network (http://een.ec.europa.eu), the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), aimed at strengthening SMEs’ innovative capacities, generating new business ideas and supporting access to foreign markets.
The University of Banja Luka (https://unibl.org) is a member of EUNORS – the European Network of Research and Support for Entrepreneurship.
We invite all interested parties to visit us and learn more about how economics drives innovation and creates new opportunities for all generations!
See you at Arena Gradiška!
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Published 23.04.2025 at 12:38
8th Elevator Pitch Held
The 8th pitching session for presenting student business models was held at the Faculty of Economics on Thursday, December 26, 2024. On behalf of the dean's team, Associate Professor Dr. Dalibor Tomaš, Vice Dean for Teaching, officially opened the session and welcomed the guests and students. A total of 11 student projects were presented to a three-member jury consisting of:
- Nikola Dragović, Director of the Science and Technology Park of the Republic of Srpska - https://ntprs.org/.
- Aleksandar Milinković, Chief Delivery Officer, Planet Soft Group - https://planetsoft.ba/sr/novost/cdo-planet-soft-grupe-aleksandar-milinkovic-predstavlja-field-master.
- Nemanja Vujanić, Founder and Owner of Dev Studio d.o.o. - https://devstudio.biz/.
Students from the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geodesy at the University of Banja Luka showcased exceptional presentation skills, creativity, and innovation. The projects that received the highest scores from the expert jury were:
- Direct Line – an app for networking consumers and producers, presented by Sara Vučurević and Nikolina Tošić (3rd-year students, Study Program in Economics and Business Management).
- Baby Buddy – a babysitting app, presented by Marija Jovičić and Anja Đukić (3rd-year students, Study Program in Economics and Business Management); and Mind Bridge – an innovative platform connecting clients and licensed psychotherapists via a secure and affordable application, presented by Danilo Rogić (3rd-year student, Study Program in Business Informatics) and Emilija Borković (3rd-year student, Study Program in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geodesy).
- Green Care Service – an app for green space management, presented by Anastasija Popović (3rd-year student, Study Program in Economics and Business Management).
#еfunibl #preduzetnickaekonomija #8thpitching #sigurnonajbolji
Published 26.12.2024 at 19:38
Call for Applications for the 8th Elevator Pitch
Dear colleagues and students,
The eighth pitching session for presenting student business models will be held at the Faculty of Economics, Majke Jugović 4, on Thursday, December 26, 2024, in Hall 3, starting at 09:00 AM. Student teams of 2 members (or individuals) will have 3 minutes (180 seconds) to present their business idea (business model) to the jury (representatives of entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions, as well as owners and managers of startups) in the form of a business model canvas (https://www.strategyzer.com/library/the-business-model-canvas). You can familiarize yourself with the canvas business modeling with an example in the textbook Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Age, pages 180-183 (https://cpme.ef.unibl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Preduzetnistvo-i-inovacije-u-digitalnoj-eri-1.pdf). You can learn more about pitching at https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/elevator-pitch-examples.
Third-year students at the Faculty of Economics, UNIBL, from both study programs, will have the opportunity to earn eight pre-exam points in the subjects Entrepreneurial Economics and Entrepreneurship and Innovation (summer semester 2024/2025), while students from lower or higher years of study, or students from other faculties of UNIBL who wish to test their business idea, are also welcome to participate and can apply for the pitching event.
Applications with the project title and a brief description of the business idea are accepted until December 20, 2024, via the link https://forms.gle/Ldeipnz4SjbYPy2C6 or at sasa.petkovic@ef.unibl.org.
Published 12.12.2024 at 09:02
Call for Papers: 11th REDETE Conference
The Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka and Marche Polytechnic University invite you to the 11th REDETE (Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies), conference, focusing on the topic of “Sustainability in Western Balkans in an Era of Uncertainty”. Join us in Ancona, Italy, on September 17-18, 2024.
We are looking for submissions that explore globalization, sustainability, and economic development in transitional economies. Accepted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for publication in the Conference Proceedings and partner journals including Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Economic Annals, Acta Economica, and Croatian Economic Survey.
Important Dates:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024
- Full Paper Submission Deadline: August 31, 2024
For more details, please visit our website: www.redete.org.
Published 18.07.2024 at 09:26
Lecture on the topic: “Some aspects of the crisis in statistics and science”
On April 24, 2024, starting at 1 p.m., prof. dr. Miodrag Lovrić will hold a lecture on the topic: “Some aspects of the crisis in statistics and science”. The lecture will be held in the Amphitheater of the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka.
Prof. Lovrić teaches at the Radford University in the USA and he was a professor at the universities in Belgrade and Kragujevac, Massey University in New Zealand, University of South Australia and Brazil.
Contribution of prof. Lovrić to statistical science and teaching includes extensive publications, development of statistical software and improvement of education in statistics.
Prof. Lovrić was the initiator and editor of the International Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, which was the reason for his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The lecture is of open type. We invite all those interested to attend the lecture.
Published 19.04.2024 at 12:05
Education on the topic: "What are the jobs of the future and how to develop your career?"
CPME - Center for Project Management and Entrepreneurship of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Banja Luka in cooperation with the STAR.study platform invites all interested female and male students to a free education on the topic: "What are the jobs of the future and how to develop your career?".
The education will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 12:00 PM in room 3 of the Faculty of Economics.
The guest lecturer is Jan Z. Kulenović, a social innovator with over 20 years of experience in empowering young people in the labor market and a consultant for more than 50 international organizations and companies. Within this topic, top resources for the career development of young people, the largest career development and skills festival for young people, as well as concrete EU opportunities for students, will be presented. The partners of this initiative are the Incubator of Social Innovations "Munja" and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy. CPME, with its team of researchers and partners in the USE IPM project from Serbia, North Macedonia, and Albania, conducted a unique study at the end of 2023 on the assessment and importance of the "soft" skills of young people from BiH for starting and developing their own businesses.
This education is a continuation of our activities in promoting the importance of "soft" skills that young people need to possess for future jobs within the project ""Up-skilling researchers for Sustainable Entrepreneurship based on Innovation Process Management" - USE IPM with the support of the European Union (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03-01).
#useipm #HorizonEurope #eu #cpme #efunibl #sigurnonajbolji #STAR.study #FutureJobs
Published 11.03.2024 at 14:12
The 20th International Conference 2024 of ASECU
The 20th International Conference 2024 of ASECU is going to be organized in Banja Vrucica, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 15-17 May 2024, on the topic: STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC RESILIENCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF DIS-INTEGRATED MARKETS AND GLOBAL CRISES.
The Conference is organized by the University of Banja Luka - Faculty of Economics (Republic of Srpska - BiH), the Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region (ASECU), and the Journal of Associations of Accountants and Auditors of Republic of Srpska (FINRAR).
More information can be found in the attached Call for Papers. We remind you that the first deadline for abstracts is the 15 March 2024.
Published 16.01.2024 at 09:43