Annual Report School Year 2013-2014
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ANNUAL REPORT SCHOOL YEAR 2013-2014 UWC makes education a force to UWC MOSTAR unite people, nations Španjolski trg 1, 88 000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Telephone +387 36 320 601; +387 36 320 601, Facsimile +387 36 319 926 and cultures for peace Email [email protected], Website www.uwcmostar.ba and a sustainable future. FOUNDATION EDUCATION IN ACTION Skenderija 33, P.O. Box 435, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Telephone +387 33 212 083; +387 33 557 995, Facsimile +387 33 557 996 Email [email protected], Website www.educationinaction.ba Table of Contents 1. Foundation Education in Action 1.1. Message from the Chairman ...........................................7 1.2. Aims and Objectives ................................................ 8 1.3. Governing Board .................................................... 9 2. United World College in Mostar (UWC Mostar) 2.1. College Board ......................................................11 2.1.1. Overview of UWC Mostar students in 2013/2014 .....................13 2.2. Headmistress’ Overview .............................................15 2.2.1. Achievements ....................................................16 2.2.2. Project Weeks ....................................................19 2.3. Academic Overview ............................................... 22 2.3.1. Academic Achievements .......................................... 22 2.3.2. School Statistics .................................................24 2.3.3. College/University Statistics . 24 2. 4. Community Service Programme (CAS) ............................... 26 2.4.1. CAS Achievements ............................................... 26 2.4.2. List of CAS Activities in the school year 2013/2014 ...................28 2.4.3. Photo Gallery - Graduation Ceremony, Cultural Weeks ...............30 3. The first UWC Mostar student residence – Mejdan ...................32 4. UWC Mostar Endowment “Bridge to the Future” .....................34 5. Center for Professional Development of Teachers in BiH 5.1. Director’s Overview ................................................38 5.2. Activities in school year 2012/2013 ..................................39 6. Financial Statement for the school year 2013/2014 6.1. Table of incomes and expenses ......................................42 6.2. List of donors 2013/2014 ...........................................43 Foundation Education in Action 1.1. Message from the Chairman 1.2. Aims and Objectives 1.3. Governing Board 8 Chairman 9 1.1. Message from the Chairman of the Foundation Chairman’s Report October 2014 Our affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina commitment and generosity of UWC es over the two years 2014-2016. This is have never been straightforward, but colleagues and of another European gov- simultaneously a gesture of immense the challenges were our choice and are ernment, in succession to Norway, to our confidence in our work and a demonstra- the motivation for our presence and our Bosnian mission. tion of our financial fragility. It is under- activities. standable that Bosnia and Herzegovina A second milestone with heartening is no longer in the world’s headlines. The There is much over which to rejoice implications for our future has been the attention of the international commu- and to be proud of: the unfailing rhythm launch of our endowment campaign, nity and its money have gone increas- and pace of the College’s many achieve- conceived and led with inspiring enthu- ingly elsewhere. But our efforts to main- ments, recorded at regular intervals in the siasm and professional expertise by our tain the funding essential for our annual College Newsletters, the sound academic Board member and UWC Adriatic gradu- scholarship needs, and for our work in results achieved with the smallest pro- ate Adriaan de Mol. Scholarships have educational reform and teacher training, portion of native English-speakers in both now been endowed in perpetuity in the are also profoundly handicapped by the staff and students of all the United World names of, among others, Antonin Besse, political paralysis that has brought civic Colleges, and the truly impressive array the donor of St. Donat’s Castle for the development in the country to a stand- of university scholarships won by succes- first UWC, Atlantic College, in 1962, and still. The recent riots, in which the divided sive graduating classes of students. The the following distinguished world citizens: city of Mostar once again briefly entered College is an outstanding benchmark for Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma/Myanmar, the world’s headlines, suggest some hope educational quality and pioneering lead- Nelson Mandela, Paul Volcker, the Prince that citizen discontent will one day ac- ership throughout South Eastern Europe El Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath complish a measure of political reform. and indeed internationally. El Hassan of Jordan, and Captain Mbaye Until this happens, our attempts to con- Diagne of Senegal, officially recognised by tribute to the urgently needed review of The purchase and renovation of the the United Nations for his heroic courage secondary education and the strength- Old Post Office building in the city’s and self-sacrifice in Rwanda. Their asso- ening of modern teaching expertise are historical centre as a student residence ciation with our College confers real dis- likely to remain frustrated. is a milestone. There can be no clearer tinction on our role. evidence that the College is here to stay. We have a great deal still to achieve The fact that this was all possible thanks The challenges remain and are and every reason to reconfirm our to a decisive intervention by the German substantial. commitment. UWC National Committee on behalf of UWC Mostar, with a major grant from The International Board of the United David Sutcliffe the German government and others from World Colleges has intervened with un- Chairman of the Foundation UWC private donors, demonstrates the derwriting to secure the College’s financ- Education in Action Fondation Education in Action Annual Report School Year 2013-2014 Annual Report School Year 2013-2014 UWC Mostar 10 Aims Board 11 1.3. Governing Board Ms. Elisabeth Rehn and Dr. Lamija Tanović Adriaan de Mol van Otterloo (The Miljenko Perić (Serbia) is the Professor are founders of the Foundation Educa- Netherlands) is the founding partner of of Physical Chemistry at the Faculty of tion in Action which is managed by the the Intrinsic Value Investors (IVI), former Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia, international Governing Board of nine Trustee of Amera (Africa and Middle East with an extensive educational and scien- members. Refugee Assistance) and former Trustee tific experience. He is the member of the of the Friends of the Tate Gallery. He is a Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The Chair of the Foundation’s Governing graduate of the UWC of the Adriatic. Board is Mr. David Sutcliffe. Magnus Persson (Sweden) is the Senior Adila Pašalić-Kreso (BiH) is the professor Manager at the Directorate of Education, The activities of Foundation Education of Comparative Education, Educational Karlstads kommun, Sweden, with a spe- in Action are managed by the Governing Policy, Education in the Family, and Inter- cific expertise in the European project Board. family Dynamics at the Faculty of Philoso- management and quality management. phy, University of Sarajevo. He is the President and Coordinator of Members of the Governing Board: the European Educational Association, David Sutcliffe (UK) is the Chair of the Ivan Lorenčić (Slovenia) is and education the Learning Teacher Network. Foundation Education in Action. Mr Sut- expert and the Headmaster of the 2nd cliffe was a founding member of the UWC- Gymnasium Maribor, Slovenia. He was the Andrew Watson (UK) is Diploma As- IB Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He Director of the National Education Institute sociate Manager at the IB for the region was a member of the Executive Commit- of the Republic of Slovenia (1993-2000). Africa-Europe-Middle East. He is also an tee and Chair of the Fundraising Commit- He has also been leading the Centre for the artist and a journalist. tee of the UWC-IB Initiative in Bosnia and Professional Development of Teachers in Herzegovina from September 2006 to May Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2005. 2010. Mr. Sutcliffe was the Headmaster of the UWC of the Atlantic 1969-82 and also a founding Headmaster of the UWC of the Adriatic 1982-2001, Vice-President of the IB Council of Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the IBO Executive Committee 1985-1989; and Executive Director of the UWC International 1994 – 1999. Gianfranco Facco Bonetti (Italy) is the President and the Co-Founder/ Member of the UWC of the Adriatic. Mr. Bonetti 1.2. Aims and Objectives is also the former Ambassador of Italy to The Foundation Education in Action, legal offering professional development pos- the Russian Federation andthe President successor of the Finnish Association From sibilities to educators in BiH. of the Italian Association for the UNESCO Conflict to Internationalism, has been So far, nearly 1000 teachers, head- National Commission. established with the aim of contribut- masters, pedagogical institute employ- ing to the educational reform in Bosnia ees and ministers have been part of the Jasminka Bratić (BiH) is the Assistant to and Herzegovina and advocating for the workshops, conferences and study vis- the Minister of Justice of the Herzegovina- introduction of modern teaching and its organized under the Foundation’s Neretva