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AI and Education – Challenges and Perspectives: Regional Teacher Conference in Sarajevo

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A four-day regional conference in Sarajevo trained 80+ teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia in responsible classroom AI use, and launched UNESCO's AI-in-education guidance translated into four regional languages.

80 participants
Educators trained (7-10 May 2026)
4 languages
Languages of translated UNESCO guidance produced
AI and Education – Challenges and Perspectives: Regional Teacher Conference in Sarajevo

Details

Promoter
Catholic School Centre 'Saint Joseph' (Sarajevo), with UNESCO, UNICEF, the French Institute and the Croatian Cultural Society 'Napredak'
Period
7–10 May 2026
Keywords
teacher professional development, AI ethics, data protection, regional cooperation, Western Balkans

Context

A four-day regional conference, 'AI and Education: Challenges and Perspectives', was held 7-10 May 2026 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, organised by the Catholic School Centre 'Saint Joseph' (Sarajevo) together with UNESCO, UNICEF, the French Institute, and the Croatian Cultural Society 'Napredak'.

Objectives

Train regional educators in responsible AI classroom integration, addressing opportunities and risks including data protection, learner-wellbeing safeguarding, and academic integrity.

Activities

The conference combined plenary sessions on AI adoption risks and opportunities in schools with hands-on workshops in which teachers tested AI tools for lesson preparation under an 'ethics-first framing'. A key outcome was the launch of UNESCO's global AI guidance translated into Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin.

Results

The event trained 80+ teachers and education practitioners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia, and produced multilingual UNESCO AI-in-education resources in four languages.

Conclusions

No measurable student learning-outcome data was collected, and reach was limited to a single event with no reported follow-up or scaled continuation identified in available sources.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k) — Not disclosed; likely medium given a multi-day venue, translation of guidance into four languages, and cross-border participant travel.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Single four-day event, 7-10 May 2026.
Staffing & skills
Catholic School Centre 'Saint Joseph' (Sarajevo) as host organiser, UNESCO and UNICEF programme support, French Institute and Croatian Cultural Society 'Napredak' as co-organisers

Conditions for success

  • Multi-country coordination to bring 80+ regional educators together
  • Pre-existing UNESCO AI-in-education guidance available to translate and disseminate
  • Ethics-first framing for hands-on tool workshops

Where it fits

Governance type
multi-stakeholder (NGO/school plus UN agencies)
Scale
single 4-day regional event, roughly 80 participants from 4 countries
Income level
mixed (Western Balkans / EU-adjacent)

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