
Edina Malkic
2024
International Association "Interactive Open Schools"
Executive Director

Biographical Abstracts
Edina Malkić leads International Association “Interactive open Schools” since 2008. Edina’s focus is on introducing teaching methods in schools to learn democracy, inclusiveness, social justice - development of democratic and inclusive public schools primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond - Balkan region.
From 2013 till 2019 she lead three large international projects, focused on community schools development and dissemination in Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia. More than 450 schools transformed to the community schools.
From 2009-till present she worked on the dissemination and scaling up the Service-Learning pedagogy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia (over 100 teachers delivered Service-Learning practices). From 2009 she led 10 projects (national and international) to institutionalize Service-Learning pedagogy and develop resources for education sector.
She co-founded and chaired the Central and Eastern Europe Service-Learning Network (2017 – 2022) under which a Service-Learning Week and Regional Service-Learning Award has been founded (reached over 290 Service–Learning applicants or over 7000 participants). She is co-founder of Service-Learning in European schools and organizations Network (SLEsoN) together with the representatives from Latin America and Europe.
She initiated and co-founded with teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina a Network of teachers and schools for Service-Learning of Bosnia and Herzegovina (more than 150 members).
From 2020 till present she lead initiation and establishment of 6 educational networks around 6 elementary schools with the focus on children’s educational needs, especially children coming from socially and economically deprived families. The Networks currently gather more than 50 stakeholders from public life.
Areas of Expertise
- Community schools development
- Change management in school setting
- Service-Learning pedagog—implementation, institutionalization, sustainability
- Didactic
- Teacher's professional development, in-service teacher education