This paper analyses position and perspectives of intercultural dialogue in the context of media and information literacy. Besides author's presentation of several basic elements regarding intercultural dialogue concept, the article also points out significant obstructions regarding intercultural dialogue emphasising new media. In the focus of this article are media and informational literacy, which contribute to the creation of competencies (knowledge, skills and viwes) for developing an intercultural dialogue. In modern societies across the world, media and information literacy are an important part of wider education, which immanently strengthens intercultural dialogue within the entire society, as well as better understanding and mutual respect among different members of community. This is mostly referred to children and young people that are among the most numerous users of new media.

Strengthening social cohesion draws not merely on social and economic rights but it is connected to all prerogatives relevant for enlarging the choices of individuals to live meaningful and decent life. Author’s attempt in this article is to analyse some of the substantial elements for social cohesion in general and furthermore in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s context tackling some of the reasons of insubstantial social cohesion. The key challenge concerning the subject is how to translate the concept into a practice that can effectively support necessarily development changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina for well-being of all citizens in this specific society.

This entry looks at the development of sociology in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It focuses on several historical periods from the beginning of the twentieth century when sociology in Bosnia and Herzegovina started to be institutionalized. Concerning this process of institutionalization, it is necessary to stress the influence of different ideologies (socialism, nationalism, capitalism) that directly influenced this very new scientific discipline. Despite the fact that sociology, together with society itself, faced serious challenges, it managed to resist marginalization, and sociology continues to develop as a significant field in the social sciences.

Authors analyse and conceptually problematise specific phenomena of ‘two schools under one roof’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They argue that education in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been routinely exposed to various, contradicting demands and pressures, which result in, among other contradictions, ‘two schools under one roof’, which presents one of the world’s phenomenon within education. The authors are eager to present this specific education issue to the global public and provide some answers on various consequences, which appeared in this contemporary segregation form in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the significant objectives is to underline the concept in which education should be a human practice of cognition that is not determined by ideological currents. Furthermore, authors using several sociological and political science aspects regarding education, in general, will investigate and enlighten this specific phenomenon of segregation that is unique not only in the local but in the global context as well. The main objective of this article will be to present viable solutions on how ‘two schools under one roof’ can be altered or even abolished.

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