The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992-95 produced predominantly ethnically homogenous ares and enabled fragmentation of education along ethnic lines. Ethnic segregation contributes, not only to social segregation of young people, but also to a structural re-organisation of education with three ethnically separated curriculas.
The Norwegian government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian embassy in Sarajevo, supports the work against educational segregation in BiH through the Nansen Dialog Centre, United World Collegue, different OSCE initiatives, and a number of local NGOs.