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The European University Association - thanks to its role as the representative organization of European Universities and Rectors’ Conferences and to its frequent contacts with EU Institutions, international organizations and various stakeholders - has a key function in contributing to European debates in higher education and research.

This page provides you with EUA Political Declarations and EUA Policy Positions. The political declarations result from the discussions held during the EUA Conventions and address key issues for the future of European universities. The policy positions are the documents stating EUA's point of view on a number of topics discussed at the European level.

Prague Declaration - European Universities: Looking forward with confidence
Published version in English
Additional translation in German

Lisbon Declaration - Europe's Universities beyond 2010: Diversity with a Common Purpose
Published version in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Additional translations in Greek, Polish, Russian

Glasgow Declaration - Strong Universities for a Strong Europe
Published version in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Additional translations in Catalan, Polish, Russian, Turkish

Graz Declaration - Forward from Berlin: the role of universities
Published version in English, French, German, Spanish

Salamanca Convention 2001 - The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area
English, French, German, Spanish

2008

• Bologna post 2010. Please click here to read more.
• European Universities’ Charter on Lifelong learning  (Click here to see French version)
• Recommendations from the EUA Working Group on Open Access adopted by the EUA Council on the 26^th of March 2008 (University of Barcelona, Spain)

2007

• The Banff Principles on Graduate Education - agreed by EUA
• EUA Response to Commission's "Green Paper" consultation on the European Research Area
• EUA Policy Position on Quality
• EUA Policy Position on the European Commission’s proposals for a European Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL) and the European Commission staff working document on a European Credit System for Vocational education and Training (ECVET)

 2006

• Final conclusions of the Bologna seminar on Doctoral Programmes: "Matching Ambition with Responsibilities and Resources"
• Comments on the European Commission's new Communication on the European Institute of Technology: Further Steps Towards its Creation
• An International Agenda for EUA
• EUA/CUIB Asturias Declaration
• EUA Statement on FP7 Rules of Participation proposals for support rates and cost models
• EUA Policy Position on the European Commission's "Communication to the European Council on the European Institute of Technology (EIT)"
• A Vision and Strategy for Europe's Universities and the European University Association
• Conclusions and Recommendations for Action adopted by participants in the meeting "Strengthening Higher Education and Research in South East Europe - Priorities for Regional and European Cooperation"

2005

• EUA's Position on the Development of a European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning
• EUA Statement on the Public Consultation on the Idea of Establishing a European Institute of Technology (EIT)

 2004

• EUA Response to the EC Communication "Science and Technology, the key to Europe's future - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research"
• EUA Recommendation on the Role of ECTS in the Elaboration of a European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
• EUA/CUIB Declaration of Guadalajara of the Universities of Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
• EUA Statement on the Research Role of Europe's Universities
• EUA's QA Policy Position in the context of the Berlin Communiqué

 2003

• EUA Policy Paper concerning the establishment of a European Research Council
• Response to the Communication from the Commission "The Role of Universities in the Europe of Knowledge"
• EUA Response to the EU COnsultation Document on the Future Development of the European Union Education, Training and YOuth Programmes after 2006
• The Role of Universities in Shaping the Future of Europe - EUA Statement to the European Convention

2002

• More Reseach for Europe - Towards 3% of GDP