Bologna process update: Vienna and Budapest to host 2010 special Ministerial conference
EUA is pleased to announce that there will be a special Ministerial summit in the spring of 2010 to mark the creation of the European Higher Education Area, as outlined in the Bologna process.
The meeting will be held in both Vienna (Austria) and Budapest (Hungary) and will be organised by the Austrian and Hungarian governments in cooperation with EUA, the European Students Union (ESU), and the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE).
This decision was reached at the recent meeting of the Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) - the official coordination body for the Bologna process, consisting of government representatives from Bologna member states and stakeholder organisations including EUA - held in Brdo, Slovenia on 13-14 March 2008.
The major focus of the BFUG meeting, however, was the preparation for the next biennial Bologna Ministerial conference, due to take place in Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, in April 2009, and the future of this unique cooperation beyond 2010.
The debate will be prepared through a Bologna seminar in Ghent, Belgium 19-20 May 2008, an extraordinary BFUG meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 24-25 June 2008 and an independent assessment of the achievements of the 10 years of the Bologna process. This independent study will be funded by the European Commission, and a call for tender is due to be published in April 2008.
EUA will also contribute strongly to the debate on the future of the Bologna process. On 4 July 2008 the EUA Council will address this question, and next year’s Prague Convention of Higher Education Institutions (18-21 March 2009) is being organised with the intention of exploring the questions that universities consider the most important for the future European Higher Education Area.
Published on: Friday, 21 March 2008 11:38