Pressemelding
Nr.: 36-05
Dato: May 20, 2005
The European Higher Education Area:
Achieving the goals
Strengthening of quality assurance and
recognition of degrees, and introduction of national framework for
qualifications will be the priority areas for the Bologna Process towards 2007.
This
is stated in the Bergen
Communiqué signed by the Ministers after the 4th
Ministerial Conference in the Bologna Process. Stocktaking and setting of goals
and priorities towards 2010, was the main agenda for the meeting.
The Stocktaking shows substansial progress. In
most countries more than half of the students are enrolled in the two-cycle
degree systems. Almost all member states have made provisions for quality
assurance systems, but still progress, particular in student involvement, can be
made. 36 of 45 countries have ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention,
committing to principles of recognition of degrees and study periods.
Other main points of the Bergen Communiqué are:
- Social
dimension; making higher education equally accessible to all regardless of
social and economic background, including appropriate studying and living
conditions for students.
- External
dimension; making the European Higher Education Area attractive to other parts
of the world and at the same time stimulating balanced student and staff
exchange and cooperation between higher education institutions.
- Ensuring constant progress towards 2010 by
widening stocktaking with new priorities for 2007:
- introduction
of the proposed model for peer review of quality assurance agencies
- implementation
of national frameworks for qualifications
- the
awarding and recognition of joint degrees, including the doctorate level
- creating
opportunities for flexible learning paths in higher education, including
procedures for the recognition of prior learning
New
member countries; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Next
Ministerial meeting in the Process will be in London in 2007.
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more: http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/
