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Berlin conference of Bologna process minsters
18-19 Sep.2003 - communiqué

New developments in Higher Education

in Latvia
in Europe
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Developments in higher education in Latvia

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Developments in higher education in Europe

The most important development in higher education going on in Europe is the process of creation of the European Higher Education known as  Bologna process

introduction to Bologna process

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information on Bologna process

Bologna process
is the process of creation of the
European Higher Education area

Introductory notes

Bologna process started on June 19, 1999 when 29 European Ministers responsible for   higher education  signed  the Bologna declaration. Since the second ministerial meeting in Prague in may 2001  the number of participating countries has grown to 33.

The European Higher Education Area should be completed by 2010.
The vison of the European Higher Education Space is the following. In 2010:

• European higher education system is transparent and understandable and it is mainly arranged in a two-tier system of undergraduate (bachelor) and postgraduate (master) degrees,
• degrees/diplomas earned in one part of the area are accordingly recognised in other parts - both for further studies and for labour market,
• graduates (including the holders of first degree) are employable in the European  labour market,
• students and teachers can freely move within the European higher education area and they effectively exercise this opportunity,
• lifelong learning is no longer isolated from higher education – knowledge and skills acquired through LLL is credited towards degrees/ qualifications, and modules of higher education courses are effectively used by lifelong learners,
• European higher education is attractive in the World market.

Reaching the goals of the Bologna declaration will require introduction of ECTS and Diploma supplement, establishing European cooperation in quality assurance, solving the remaining recognition issues, finding solutions for assessment of skills and knowledge acquired through lifelong learning, sorting out issues of practical mobility,  solving social problems of students and staff etc.

Every 2 years the ministers will meet again to:

- reconfirm the objectives,
- analyze the results and
- set guidelines for the next period.

The Next ministerial meeting is scheduled in September 2003 in Berlin.

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on Bologna process