1. OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA: WWW.EHEA .INFO
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2. About the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area
The process of convergence of higher education systems in Europe began in the mid-1970s with the adoption of the EU Resolution on the Program of Cooperation in the field of education. In 1999, the Ministers of Education of 29 European states signed the so-called Bologna Declaration, which marked the beginning of active joint work on the harmonization of higher education systems in Europe. Starting with the EU countries, this movement further expanded to other European countries and was called the Bologna Process.
The objectives of this process are:
building a European higher education area as a key direction for the development of mobility of citizens with the possibility of employment;
formation and strengthening of the intellectual, cultural, social, scientific and technical potential of Europe; increasing the prestige of the European higher school in the world;
ensuring the competitiveness of European universities; achieving greater compatibility and comparability of national higher education systems; improving the quality of education;
increasing the central role of universities in the development of European cultural values, when universities are considered as carriers of European consciousness.
The Bologna Declaration, as well as a number of other international documents adopted in its development, establish the following basic principles for the formation of a pan-European educational space:
introduction of generally understandable, comparable qualifications in the field of higher education;
transition to a multi-stage system of higher education (without specific reference to the bachelor's-master's degree model);
introduction of assessment of labor intensity (courses, programs, workload) in terms of credits and reflection of the curriculum in the appendix to the diploma, a sample of which was developed by UNESCO;
improving the academic mobility of students, teachers and administrative and managerial staff;
ensuring the necessary quality of higher education, mutual recognition of qualifications and relevant documents in the field of higher education;
ensuring regulated autonomy of universities;
introduction of postgraduate and doctoral studies into the general system of higher education (as the third stage of higher education);
giving a "European dimension" to higher education (its orientation towards pan-European values) and increasing the attractiveness and competitiveness of European education;
realization of the social role of higher education, its accessibility, development of the system of additional education (the so-called "lifelong education");
transition to a pan-European educational and research space.
Countries join the Bologna Declaration on a voluntary basis. The main strategic goal of the Bologna process has already been achieved - in 2010, at the Conference of Ministers of Education in Vienna and Budapest, the launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) was announced. The actual existence of the European Higher Education Area dates back to July 1, 2010. Now the goal of the Bologna Process is to further improve the EHEA in order to increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of European education in the modern world.
The formation of the EHEA has taken place and is taking place in accordance with the principle of preserving and harmonizing diverse national education systems. The Bologna process does not require unification and subordination, abrupt revolutionary steps divorced from national contexts. A well-thought-out, comprehensive, flexible strategy for the evolutionary development of education aimed at improving its quality is important. The EHEA assumes clarity, openness, transparency of higher education systems of the Bologna Process member states.
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3. Member States of the European Higher Education Area
1. Austria
2. Iceland
3. Russia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Spain
6. Romania
7. Albania
8. Italy
9. Serbia
10. Andorra
11. Kazakhstan
12. Slovakia
13. Armenia
14. Cyprus
15. Slovenia
16. Belgium
17. Latvia
18. Turkey
19. Bulgaria
20. Lithuania
21. Ukraine
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina
23. Liechtenstein
24. Finland
25. The Vatican
26. Luxembourg
27. France
28. Great Britain
29. Macedonia
30. Croatia
31. Hungary
32. Malta
33. Czech Republic
34. Germany
35. Moldova
36. Montenegro
37. Greece
38. Netherlands
39. Switzerland
40. Georgia
41. Norway
42. Sweden
43. Denmark
44. Poland
45. Estonia
46. Ireland
47. Portugal
48. Belarus
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4. Basic declarations and communiques
13. Yerevan communique. Communique of the Conference of Ministers of the European Higher Education Area (Yerevan, Armenia, May 14-15, 2015) Russian
12. Bucharest Communique. Maximizing our potential: Consolidation of the European Higher Education Area. Communique of the Conference of Ministers of the European Higher Education Area (Bucharest, Romania, April 26-27, 2012) Russian;
11. Budapest-Vienna Declaration on the Establishment of the European Higher Education Area. Adopted on March 12, 2010 at the Anniversary Conference of Ministers of Education of the Bologna Process Member Countries (Budapest/Vienna, March 11-12, 2010) Russian;
10. The Leuven Communique. The Bologna Process 2020 is the European Higher Education Area in the new decade. Communique of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education (Leuven/Louvain-La-Neuve, April 28-29, 2009) Russian;
9. London Communique. Towards the European Higher Education Space: Responding to the challenges of a globalized world. Communique of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education (London, May 17-18, 2007) Russian;
8. The Bergen Communique. The European Higher Education Area: achieving goals. Communique of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education (Bergen, Norway, May 19-20, 2005) Russian;
7. The Berlin Communique. Creation of the European Higher Education Area. Communique of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education (Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2003) Russian;
6. Prague Communique. To the zone of European Higher Education. Communique of the Meeting of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education (Prague, Czech Republic, May 19, 2001) Russian;
5. Gothenburg Declaration of Students (Gothenburg, Sweden, March 25, 2001) Russian;
4. The Bologna Declaration: The Zone of European Higher Education. Joint Statement of the European Ministers of Education (Bologna, Italy, June 19, 1999) Russian;
3. The Sorbonne Declaration. Joint Declaration on the Harmonization of the Architecture of the European Higher Education System by four Ministers representing Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy (Sorbonne, France, May 25, 1998) Russian;
2. The Lisbon Convention. Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Related to Higher Education in the European Region (Lisbon, Portugal, April 11, 1997) Russian;
1. The Magna Carta of European Universities (Bologna, Italy, September 18, 1988) Russian.
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5. Download
5.1. regulatory framework:
− Work plan for the implementation of the EHEA instruments for 2019
5.2. information and analytical reviews:
5.3. for students
− Students about the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area.
5.4. materials of seminars and round tables
− Structural reforms in the European Higher Education Area: challenges and opportunities (18.11.2014, MGLU).
− Implementation of the European Higher Education Area: challenges and opportunities (03.03.2015, BSU).
− "TUT Discussion". Is there a lot of politics in Belarus' accession to the Bologna process and what is the country ready to do for this - interview with Anatoly Makarov, Head of the Department of Educational Systems Design at the RIH, author of a book about the Bologna process
5.5. Standards and guidelines for EHEA instruments
− Standards and guidelines for ensuring the quality of higher education in the European Higher Education Area
Education (ESG) - May 14-15, 2015
− Guidelines for the use of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) - May 14-15, 2015
− European approach to assessing the quality of joint programs - October 2014