The future of the Bologna Process

The Yerevan Conference in May this year will conclude another round of the Bologna Process. Given the Bologna Follow-up Group’s role in finalising documents that will be adopted by Ministers, the discussion on the future of the Process is particularly high on EUA’s agenda.
It’s good news that the host for the next round (2015-2018) has already been decided: in 2018 Ministers will gather in Paris, probably at the Sorbonne, where it all began, back in 1998.
The following documents have been finalised by the BFUG, but would yet have to be adopted by the Bologna Ministers at the Yerevan Conference in May this year:  

• The Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG)
• As reported the ESG are finalised, but still subject to adoption of Bologna Ministers. Until then, the “old” ESG are still valid. Further information is available here.
• Structural Reforms Working Group report
• Pathfinder Group report on automatic recognition
• A European approach for simplified QA of Joint programmes
• ECTS Users’ Guide. More...