The Council of Europe’s contributions to the Bologna Process

The Council of Europe’s contributions to the Bologna Process include:

• Providing, with UNESCO, the only legally binding text of the Bologna Process: the Lisbon Recognition Convention;
• Development of recognition policy and practice through the ENIC and NARIC Networks, with UNESCO and the European Commission;
• Membership of several BFUG Working Groups;
• Work on the public responsibility for higher education and research; leading to a policy recommendation by the Committee of Ministers ;
• Work on higher education governance;
• A particular responsibility, within the Bologna Process, for working with countries that have joined the Process in 2003 or later;
• Publication of the Council of Europe Higher Education Series; in which most volumes are relevant to the Bologna Process. More...