Bologna work plan 2009-2012
In the Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué, the Ministers responsible for higher education in the countries participating in the Bologna Process identified the following
higher education priorities for the coming decade
- social dimension: equitable access and completion,
- lifelong learning;
- employability;
- student-centred learning and the teaching mission of higher education;
- education, research and innovation;
- international openness;
- mobility;
- data collection;
- multidimensional transparency tools;
- funding.
To implement the Bologna reforms and to make progress in all priority areas, strong efforts will be required especially at national and institutional level. To support these efforts with joint action at European level, the Ministers entrusted the Bologna Follow-up Group to prepare a work plan for the period leading up to the Ministerial Conference in 2012, including the Ministerial Anniversary Conference on 11-12 March 2010 in Budapest and Vienna.
As part of the 2009-2012 work plan, the Bologna Follow-up Group set up seven working groups on the following topics:
- Social Dimension
- Qualifications Frameworks
- International Openness
- Mobility
- Recognition
- Reporting on the implementation of the Bologna Process
- Transparency mechanisms
To further disseminate the Bologna reforms, countries and organisations participating in the Bologna Process also organise various seminars and conferences that are announced via the calendar of events.
Bologna work programme 2007-2009
To put the objectives and recommendations of the 2007 London Communiqué into p into practice, the Bologna Follow-up Group (at its meeting of 2-3 October 2007) had adopted a work programme for the period leading up to the Ministerial Conference on 28-29 April 2009 in Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve.
The overarching aim was to make further progress in realising the European Higher Education Area.
On the following pages you will find more information on the priorities of the 2007-2009 work e and the topics covered by the Bologna Process in general.
Bologna action lines
Bologna events 2007-2009
The Bologna work programme 2007-2009 contained a wide range of activities, including a number of official Bologna Seminars.
Those as well as other events related to the creation of the European Higher Education Area, or higher education trends and developments more generally, are listed in our calendar of events.