Draft Agenda

1. Welcome and Introduction to meeting

2. Adoption of agenda

• BFUG9_2a Draft Agenda BFUG Meeting Helsinki October 2006
• BFUG9_2b Draft Annotated Agenda BFUG Meeting Helsinki October 2006

3. Minutes of the last BFUG and Board meetings

• BFUG Meeting 8 Vienna April 2006 - Minutes
• BFUG Board 13 Helsinki Sept 2006 - Minutes

4. Request to join Bologna Process: Montenegro

• BFUG9_4 Request to join the Bologna Process - Montenegro

5. Board election procedure

• BFUG9_5 and BFUGB13_8 Election procedure for BFUG Board members

6. BFUG work programme: progress reports from working groups

External Dimension and feedback from Greek and Nordic Seminars

• BFUG9_6ai WG External Dimension - presentation
• BFUG9_6ai WG External Dimension - update
• Bologna Seminar on External Dimension Oslo 2006 - Conclusions
• Bologna Seminar on Strategies for Attractiveness Athens 2006 - Final report
• BFUG9_6aiii WG External Dimension - Draft Report
• BFUG9_6aiv External Dimension Strategy - Draft

Qualifications Frameworks

• BFUG9_6b WG Qualifications Framework - Interim Report

Stocktaking

• BFUG9_6c WG Stocktaking - update

Social Dimension and Data on Staff and Student Mobility

• BFUG9_6d WG Social Dimension and Mobility - update
• BFUG9_6d WG Social Dimension and Mobility - presentation
• BFUG9 Data Collection update

Portability of Grants and Loans

• BFUG9_6ei WG Portability of Loans and Grants - presentation
• BFUG9_6ei WG Portability of Loans and Grants - update
• BFUG9_6eii WG Portability of Loans and Grants - Terms of reference

7. BFUG work programme: London Communiqué

• BFUG9_7 Update on the London Ministerial Conference 2007 organisation

8. BFUG work programme: topics for discussion

Joint degrees/European Dimension – Draft Report from German Seminar

• BFUG9_8a Joint Degrees Seminar Berlin 2006 - Draft Conclusions

Employability – Report from UK Seminar

• BFUG9_8b Bologna Seminar Employability - Swansea 2006 - Report

9. Candidates for 2009 Ministerial Conference – vote

• BFUG9_9 Voting Procedure to select the host of 2009 Ministerial Conference
• BFUGB11_3c BENELUX letter of interest hosting 2009 Ministerial Conference
• BFUGB11_3a Croatia letter of interest hosting 2009 Ministerial Conference
• BFUGB11_3b Slovak Republic letter of interest hosting 2009 Ministerial Conference

10. BFUG work programme: topics for discussion

Possible arrangements for supporting the EHEA post 2010

• BFUG9_10 Discussion on possible arrangements for supporting the continuing the development of the EHEA post 2010

11. BFUG work programme: progress reports from projects European register of Quality Assurance Agencies

• BFUG9_11a E4 Group - Interim Report - presentation
• BFUG9_11a E4 Group - Interim Report
• BFUG9_11a Annex - E4 Group Report
• European Quality Assurance Forum 2006 - Invitation
• European Quality Assurance Forum 2006 - Programme

12. Candidates for 2009 Ministerial Conference – outcome of vote

13. BFUG work programme: progress reports from projects

Principles for doctoral programmes

• BFUG9_13 EUA Doctoral Programmes Project - presentation
• BFUG9_13 EUA Doctoral Programmes Project - update
• BFUG9_13i EUA Survey on Funding Doctoral Education
• BFUG9_13ii Invitation Seminar on Doctoral Programmes Nice

14. Any other business

• BFUG9_14a Council of Europe contribution
• BFUG9_14b EURASHE update
• BFUG9_14c EI update
• BFUG9_14d ENQA update
• BFUG9_14e UNICE update
• BFUG9_14f ESIB update
• BFUG9_14g UNESCO-CEPES update

Date of next Board meeting (BFUGB14) – 23 January 2007, Berlin.
Date of next BFUG meeting (BFUG10) – 5- 6 March 2007, Berlin.