Next to Members, the Bologna Process also involves Consultative Members and BFUG partners.

With the Prague Communiqué, the Ministers agreed:

"The European University Association, the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE), the National Unions of Students in Europe and the Council of Europe should be consulted in the follow-up work."

In the Berlin Communiqué, these organisations (plus UNESCO-CEPES) were then referred to as “Consultative Members”.

Explicit criteria for consultative membership were for the first time laid down by the Bologna Follow-up Group at its meeting in Mondorf on 1-2 March 2005.
Further information is available on the How to apply for becoming a member page.