The European Higher Education Area

The Bologna Process, launched with the Bologna Declaration of 1999, is one of the main voluntary processes at European level, as it is nowadays implemented in 49 States, which define the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

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The Ministerial Conferences

Every two or three years there are Ministerial Conferences organised in order to assess the progress made within the EHEA and to decide on the new steps to be taken.

The Ministerial Conferences have taken place in Bologna, 18-19 June 1999 - Prague, 18-19 May 2001 - Berlin, 18-19 September 2003 - Bergen, 19-20 May 2005 - London, 17-18 May 2007 - Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve, 28-29 April 2009 - Budapest/Vienna, 10-12 March 2010 - Bucharest, 26-27 April 2012 - Yerevan, 14-15 May 2015 - Paris, 24-25 May 2018, Rome (virtual), 19 November 2020 and Tirana - 29-30 May 2024. 

The next Ministerial Conference is going to take place in Romania (Iași) and the Republic of Moldova (Chișinău) in May/June 2027.

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The Bologna Follow-Up Group

The Bologna Follow-Up Group - BFUG - is the executive structure supporting the Bologna Process in-between the Ministerial Conferences. It is in place since autumn 1999.

The work between two meetings of the Bologna Follow-up Group is overseen by a Board.

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The European Higher Education Area Secretariat

The overall follow-up work is supported by a Secretariat, which is provided by the country hosting the next Ministerial Conference.

Between 1st of July 2024 and 30th of June 2027, the Secretariat of the Bologna Follow-up Group is held by the Republic of Moldova and Romania, as organizers of the 2027 EHEA Ministerial Conference.

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