Bologna Timeline
1998 - Sorbonne Declaration
- A common framework of qualifications
- A common two-cycle system
- Mobility of students and teachers
1999 - Bologna Declaration
- Easily readable and comparable degrees
- A system of credits (ECTS)
- Mobility of researchers
- European cooperation in quality assurance
- European dimension in higher education
2001 - Prague Communiqué
- Lifelong learning
- Involvement of higher education institutions and students
- Promotion of the European Higher Education Area
2003 - Berlin Communiqué
- Quality assurance at institutional, national and European level
- Inclusion of doctoral level as third cycle
- Recognition of degrees and periods of studies (Diploma Supplement)
- European framework of qualifications
- Closer links between education and research
2005 - Bergen Communiqué
- Reinforcement of the social dimension
- Standards and guidelines for quality assurance
- National frameworks of qualifications
- Award and recognition of joint degrees
- Flexible learning paths in higher education
2007 - London Communiqué
- Strategy for EHEA in a global setting
- Widening Participation (social dimension)
- Quality assurance and European Quality Assurance Register in Higher Education (EQAR)
- Recognition of degrees and study periods and prior learning
- Doctoral Qualifications - need for close alignment between EHEA and ERA
Mobility of staff, students and graduates - Qualifications framework
- Lifelong learning
2009 - Leuven/Louvain-La-Neuve Summit
- Mobility as a hallmark of EHEA
- Lifelong learning - in support of widening participation
- Internationalisation
- Multidimensional Transparency Tools
- Employability - work placements & work-based learning
- Student-centred learning
- Improved and enhanced data collection
- New and diversified funding sources
2010 - Budapest-Vienna Declaration
Launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
