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    PRESS RELEASE
    Council of Europe Press Division
    Ref: 791a06
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    Conclusions of the Informal Conference of Ministers of Education from
    the new countries in the Bologna Process (Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and
    Ukraine)

    Strasbourg, 14.12.2006 - Ministers of Education from Armenia, Georgia,
    Moldova and Ukraine met at Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg
    on 12-13 December 2006 to take stock of higher education reforms in
    their respective countries and to prepare jointly for the Ministerial
    conference of the Bologna Process to be held in London on 17 - 18 May
    2007.

    In the adopted conclusions, Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the
    Bologna Process and its goal of establishing a European Higher Education
    Area by 2010.

    While pointing out that considerable progress has been made, they
    stressed the need to step up reforms of higher education systems in
    their countries, further developing the quality of higher education,
    advancing work on qualifications frameworks and curriculum reform and
    paying more attention to social dimension in higher education.

    Recognising the importance of mobility for students and staff, they
    acknowledged progress in their countries in visa procedures and called
    upon their fellow Ministers of Education in all countries party to the
    Bologna Process to raise the issue of facilitating the granting of
    visas, work and residence permits and social security protection.

    The Ministers pointed out that the work of students and staff to foster
    the development and dissemination of knowledge and the right of students
    to education should not suffer because of political disagreements.

    Ministers recognised the need for more co-operation and the exchange of
    experience between themselves and pointed to the Black Sea cooperation
    as a framework conducive to further cooperation on key higher education
    goals...

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    www.coe.int/higher-education

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