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The overarching aim of the Bologna Process is to create a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) based on international cooperation and academic exchange that is attractive to European students and staff as well as to students and staff from other parts of the world. |
Why is it called Bologna Process and who participates? The Bologna Process is named after the Bologna Declaration, which was signed in the Italian city of Bologna on 19 June 1999 by ministers in charge of higher education from 29 European countries. Today, the Process unites 47 countries - all party to the European Cultural Convention and committed to the goals of the European Higher Education Area. An important characteristic of the Bologna Process - and key to its success - is that it also involves European Commission, Council of Europe and UNESCO-CEPES, as well as representatives of higher education institutions, students, staff, employers and quality assurance agencies |
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The envisaged European Higher Education Area will:
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The pace of the chance in the area of higher education increased in the 1990’s, and this trend has continued with a high speed into the 2000’s and included the countries outside Europe. All these changes and developments have, once again, underlined the importance of the role of the students’ organizations in Bologna Process and society.
Student associations are considered to have a critical role in improving EHEA in the Bologna Process. We are developing carefully tailored policies and strategies for the implementation of innovation and creativity take a prominent role in the Bologna Process.
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Since 2003, the European Medical Students Association (EMSA) and the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) have jointly organised workshops dedicated to the study of the development of the Bologna Process in the European Higher Education Area. | |
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During these workshops, students develop statements to represent their views and perspectives, and to influence European policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in the process of development and implementation of the Bologna Process. |
This annual workshop where medical students from all over Europe discuss the implementation of the Bologna Process in medical education. Together they voice the position of European medical students with the aim to advise the European authorities and medical faculties from the students' point of view.
History of Bologna Process Follow Workshops
EMSA - The Project
