24-25 May 2018

Paris Ministerial Conference

This Ministerial Conference was held in Paris on 24-25 May 2018. It was opened to European Higher Education Area (EHEA) delegations and included a Bologna Policy Forum that was an opportunity to pursue a dialogue between EHEA and non-EHEA countries.

The Paris Conference was an opportunity to reinforce the cooperation between countries for a better future of higher education. The Communiqué stresses the necessity to improve the implementation of fundamental values, especially democracy, since the standards of higher education convey notions of peace and freedom!

EHEA Paris 2018 Ministerial Conference - Programme EHEA Paris 2018 Opening Ceremony - Programme EHEA Ministerial Conference Paris 2018 - List of attendees

Bologna Follow-Up Group Work Plan 2015-2018 - Reports from Working Groups and Advisory Groups

The European Higher Education Area in 2018: Bologna Process Implementation Report WG on FOSTERING IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREED KEY COMMITMENTS final report WG on POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW EHEA GOALS final report AG on EHEA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION final report AG on SUPPORT FOR THE BELARUS ROADMAP final report AG on DEALING WITH NON-IMPLEMENTATION final report AG on DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT REVISION final report

European Commission Brochure

The EU in support of the Bologna Process

Statements from the consultative members

Statements from the EHEA consultative members and other organisations are meant to inform the Ministers on the position of the issuer regarding topics that are addressed in the Conference:

EURASHE Bologna Policy Statement ENQA report Paris 2018 ESU statement to the Ministerial Conference 2018 ESU - Bologna with student eyes 2018 - The Final Countdown Council of Europe report Paris 2018 EUA Statement - The Bologna Process looks towards its third decade EUA background paper to the EUA Bologna Statement 2018 EQAR - Message to the EHEA Ministeral Conference EQAR Strategy 2018 - 2022 ETUCE Call to Paris Ministerial meeting - English version ETUCE Call to Paris Ministerial meeting - French version ETUCE Academics United for Quality Higher Education - English version ETUCE Academics United for Quality Higher Education - French version

The Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers' Conference

The Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference (FOHE-BPRC3) website National Mobility and Internationalisation Strategy for Higher Education 2020 – 2030 European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies (publication available on Springer website)

Position papers

European MOOC Consortium - Position paper EADTU - Position paper Bologna Digital - Position paper

Report on the implementation of goals and priorities of the European higher education area in Austria

Report on the implementation of goals and priorities of the European higher education area in Austria

Presentations and interventions

Statement by Tibor Navracsics, European Commission Statement by Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO (in French) Statement by Édouard Philippe, French Prime Minister (in French) EHEA Paris 2018 - Statement by Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe Presentation of Bologna Process Implementation Report, by David Crosier (WG1 Co Chair) Statement by SEM Yahouza Sadissou, Niger (in French) Statement by Sijbolt Noorda, President Magna Charta Observatory

Translations of the 2018 Paris Communiqué

2018 Paris Communiqué – French version
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Paris Communiqué

Paris Communiqué - appendix III - Overarching Framework of Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area (revised 2018)

Statement of the Fifth Bologna Policy Forum

Paris Communiqué

Paris Communiqué Paris Communiqué - appendix I - Structured peer-based support for the implementation of the Bologna key commitments Paris Communiqué - appendix II - Belarus strategy Paris Communiqué - appendix III - Overarching Framework of Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area (revised 2018) Paris Communiqué - appendix IV - The Diploma Supplement Template Statement of the Fifth Bologna Policy Forum