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Bologna process is name for reform of high education in Europe, and its goal is establishment of high educational area in Europe till 2010. Its name comes from “Bologna declaration” that was signed 19th June 1999 by ministers of 29 countries, encharged for high education.

Its formal name is “European higher education area”. Nature of Bologna process is national and international. Five main documents that have set base for Bologna process are:

• Magna Charta Universitatum

• Sorbonne declaration

• Bologna declaration

• Presidential announcement from Praha

• Presidental annoucement from Berlin

Magna Charta Universitatum

Rectors of 388 universities signed this document. It starts by part of university as center of culture, knowledge and researching in transportation of knowledge that contributes to develop of community to youth. It accents autonomy of university as important postulate and needs of independence of politics and economics. Magna Chartas base principles are: autonomy of universities, freedom of researches and education, part of university in reaching of general knowledge and necessity of different cultures for introducing each other.

Sorbonne declaration

This declaration was signed by four ministers in charge of high schooling in France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain. It maintains principles of Magna Charta. It accents main part of universities in develop of “Europe of knowledge”. Principles in Sorbonne declaration refer on mobility of university professors and students, learning whole life, advocacy of learning in two cycles, scoring system, variety of programs for studying and develop of linguistic skills.
 

Bologna declaration

Bologna declaration is key document in develop of European area of high education. Its concrete goals are:

accepting of systems easily recognizable and comparable stages

•  introduction of Diploma Supplemeta (additive to diploma),

• accepting of system based on two main cycles – pregraduate and graduate, first cycle must last at least three years

• introduction of scoring systems

•  promotion of mobility of students, professors, explorers and staff

• promotion of European cooperation in quality assurance and promotion of European dimension in high education

2010 is deadline for realization of goals. Declaration accents principles of autonomy and difference.
 

Presidential announcement from Praha

It produces assessment for develop in realization of goals from Bologna process and sets further guidance. With this announcement, Croatias check in for Bologna process was accepted. In view of assessment for develop of Bologna process, it adjourns that goals of Bologna process are well accepted and signatories used them as base for develop of education. Forward, it affirmed six goals of Bologna process, with little changes. In view of learning in two cycles, it adds that programs should have different orientations and profiles and then they would satisfy individual and academical requirements. It accents importance of learning through whole life. For the first time it accents student participation as key in Bologna process.
 

Presidential announcement from Berlin

It affirms goals of Bologna process and announcement from Praha. In view of accepting of stages, announcement from Berlin adds as a goal commitment that every student who graduates in 2005 and forward, gets addendum to diploma on one of important European languages. In view of learning in two cycles, it contains obligation to get started with it till 2005. In this announcement new scoring system gets support. For quality assurance, announcement lays some conditions that national system of assurance would have to fulfill until 2005.  

Countries that are signing Bologna process:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Ireland, Island, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Great Britain.