On 12 March 2010, the Minsters of the now 47 countries participating in the Bologna Process adopted the Budapest-Vienna Declaration and officially launched the European Higher Education Area.
The Conference of the European Higher Education Area Ministers was followed by a meeting with Ministers from different parts of the world in the Second Bologna Policy Forum on "Building the Global Knowledge Society: Systemic and Institutional Change in Higher Education" that was concluded with the Vienna Bologna Policy Forum Statement.
Bologna Ministerial Anniversary Conference 2010 in Budapest and Vienna
Background documents
The Bologna Process Independent Assessment:
Bologna Process Independent Assessment - Executive summary, overview and conclusions
Bologna Process Independent Assessment - Volume 1 Detailed assessment report
Bologna Process Independent Assessment - Volume 2 Case studies and appendices
Stakeholders reports and statements
EURYDICE Higher Education in Europe 2010
EURYDICE Higher Education in Europe 2010 - Highlights
ESU - Bologna at the Finish Line
ENQA Report to the Bologna Ministerial Anniversary Conference of March 2010
EURASHE 10 Commitments for the European Higher Education Area in 2020
Education international - Statement to the Bologna Anniversary Ministerial Conference
Bologna 1999-2010 - Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives
Presentations and speeches
European Commission
European Commission presentations at the 2010 Ministerial Conference
Researchers' Consortium
Researchers Consortium presentations at 2010 Ministerial Conference
BUSINESSEUROPE
BMAC Gerhard Riemer, BUSINESSEUROPE
Council of Europe
Council of Europe presentations at the 2010 Ministerial Conference
European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
BMAC Achim Hopbach, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
European Students' Union (ESU)
ESU intervention Vienna-Budapest 2010
European University Association (EUA)
European University Association presentations at 2010 Ministerial Conference
Eurydice
Eurydice presentations at 2010 Ministerial Conference
UNESCO
Official Opening
István Hiller, Minister of Education and Culture, Hungary
Màrius Rubiralta, Secretary General of Universities, Ministry of Education, Spain
Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism & Youth
The European Higher Education Area: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives
Degree and Curriculum Reform - Cooperation in Quality Assurance
Don F. Westerheijden, Researchers’ Consortium
BMAC Don F. Westerheijden, Researchers' Consortium - 1
Gerhard Riemer, BUSINESSEUROPE
BMAC Gerhard Riemer, BUSINESSEUROPE
Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe
BMAC Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe - 1
Jens Vraa-Jensen, Education International
Achim Hopbach, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
BMAC Achim Hopbach, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Lars Nielsen, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
Ligia Deca, European Students’ Union
BMAC Ligia Deca, European Students' Union
Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association
BMAC Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association
David Crosier, Eurydice
Mobility and Recognition
Don F. Westerheijden, Researchers’ Consortium
BMAC Don F. Westerheijden, Researchers' Consortium - 2
Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe
BMAC Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe - 2
Jens Vraa-Jensen, Education International
Lars Nielsen, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
Ligia Deca, European Students’ Union
BMAC Ligia Deca, European Students' Union - 2
Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association
BMAC Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association - 2
David Crosier, Eurydice
BMAC David Crosier, Eurydice - 2
Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, UNESCO
Social Dimension
Don F. Westerheijden, Researchers’ Consortium
BMAC Don F. Westerheijden, Researchers' Consortium - 3
Ligia Deca, European Students’ Union
BMAC Ligia Deca, European Students' Union - 3
Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association
BMAC Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association - 3
David Crosier, Eurydice
Essence and Impact
Lars Nielsen, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
Ligia Deca, European Students’ Union
BMAC Ligia Deca, European Students' Union - 4
Jean-Marc Rapp, European University Association
Adoption of the Budapest-Vienna Declaration
2010 Budapest-Vienna Declaration
Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism & Youth
BMAC European Commission Closing Speech
Màrius Rubiralta, Secretary General of Universities, Ministry of Education, Spain
Daniel Petru Funeriu, Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sport, Romania
Beatrix Karl, Minister of Science and Research, Austria
Bologna Policy Forum
BOLOGNA 1999-2010
1999-2010 The making of Bologna: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives
Bologna 1999-2010 - Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives
MEMBERS
47 countries
signed the Budapest / Vienna Declaration
LOGO
The logo of the conference was designed by Zsuzsanna Palman, a fourth-year student at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, and selected from the works of Austrian and Hungarian students prepared for a competition by the Austrian-Hungarian joint Organization Committee.