1. The Information and Promotion Network – status quo
Ligia Deca
Head of the 2010 – 2012 Bologna Secretariat

2. General information Open to all members of the Bologna Process/EHEA
Main tasks:
Develop an overview of existing initiatives/activities
Contribute to production of information material
Contribute to the EHEA website
Foster exchange and best practice
Design measures to enhance the promotion of the EHEA
Set up by the BFUG by endorsing the IPN Terms of Reference (ToR) in the Madrid BFUG meeting (18-19 February 2010);
Kick-off meeting on 28 May 2010 in Vienna, back to back with the International Openness (IO) WG meeting.

3. Milestones Austria - Hubert Dürrstein (Chair),
Steering Committee election in Vienna (28 May 2010), comprising of:
Austria - Hubert Dürrstein (Chair),
Estonia – Heli Aru (Chair),
The Flemish Community of Belgium - Magalie Soenen (Chair),
Cyprus - Panikos Giorgoudes and
Hungary - Katalin Kurucz.
Steering Committee meeting in Bucharest (7 July 2010);
IPN sub-WG 1 (Chaired by DAAD) meeting in Bonn (17 December 2010);
ERT in Vienna (17 January 2011);
IPN meeting in Brussels ( date tbc).

4. IPN Workplan Sub-Working Group 1 (Chaired by DAAD – Dr. Irene Jansen)
Main task: develop an overview of existing initiatives/activities in the field of promotion of national HE systems and the EHEA as a whole;
Survey conducted - > analysis ready and recommendations in place.
Members: Germany (DAAD, Chair), Austria, Estonia, Norway, Slovenia, EURASHE.
Sub-Working Group 2 (no Chair currently in place)
Main task: contribute to the production of information & promotion material and aid in the development of the EHEA website;
No current IPN members expressed their wish to be a part of this WG.
Members: The Flemish Community of Belgium.
3. Sub-Working Group 3 (Chaired by OeAD – Prof. Hubert Dürrstein)
Main task: design measures to enhance the promotion of the EHEA;
ERT as a generator of viable parameters to frame the work of the WG3;
Members: Austria (OeAD, Chair), Germany(DAAD), Poland, Ireland.

5. IPN – possible steps ahead
Discuss and possibly reshape the IPN Workplan, with a focus on the IPN “deliverables” for the 2012 Bucharest Ministerial Conference;
Schedule the 2nd IPN meeting to endorse the IPN Workplan and present the results of the work conducted so far;
Clarify the IPN sub-structures division and increase participation in the work being conducted by the sub-WG Chairs;
Clarify the cooperation between the IPN and the IO WG, with a focus on the organisation of “a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a “road map” and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European-level promotion”;
5. Plan the drafting of the IPN report to be delivered to the Krakow BFUG meeting in October 2011, as requested by the BFUG and agreed within the IPN Steering Committee.

6. Thank you! Questions…
29th of November 2010