1. Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova Co-Chairmanship of the Bologna Process
1 January - 30 June 2016
Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova

2. Republic of Moldova Situated in the Eastern Europe;
Capital city- Chisinau;
Total area- 33,851 km2;
Population- 2,913,281 inhabitants;

3. Economy Agriculture; Wine industry (viticulture and winemaking);
Tourism

4. Education overview 1374- secondary education institutions;
60- secondary-professional institutions;
45- colleges;
30- higher education institutions;
* pupils/ students
* teachers
The responsibility for education lies with the Ministry of Education.
The main documents which define the modernization of the national education system:
Code on Education, 2014;
The Strategy Moldova 2020;
The Strategy Education 2020;
The Strategy of VET development

5. In 2005 Republic of Moldova became part of Bologna Process and since associated country of the European Union by signing the EU Association Agreement and benefits of visa liberalization.

6. The Moldova ’ s co chairmanship Priorities on Education according to the EU Association Agreement
Promoting lifelong learning;
Modernising education and training systems, enhancing quality, relevance and access;
Promoting convergence in higher education, deriving from the Bologna process and the EU higher education modernisation agenda;
Reinforcing international academic cooperation, participation in EU cooperation programmes, increasing student and teacher mobility;
Establishing a national qualification framework in order to improve the transparency and recognition of qualifications and competences;
Promoting the aims set in the Copenhagen process on enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training.

7. The Moldova ’ s Priorities on Education
Improve quality and efficiency
Quality assurance at all levels of education;
Teacher’s education;
Attractiveness of VET;
Innovative education and training (investment in young people & entrepreneurship);
Promote creativity, innovation and digital skills at school level;
Explore further development of internationalisation in higher education.

8. Youth policy and non-formal education
Reinforce cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth policy and non-formal education for young people and youth workers;
Facilitate active participation of all young people in society;
Support young people and youth workers' mobility as a means to promote intercultural dialogue and the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences outside the formal educational systems, including through volunteering;
Promote cooperation between youth organisations to support civil society.

9. BFUG and Board Meetings Conferences in Moldova
Calendar of events
BFUG and Board Meetings
Either January or January, 2016 Board meeting in Chisinau,
Republic of Moldova;
2016 (tbc) BFUG meeting, Netherlands
Conferences in Moldova
Conference on the new programme «ERASMUS+», January 2016;
Conference on VET, September, 2016;
Conference on quality assurance in higher education, April, 2016.

10. Welcome to Moldova!