1. European Commission DG EAC “All change please” Future perspectives for European cooperation in higher education Adam Pokorny

2. European Commission DG EAC Changing landscape n European Council (Lisbon) n Intergovernmental (Bologna) n Programmes (Socrates)

3. European Commission DG EAC European Council (Lisbon) Lisbon European Council, March 2000 Strategic goal: “…to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion” (para 5)

4. European Commission DG EAC European Council (Lisbon) Key actions for higher education: n Open method of coordination n Report on Concrete future objectives of the education system n Mobility Recommendation and Action Plan

5. European Commission DG EAC Intergovernmental (Bologna) n European Higher Education Area by 2010 n Three-step process covering several years: u Readability u Comparability u Compatibility

6. European Commission DG EAC Intergovernmental (Bologna) Salamanca - communication from universities “ European higher education institutions recognise that their students need and demand qualifications which they can use effectively for the purpose of their studies and careers all over Europe. The institutions and their networks and organisations acknowledge their role and responsibility in this regard, and confirm their willingness to organise themselves accordingly within the framework of autonomy.”

7. European Commission DG EAC Intergovernmental (Bologna) n Looming issues u Transferability, particularly Bachelors  Masters u Quality assurance & accreditation u Institutionalization of the process u Academic autonomy, European diversity

8. European Commission DG EAC Programmes (Socrates) Objectives underlying Erasmus 1987, and just as valid today n Quality - learning from others n Expand and “multilateralize” student mobility n European Dimension Consolidated into Socrates 1996: n Institutionalization n “Virtual mobility”

9. European Commission DG EAC Programmes (Socrates) Effects and good practice n Institutional basis for student mobility n Academic recognition of study abroad periods n Establishment of support services for student mobility in the institutions n Integrated policy at university level n Multilateral forms of co-operation, networks

10. European Commission DG EAC Socrates/Erasmus - trends

11. European Commission DG EAC Socrates/Erasmus - trends

12. European Commission DG EAC Socrates/Erasmus - trends

13. European Commission DG EAC Socrates/Erasmus - trends

14. European Commission DG EAC Socrates/Erasmus - trends

15. European Commission DG EAC Programmes - Future n Stimulation of mobility u Mobility recommendation u Bologna and transferability n Strengthen curriculum development u Working group summer 2001 u External evaluation late 2001 u Links to Thematic Networks u Links to Bologna process

16. European Commission DG EAC Programmes - Future n Structure of Institutional Contract: u Decentralisation of organisation of mobility u Europe-wide debate u Key issues F European Dimension F Institutional commitment F Practicalities F Evolution towards Socrates 3