1. INFORMAL CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATION FROM THE NEW COUNTRIES IN THE BOLOGNA PROCESS (Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) Strasbourg, 12-13 December 2006 REFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION: PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE BOLOGNA PROCESS (LONDON, MAY 2007)

2. Welcome and opening of the conference Terry Davis Secretary General of the Council of Europe Ambassador Eleanora Petrova-Mitevska Permanent Representative of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” to the Council of Europe and Chair of the GR-C Gabriele Mazza Director of School, Out-of-School and Higher Education

3. Opening session

4. Armenia Levon Mkrtchyan Minister Ministry of Education and Science Nerses Gevorgyan Adviser to the Minister of Education Georgia Alexander Lomaia Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Lela Maisuradze Head of the European Integration Division Vostanik Marukhyan, Rector State Engineering University of Moldova

5. Moldova Viorela Moldovan-Batrinac Deputy Minister Ministry of Education and Youth Ukraine Prof Nikolaienko Stanislav Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine

6. Experts Keith Andrews Higher Education International Team Department for Education and Skills Dr Mogens Berg Ministeriet for Videnskab Teknologi og Udvikling Prof Andrejs Rauhvargers Secretary General Latvian Rectors’ Council Prof Dr Luc E Weber Rector emeritus University of Geneva

7. Secretariat Katia Dolgova-Dreyer, Administrator, Higher Education and Research division Sarah Keating-Chetwynd, Education Coordinator for South East Europe Sophie Ashmore, Assistant, Higher Education and Research Division Nataliya Matamoros, Trainee, Higher Education and Research Division Sjur Bergan, Head of Department of Higher Education and History Teaching

8. At the Vin d’honneur offered by the Director of Education Mr Gabriele Mazza

9. Countries are discussing the conclusions of the conference