New Zealand and the Bologna Process

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24THE BOLOGNAENVIRONMENT: Bologna’sInternational StrategyPurposeA key objective at the outset of the Bologna reforms was to promote theattractiveness of European higher education. The International Strategyformalises the ‘external dimension’ of the Bologna Process.AboutAt their London meeting in 2007, Ministers adopted the strategyThe European Higher Education Area in a Global Setting. Thiscommits them to:• improving information on, and promoting the attractiveness andcompetitiveness of the EHEA• strengthening cooperation based on partnership• intensifying policy dialogue, and• improving recognition.SignificanceThe Bologna reforms have created considerable interest in many parts of theworld, and stimulated discussion between European and internationalpartners on a range of issues. These include the recognition of qualifications,the benefits of cooperation and the underlying values of the Bologna Process.Efforts have been made in some countries in other parts of the world to bringtheir higher education systems more closely in line with the Bolognaframework. The International Strategy provides countries external to theBologna Process with an opportunity to further engage with the reforms.IssuesIncreasing the attractiveness of European higher education is one of thecore principles of the Bologna Process. However some Bologna countries(e.g. the United Kingdom) already have a very strong brand internationally.Germany, France and the Netherlands are all investing considerably intheir national positioning in the global community.
25 New Zealand ComparabilityThe work programme of the European Higher Education Area in a GlobalSetting provides opportunities for New Zealand to engage with the fullrange of European countries involved in the Bologna Process.The Ministry of Education’s Education Counsellor for Europe was invitedto be a panelist at the London Ministerial meeting representing countriesoutside the EHEA to speak on New Zealand’s perceptions of and interestsin the EHEA. Following on from this the Counsellor has been invited tospeak at pan–European and national level meetings on the same topic.These meetings highlighted New Zealand’s comparability with Bologna’sstructures and to registered our interest in benchmarking New Zealand’squalifications framework and quality assurance regimes against thosebeing established in the EHEA.Further ActionNew Zealand’s accession to the Lisbon Recognition Convention and thesubsequent engagement with the network of European National Recognitionand Information Centres provides a further set of opportunities to profileNew Zealand in the European region.TEOs may wish to identify priority areas which they would wish tosee profiled.
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