Armenia invited Turkey, Azerbaijan to participate in Bologna Process events
July 1, 2011 – 14:07 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – On July 1, 2011 Armenia and Poland will assume
co-chairmanship in Bologna Process to last till December 31, 2011,
Armenian Minister of Education and Science stated.
As Armen Ashotyan told a news conference in Yerevan, a number of
events were planned in this connection, including Bologna 2020
international student school aiming to consolidate students from
Bologna Process member states.
Ashotyan further noted that his Azerbaijani and Turkish counterparts
were invited to participate in two events to be hosted by Armenia.
However, the countries denied receiving any invitation, which, as
Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed they did receive.
The purpose of the Bologna Process (or Bologna Accords) is the
creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic
degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and
compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon
Recognition Convention. It is named after the place it was proposed,
the University of Bologna, with the signing in 1999 of the Bologna
declaration by Education Ministers from 29 European countries.
Armenia became a signatory and thus a member of the European Higher
Education Area in 2005.