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EHEA Ministerial Conference 2020

EHEA Ministerial Conference 2020

 

The EHEA Rome 2020 Ministerial Conference will take place for the first time in virtual format and will be viewable by all thanks to the live streaming of the event which will start at 9:00 (CET) on 19 November.

 

The EHEA Rome 2020 Ministerial Conference will be an opportunity to reinforce cooperation between countries for a better future in higher education, to increase the number of countries participating in the EHEA with the entry of San Marino in the process and to reflect on the next decade of the EHEA.

 

The Conference proceedings will be opened by the Minister for Universities and Research, Prof. Gaetano Manfredi, and by the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, followed by the participation of all EHEA Ministers and Consultative Members of the process.

 

During the Conference, EHEA Ministers will adopt the Rome Ministerial Communiqué, a fundamental document which will give indications on the next ten years of work of the entire European Higher Education Area, and that will stress the need to improve the implementation of fundamental values, especially democracy, since the principles behind higher education convey notions of peace and freedom!

 

The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is a unique international collaboration on higher education and the result of the political will of 48 countries with different political, cultural and academic traditions, which, step by step during the last twenty years, built an Area implementing a common set of commitments: structural reforms and shared tools. These 48 countries agree to and adopt reforms on higher education on the basis of common key values– such as freedom of expression, autonomy for institutions, independent student unions, academic freedom, free movement of students and staff.
 
Through this process, countries, institutions and stakeholders of the European area continuously adapt their higher education systems making them more compatible and strengthening their quality assurance mechanisms. For all these countries, the main goal is to increase staff and students' mobility and to facilitate employability.
 

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