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Higher Education in the Council of Europe

Explore the importance of education in the Council of Europe program, supporting democracy, human rights, and social cohesion while improving opportunities for individuals. Learn about the recognition of qualifications, public responsibility for higher education and research, and the role of universities in modern societies.

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Higher Education in the Council of Europe

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  1. Higher Education in the Council of Europe Katia Dolgova-Dreyer

  2. WHY EDUCATION IN THE COUNCIL PROGRAM? • Support democracy, human rights and rule of law • Essential condition for creating democratic culture • Promote social cohesion and equal opportunities • Improve opportunities for individuals • Develop a “Europe of competence and skills” • Provide a pan-European voice

  3. STRUCTURE • Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research (CDESR) • 49 countries of the Cultural Convention • Observers • Annual plenary sessions • CDESR Bureau • 8 members • 2 – 3 meetings a year • Secretariat • DG IV – Education Directorate

  4. HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM • Contribution to European Higher Education Area • Recognition of qualifications • Public responsibility for higher education and research • Governance and democratic culture • New project: “The University Between Humanism and Market: Redefining its Values and Functions for the 21st Century” • Council of Europe Higher Education Fora • Publications series • Web page

  5. RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS • Council of Europe/UNESCO Recognition Convention • ENIC Network • Close cooperation Council of Europe – UNESCO – European Commission • Challenges: • More emphasis on learning outcomes • More emphasis on helping learners • Good practice, including reasonable definition of “substantial differences” • Develop “recognition culture” in some 50 countries

  6. PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIGHER EDCAUTION AND RESEARCH • Draft recommendation discussed CDESR 2005 and 2006 • Forum and publication • Challenge: how to ensure that public responsibility remains a reality in modern, complex societies? • Toward a more nuanced view of what public responsibility means

  7. DEMOCRATIC CULTURE • Concept included in Action Plan from Third Summit (2005) • Forum June 2006 on the responsibility of HE for democratic culture, with US partners • Declaration requiring follow up activities by institutions and organizations • Web site

  8. UNIVERSITY BETWEEN HUMANISM AND MARKET • New project 2007 – 2010 • Main aims: • consider the rationales, functions and values of higher education in modern, complex societies • one-dimensional vision of higher education is not fit to answer the multidimensional needs of complex modern societies • further develop the concept of the four-fold mission of higher education and research • explore the role of higher education in helping modern society cope with and benefit from cultural diversity • further contribute to the development of a European Higher Education Area addressing the full range of rationales, functions and values of higher education

  9. COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND BOLOGNA • Consultative member of BFUG and Board • European Cultural Convention institutional framework, with requirement for commitment • CoE/UNESCO Recognition Convention only binding legal text in the Process • Contributes through activities on recognition, public responsibility, governance, QA and new project • Special role in assisting countries that joined the Process recently

  10. BILATERAL and REGIONAL CO-OPERATION • Assistance in higher education legislation and reform • Support integration in European Higher Education Area • Focus: South East Europe, Eastern Europe. • Through • Expert advice and support • National seminars and conferences • Regional seminars • 2006, among others: • Albania • Bosnia and Herzegovina • The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Serbia • Russia • Two Informal Ministerial conferences (Western Balkans and 5 New countries in the Bologna Process (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine)

  11. MORE INFORMATION • Council of Europe higher education web site • http://www.coe.int/T/DG4/HigherEducation/default_en.asp • ENIC/NARIC web site • http://www.enic-naric.net/ • Web site on the responsibility of higher education for democratic culture • http://dc.ecml.at/ • Council of Europe Higher Education Series • http://www.coe.int/T/DG4/HigherEducation/Resources/HEseries_en.asp

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