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.