About E-Bologna

E-Bologna

EADTU and its members have already declared to contribute to the creation of the European Area of Higher Education.

"Open and distance learning and virtual learning will strengthen the European Area as well as the European and global position of European universities. The members declared to promote cross-border education using methods of open and distance learning and create synergies between national and regional e-universities. They committed themselves to the lifelong enhancement of competencies of he European citizens and of their employability by offering targeted education and training. They will enable European citizens to have easy access to high quality education and training provisions throughout Europe"

(Sorbonne Declaration of the EADTU members, Paris, September 2000).

In 2002, the EADTU members agreed on a common action, called E-Bologna. This is to be seen as the umbrella for collaboration and joint projects between members of EADTU, responding to the Bologna process by building synergies between the main actors in the field.

It will contribute to the Bologna aims of mobility; course and curriculum co-operation; international competitiveness and attractiveness; broad access to higher education and competence development in a context of lifelong learning.

The European Learning Space

A European Learning Space is the vehicle to realise the E-Bologna vision. Single mode open and distance teaching universities and traditional universities will develop into institutions for virtual learning by developing competitive strategies with regard to virtual learning, building virtual learning services, courses and programmes.

In order to be economically (financial and human resources: educational capacity) able to offer a complete course supply to students and efficient educational services, they will co-operate with European partner institutions in strategic alliances.

The overall goal is to create a European e-environment for the Bologna process.

It is not just a technological process, but also a political process involving the European universities, industrial partners, national governments and the European authorities (Council, Commission, Parliament).