As part of the Czech Presidency of the European Union, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports will be organizing a regular joint spring Meeting of Directors General for Higher Education and Presidents of Rectors' Conferences. This meeting that gathers representatives of ministries and higher education institutions will focus on two topical issues:
- the development of higher education beyond 2010 within the context of the Bologna process and the Lisbon Agenda
(Updated strategic framework for co-operation in education and training)
- and latest developments, challenges and good practice in possibilities of financing higher education, directed on
sustainable funding through full costing and income diversification.
The exchange of views, information and practical examples could contribute to future policy development and practice in the area of sustainable funding of higher education as presently one of the most topical issues in European higher education. The topic will be supported by studies/findings of EUA, EU and independent experts.
The meeting will start on Monday, June 8, at 9:30 and will end on Tuesday, June 9, at 12:30 with lunch.
Presentations introduced during the meeting:
Idesbald Nicaise: European HEI in the 2nd decennium of the Lisbon Strategy 
Idesbald_Nicaise.ppt (241.50 KB)
Lesley Wilson, EUA: Higher education beyond 2010 EUA_Lesley_Wilson.ppt (491.00 KB)
Guy Haug: Bologna beyond 2010: an expert´s view Guy_Haug.ppt (171.50 KB)
José Ginés Mora: Sustainable funding of higher education through diversified sources. An economic
perspective Jose_Gines_Mora.ppt (946.00 KB)
Barbara Nolan , EC: The EC perspective on funding reforms in higher education
EC_Barbara_Nolan.ppt (469.00 KB)
Thomas Estermann, EUA: Financially sustainable universities through full costing and income
diversification EUA_Thomas_Estermann.ppt (864.00
KB)
Vladimír Roskovec & Věra Šťastná: Summary of the questionnaires on funding Stastna_Roskovec.ppt (182.00 KB)
Below you can find furhter supporting documents to the topic:
Preliminary Programme: 
Preliminary Program_DG HE.pdf (69.70
KB)
Questionnaire for governments: Questionnaire_gov.pdf (55.93 KB)
Questionnaire for HE representatives: Questionnaire_uni.pdf (52.98 KB)
Introduction to the topic: Introduction_to_the_topic.pdf
(105.75 KB)
Higher education beyond 2010:
1. Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve
ministerial Communiqué (April 2009),
2. Statement by the Bologna Policy Forum 2009 (April 2009),
3. An updated strategic framework for European cooperation in education
and training (Dec 2008),
4. European Education and Training Systems in the Second
Decennium of the Lisbon Strategy (June 2008)
5. Bologna Beyond 2010: expert´s view: Bologna_Beyond_2010_expert_s_view.pdf
(128.96 KB)
Other relevant documents:
1. Council Conclusions on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education
and training ("ET 2020") (May 2009),
2. Bologna beyond 2010,
3. Bologna Process Stocktaking Report 2009,
4. and other documents on Bologna web
pages,
5. Higher Education in Europe 2009: Developments in the Bologna Process, Eurydice (March 2009),
6. The EU contribution to the Bologna Process (2009)
Sustainable funding of higher education through diversified sources:
1. Rates of return and funding models in Europe
(January 2007)
2. Financially sustainable universities: towards full costing in European universities, EUA (2008)
3. Synthesis of the short questionnaire on funding (coming in June 2009)
The event is prepared with financial contribution from the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture)
