Law of the Council of Europe and the Bologna Procedure

Abstract

The Article analyzes the relationships between rulemaking activities of the Council of Europe and the Bologna Process that are aimed at creating the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The Author proves that the Council of Europe was at the forefront of the Bologna process and the European Council is playing an active role in the Bologna process at the present stage. The Article describes the mechanism of educational qualifications recognition under the Lisbon Convention of the Council of Europe / UNESCO, 1997 (Convention on the Recognition of Educational Qualifications Concerning Higher Education in the European Region). Innovations of the Bologna Process introduced to educational systems of European countries are also subjected to analysis and critical assessment, and on this grounds the Author proposes alternative approaches to the further development of the EHEA.