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1997/0121(SYN) Quality assurance in higher education: European cooperation

Progress: Procedure completed

Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 126, EC before Amsterdam E 127

Events

2009/09/21
   EC - Follow-up document
Documents
COM(2009)0487
EUR-Lex
2004/09/30
   EC - Follow-up document
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The Commission presented a report on the implementation of Council Recommendation 98/561/EC on European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education. The implementation of this Recommendation had been a marked success according to the report. The work on quality assurance had obviously received extra momentum from the central position given to quality issues in the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Strategy and had been acknowledged as an essential component of the emerging ‘European Qualifications Framework’. Important efforts had been made at bilateral and regional level to create a climate of confidence that would facilitate the mutual recognition of quality assurance systems and assessments. The Commission therefore considered that the moment had come to take specific and decisive steps and that progress could and had to be made in this important field.

This report consisted of two parts. Part One concentrated on the establishment of quality assurance systems in Member States. Almost all Member States and other European countries had set up quality assurance systems or were about to do so. Most Member States had created one or more quality assurance agencies, aiming at quality improvement through external evaluation. Higher education institutions had been encouraged to set up their own internal quality assurance mechanisms, not least to provide a basis for external evaluation. The experience had varied in duration and intensity but all regarded quality assurance as an essential feature of their higher education systems. The systems in operation were working along the lines set out in the 1998 Council Recommendation.

Part Two of the report covered cooperation activities at European and international level: most countries were involved, in varying degrees, in bilateral, multilateral, European and global cooperation on quality assurance and accreditation. These transnational initiatives had similar objectives: identifying comparable criteria and methodologies and fostering the correct functioning of quality agencies in order to achieve more transparency and, ultimately, the mutual recognition of quality assurance systems and assessments.

The report also addressed the ‘Berlin Mandate’ given to ENQA by the Ministers of the Bologna Signatory States. ENQA (European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) was created as a direct result of the 1998 Council Recommendation and could therefore be considered both as its most concrete outcome at European level and as a starting point and key actor for future developments. In September 2003, Ministers of Higher Education of 40 Bologna Signatory States had gathered in Berlin and called upon ENQA to develop an agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines on quality assurance, to explore ways of ensuring an adequate peer review system for quality assurance and/or accreditation agencies or bodies, and to report back through the Follow-up Group to Ministers in 2005.

Documents
COM(2004)0620
EUR-Lex
1998/10/07
   Final act published in Official Journal
1998/09/24
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
1998/09/24
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1998/09/24
   CSL - Council Meeting
1998/07/02
   EC - Modified legislative proposal
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1998)0405
1998/07/01
   EC - Modified legislative proposal published
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1998)0405
1998/05/28
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading
Documents
OJ C 195 22.06.1998, p. 0011-0019
T4-0312/1998
1998/05/28
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
Documents
T4-0312/1998
1998/05/27
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

Stressing the importance of this recommendation in terms of promoting quality education in Europe, Commissioner Cresson said that the amendment proposed by the rapporteur could be accepted as its scope was clearly defined and restricted to training in research. She said in this respect that, in the teaching provided by higher educational establishments, training in research was often intimately tied to general education.

Documents
Debate in Parliament
1998/05/20
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
Documents
A4-0191/1998
OJ C 195 22.06.1998, p. 0004
1998/05/20
   EP - Vote in committee, 2nd reading
1998/05/19
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
Documents
A4-0191/1998
1998/04/02
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
1998/03/20
   EC - Commission communication on Council's position
Documents
EUR-Lex
SEC(1998)0462
1998/02/26
   CSL - Council position
Documents
05723/1/1998
OJ C 178 10.06.2098, p. 0001
1998/02/26
   CSL - Council Meeting
1998/02/25
   CSL - Council position published
Documents
05723/1/1998
1998/02/02
   EC - Modified legislative proposal
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1997)0707
1998/02/01
   EC - Modified legislative proposal published
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1997)0707
1997/11/20
   CSL - Council Meeting
1997/11/19
   CofR - Committee of the Regions: opinion
Documents
CDR0285/1997
OJ C 064 27.02.1998, p. 0076
1997/11/18
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
OJ C 371 08.12.1997, p. 0015-0033
T4-0543/1997
1997/11/18
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
T4-0543/1997
1997/11/17
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur stressed the importance of mobility within the current context of economic globalisation. As a result, Mrs Heinisch welcomed the Commission’s proposal which concentrated more on mobility than quality. The rapporteur also stressed the need to preserve the independence of universities and to build a true European network which could only be achieved in a climate of mutual confidence. In the same respect, she proposed that the central and eastern European countries should become involved in creating this network. Commissioner Bjerregaard underlined the difficulty of defining ‘quality’ in terms of further education as it was impossible to unequivocally qualify the different working methods and educational traditions of Member States. While welcoming Parliament’s constructive proposals, the Commission could accept only 17 out of the 38 amendments proposed. All the amendments which referred to third countries and research had to be rejected.

Documents
Debate in Parliament
1997/11/06
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
A4-0358/1997
OJ C 371 08.12.1997, p. 0004
1997/11/06
   EP - Vote in committee
1997/11/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
A4-0358/1997
1997/10/29
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
CES1180/1997
OJ C 064 27.02.1998, p. 0063
1997/06/26
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
2020
1997/06/26
   CSL - Council Meeting
1997/06/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
1997/05/02
   EC - Legislative proposal
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1997)0159
1997/05/01
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1997)0159

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    • date: 1998-05-20T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1998-191&language=EN title: A4-0191/1998 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1998:195:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 195 22.06.1998, p. 0004 type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading body: EP
    • date: 1998-05-28T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1998:195:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 195 22.06.1998, p. 0011-0019 title: T4-0312/1998 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading body: EP
    • date: 2004-09-30T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2004/0620/COM_COM(2004)0620_EN.pdf title: COM(2004)0620 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2004&nu_doc=620 title: EUR-Lex summary: The Commission presented a report on the implementation of Council Recommendation 98/561/EC on European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education. The implementation of this Recommendation had been a marked success according to the report. The work on quality assurance had obviously received extra momentum from the central position given to quality issues in the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Strategy and had been acknowledged as an essential component of the emerging ‘European Qualifications Framework’. Important efforts had been made at bilateral and regional level to create a climate of confidence that would facilitate the mutual recognition of quality assurance systems and assessments. The Commission therefore considered that the moment had come to take specific and decisive steps and that progress could and had to be made in this important field. This report consisted of two parts. Part One concentrated on the establishment of quality assurance systems in Member States. Almost all Member States and other European countries had set up quality assurance systems or were about to do so. Most Member States had created one or more quality assurance agencies, aiming at quality improvement through external evaluation. Higher education institutions had been encouraged to set up their own internal quality assurance mechanisms, not least to provide a basis for external evaluation. The experience had varied in duration and intensity but all regarded quality assurance as an essential feature of their higher education systems. The systems in operation were working along the lines set out in the 1998 Council Recommendation. Part Two of the report covered cooperation activities at European and international level: most countries were involved, in varying degrees, in bilateral, multilateral, European and global cooperation on quality assurance and accreditation. These transnational initiatives had similar objectives: identifying comparable criteria and methodologies and fostering the correct functioning of quality agencies in order to achieve more transparency and, ultimately, the mutual recognition of quality assurance systems and assessments. The report also addressed the ‘Berlin Mandate’ given to ENQA by the Ministers of the Bologna Signatory States. ENQA (European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) was created as a direct result of the 1998 Council Recommendation and could therefore be considered both as its most concrete outcome at European level and as a starting point and key actor for future developments. In September 2003, Ministers of Higher Education of 40 Bologna Signatory States had gathered in Berlin and called upon ENQA to develop an agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines on quality assurance, to explore ways of ensuring an adequate peer review system for quality assurance and/or accreditation agencies or bodies, and to report back through the Follow-up Group to Ministers in 2005. type: Follow-up document body: EC
    • date: 2009-09-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2009/0487/COM_COM(2009)0487_EN.pdf title: COM(2009)0487 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2009&nu_doc=487 title: EUR-Lex type: Follow-up document body: EC
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    • date: 1997-06-26T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=2020*&MEET_DATE=26/06/1997 title: 2020
    • date: 1997-11-06T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary:
    • date: 1997-11-06T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1997-358&language=EN title: A4-0358/1997
    • date: 1997-11-17T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19971117&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The rapporteur stressed the importance of mobility within the current context of economic globalisation. As a result, Mrs Heinisch welcomed the Commission’s proposal which concentrated more on mobility than quality. The rapporteur also stressed the need to preserve the independence of universities and to build a true European network which could only be achieved in a climate of mutual confidence. In the same respect, she proposed that the central and eastern European countries should become involved in creating this network. Commissioner Bjerregaard underlined the difficulty of defining ‘quality’ in terms of further education as it was impossible to unequivocally qualify the different working methods and educational traditions of Member States. While welcoming Parliament’s constructive proposals, the Commission could accept only 17 out of the 38 amendments proposed. All the amendments which referred to third countries and research had to be rejected.
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    • date: 1998-05-27T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19980527&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: Stressing the importance of this recommendation in terms of promoting quality education in Europe, Commissioner Cresson said that the amendment proposed by the rapporteur could be accepted as its scope was clearly defined and restricted to training in research. She said in this respect that, in the teaching provided by higher educational establishments, training in research was often intimately tied to general education.
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