recommend european parliament council februari european cooper qualiti assur higher educ ec european parliament council european union regard treati establish european commun articl thereof regard propos commiss regard opinion european econom social committe consult committe region act accord procedur laid articl treati implement council recommend εc septemb european cooper qualiti assur higher educ mark success demonstr report commiss septemb improv perform european higher educ qualiti order transpar trustworthi european citizen student scholar contin recommend ec call support establish transpar qualiti assur system member state set nation assur system initi enabl establish qualiti assur accredit agenc recommend ec call qualiti assur system base seri essenti featur includ evalu programm institut intern assess extern review involv particip student public result intern particip result qualiti assur assess plai signific role help higher educ institut improv perform essenti featur refer recit gener implement qualiti assur system affirm european minist educ berlin septemb context bologna process work realis european higher educ area european associ qualiti assur higher educ enqa establish grow membership qualiti assur accredit agenc member state context bologna process minist educ countri adopt standard guidelin qualiti assur european higher educ area propos enqa meet bergen follow meet berlin septemb welcom principl european regist qualiti assur agenc base nation review ask practic implement develop enqa cooper european univers associ eua european associ institut higher educ eurash nation union student europ esib report back minist bologna follow group underlin import cooper nation recognis agenc view enhanc mutual recognit accredit qualiti assur decis eu action support qualiti assur develop coher activ carri context bologna process desir draw regist independ trustworthi qualiti assur agenc oper europ region nation gener specialis public privat support transpar higher educ recognit qualif period studi abroad context lisbon strategi european council barcelona march express conclus european educ train system quot world qualiti refer quot recommend member state encourag higher educ institut activ territori introduc develop rigor intern qualiti assur system accord standard guidelin qualiti assur european higher educ area adopt bergen context bologna process encourag qualiti assur accredit agenc activ territori independ assess appli featur qualiti assur laid recommend ec appli common set gener standard guidelin adopt bergen assess purpos standard develop cooper repres higher educ sector appli protect promot divers innov encourag repres nation author higher educ sector qualiti assur accredit agenc social partner set quot european regist qualiti assur agenc quot european regist base nation review take account principl set annex defin condit registr rule manag regist enabl higher educ institut activ territori choos qualiti assur accredit agenc european regist agenc meet profil provid compat nation legisl permit nation author higher educ institut work complementari assess agenc european regist enhanc intern reput promot cooper agenc order build mutual trust recognit qualiti assur accredit assess contribut recognit qualif purpos studi work countri ensur public access assess made qualiti assur accredit agenc list european regist invit commiss continu close cooper member state support cooper higher educ institut qualiti assur accredit agenc compet author bodi activ field present triennial report european parliament council european econom social committe committe region progress develop qualiti assur system member state cooper activ european level includ progress achiev respect object refer strasbourg februari european parliament presid borrel fontel council presid winkler oj opinion european parliament octob publish offici journal council decis januari οj annex quot european regist qualiti assur agenc quot regist provid list reliabl agenc assess member state public author member state trust found main principl list agenc drawn repres nation author higher educ sector higher educ institut student teacher research qualiti assur accredit agenc activ member state social partner condit registr agenc includ inter alia commit complet independ reach judgement ii recognit member state oper public author member state iii oper basi common set standard guidelin refer recommend address member state iv regular extern review peer expert includ public criteria methodolog result review event initi refus registr evalu basi improv made