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The Bulgarian Presidency flagship conference ‘Improving long-term sustainability and opening up research and innovation infrastructures to industry and society’ will be held in Sofia on 22 and 23 March 2018. The conference will explore and discuss a concrete set of actions to foster sustainability and impact of European research infrastructures on industry and society. It […]

More innovative projects in all sectors of education and training should be funded in the future development of the Erasmus+ programme. This vision was presented at a meeting of the Directors General for Schools, held on 13 and 14 March 2018 in Sofia within the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the […]

The high-level delegate meeting of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) will be held for the first time in Bulgaria, Sofia 19-21.03.2018. The ESFRI is a strategic tool of the European Commission to develop the scientific integration of Europe and to strengthen its international outreach. The competitive and open access to high quality […]

A meeting of the Directors General for Schools will be held on 13 and 14 March 2018 in Sofia. The event will take place within the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in collaboration with the European Commission. This meeting is traditionally held during every Presidency and brings together […]

A meeting within the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency underlined the benefits of the EU student e-card, which is set to be introduced after 2021. The e-card will ensure full mobility within the European Union. It will provide all the information about the students’ status, and students will no longer have to provide legalisation of […]

How can more young people be attracted to participate in student exchange programmes like Erasmus+? What should policy-makers do to create ‘European universities’ and to help students learn languages? How to better integrate technologies into the educational process? These are just a few of the questions which ministers discussed at the Education, Youth, Culture […]

The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Ministry of Education and Science place young people at the centre of the debate on the future of Europe, as they contribute to the generation of new and innovative ideas. The future competitiveness of our economies will depend on their capabilities and skills. […]

The Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) examined opportunities to set up a peer-group support mechanism to help all participating countries implement key Bologna commitments. The proposal, which aims to attain the goals set at the Yerevan Ministerial Conference in 2015, was discussed during the 58th BFUG meeting, held on 5 and 6 February 2018 at the […]

Investment in human capital and the possibilities for stimulating innovation were in the focus of the informal meeting of EU Research ministers in Sofia on 2 February 2018. In a discussion about the future of research and innovation in Europe, Ministers exchanged views on instruments, strategies and best practices in order to start the process […]

On November 30 2017, the Ministry of Education and Science hosted the High Level Group in Education and Training. This was the first of the events in sector ‘Education’ on the calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council even before the first half of 2018. Topics related to the future European cooperation in […]