1. PRESENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Ana Ružička
CONSORTIA MEETING
Tempus Project JEP-UM 18094
Split, October, 2005

2. History Croatia signed the Bologna Declaration 2001
Adoption of the Act on Scientific Activity and HE 2003
Amendments to the Act and the Act entered into force in July 2004
Five Rules of Procedure adopted in December 2004

3. FIVE RULES OF PROCEDURE
Regulate
the establishment of higher education institution
measures and criteria for the evaluation of quality and efficiency of institutions and study programmes
contents of student database
contents of student document
content of diplomas and diploma supplement

4. Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
responsible for education
National Council for Higher Education (NCHE)
authority to design the HE strategy
evaluation of institutions and study programmes

5. NCHE Bodies Agency for Science and Higher Education
- established in February 2005
to ensure quality assurance in HE
to provide professional support to the NCHE
responsible for the recognition of HE qualifications
Council for Financing Science and HE
- appointed in May 2005
to develop the criteria for distribution of public funding within science and HE

6. Act on Recognition of Foreign Educational Qualifications

7. Main provisions of the Act on Scientific Activity and Higher Education
Legal integration of universities by the end of 2007
Establishment of the binary system by 2010
New financing model in 2006
Establishment of the two-cycle system in 2005/06

8. BOLOGNA PROCESS National Level National Bologna Follow-up Group
Rectors' Conference Level
Commission for the Implementation of the Bologna Process
Commission for the Harmonisation of Normative Acts
Institutional level

9. Projects TEMPUS JEP-UM 18094
Moving Ahead with the Bologna Process in Croatia
TEMPUS SCM
Croatian Bologna Promoters Team Cro4Bol
CARDS Project

10. Thank you for your attention!