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Tuning Educational Structures in Europe

01 Jan 2003-pp 70-96
Abstract: The Bologna Declaration The Bologna Declaration of June 1999 calls for the establishment by 2010 of a coherent, compatible and competitive European Higher Educatio n Area, attractive for European students and for students and scholars from other c ontinents. The European Education Ministers identified six action lines in Bologna an d they have added three more in Prague in May 2001 and one more in Berlin in September 2003:

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Tuning Educational
Structures in Europe


Tuning Educational
Structures in Europe
Informe Final
Fase Uno
Editado por
Julia González
Robert Wagenaar
2003
Universidad de Universidad de
Deusto Groningen

El Proyecto Tuning fue financiado por la Comisión
Europea en el marco del Programa Socrates.
Esta publicación refleja los puntos de vista solo de los
autores, y la Comisión Europea no puede asumir res-
ponsabilidades por ningún uso que se haga de la infor-
mación contenida en el presente libro.
Los editores quieren expresar su gratitud a los Asistentes
del Proyecto Tuning Robert Alcock, Pablo Beneitone, Almu-
dena Garrido e Ingrid van der Meer por su dedicación y
contribución significativa al proyecto. Particularmente,
quieren agradecer a Pablo Beneitone por la coordinación
de la edición de la presente versión en castellano.
Ninguna parte de esta publicación, incluido el diseño
de la cubierta, puede ser reproducida, almacenada o
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Imprime: RGM, S.A.

Lista de Participantes
Coordinadores Generales
Julia González - Universidad de Deusto (ES)
Robert Wagenaar - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL)
Miembros del Comité de Gestión y de Dirección
Expertos en Educación Superior
Chantal Zoller - Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Volker Gehmlich - Fachhochschule Osnabrück (DE)
Maria Sticchi-Damiani - Consejero ECTS (IT)
Ann Katherine Isaacs - Università degli Studi di Pisa (IT)
Estela Pereira - Universidade de Aveiro (PT)
Stephen Adam - University of Westminster (UK)
Coordinadores de Area Temática
Peder Ostergaard Coordinador del Area de Administración y Di-
rección de Empresas— Aarhus School of Business (DK)
Lars Gunnarsson —Coordinador del Area de Ciencias de la Educa-
ción— Göteborg University (SE)
Paul D. Ryan Coordinador del Area de Geología— National Uni-
versity of Galway (IE)
Jean-Luc Lamboley —Coordinador del Area de Historia— Université
Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble, (FR)

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