In 2003 the Ministries of Education and
Higher Education in South Eastern Europe and the Task Force Education
and Youth/ Enhanced Graz Process proposed an initiative - called
Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe - aimed at supporting
education reform implementation in South Eastern Europe, taking
into account both country-specific needs and demands in education
reforms, as well as present trends in the development of the envisaged
European Area of Education, as outlined in the EU 'Detailed
Work Programme on the Follow-up of the Objectives of Education and
Training Systems in Europe', the 'Bologna Process'
and the 'Copenhagen Process'.