Second the Declaration in itself will be explained. Important is also to remark what is not included in the Declaration but is actually generally seen as being an integrated part of it. The third topic is the Bologna Process. The total approach will be laid out and the now already known calendar of the Process will be given. There are several indications that the ministries and the higher education institutions in Europe felt they had to work on establishing a European area of Higher Education.
Different actors stress of course different causes.
When we ask the question to the why of the process we will have to find these different causes. Apparently a number of major changes in the global environment of Higher Education in Europe are cited as the real cause of the Bologna Process. Here we will try to list those. These are not the causes as the Committee on Prague 2001 views them but causes gathered from secondary sources. The first cause seems to be clear.