Opening the European Higher Education Borders: Case Study on the Policy Transfer from Romania to the Republic of Moldova
Opening the European Higher Education Borders: Case Study on the Policy Transfer from Romania to the Republic of Moldova

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to stress the variations in the policy transfer process from Romania to the Republic of Moldova in the context of bilateral cooperation in the field of education, especially in the context of the Bologna process and of the development of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The phenomenon of transferring policies and educational strategies from Romania towards the Republic of Moldova has not been studied extensively, even though the effects of this process have become obvious in the last decade, thus supporting the efforts of the Republic of Moldova to participate in the EHEA. Thus, in the first part of the article I present general considerations regarding the development of the EHEA, as well as the stakes of the Bologna Process in establishing the framework for higher education policy convergence. In the second part I analyse the bilateral cooperation between Romania and the Republic of Moldova in the field of higher education. The focus is set on the transfer of practices, approaches and instruments for changing the higher education governance from Romania towards the Republic of Moldova. The conclusions set forth several policy options so that the framework of cooperation and transfer can be considerably improved and contextualised according to the principles and values of EHEA.

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