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Sjur Bergan
Born
Sjur Bergan

(1957-01-01) January 1, 1957 (age 67)
Oslo,  Norway
CitizenshipNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Education policy maker; former Head of the Education Department, Council of Europe
Years active1980s–present
Notable workNot By Bread Alone (essays on education), Qualifications: Introduction to a Concept; series editor of the Council of Europe Higher Education Series (2004–23); co-editor of the publciations arisign from the Bologna Process Researchers' Conference
Awardsdoctor honoris causa University of Oslo (2024),[1] Dublin City University (2022)[2]; Vision and Leadership Award European Association of International Education (EAIE) (2019)[3]

Sjur Bergan (born January 1, 1957) is an educational policy who has contributed to education standards and democratic values[clarification needed] in Europe. He was Head of the Education Department at the Council of Europe until February 2022[clarification needed], where he worked to support democratic principles and facilitate educational reforms across Europe. Bergan has contributed to the development of the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).[4] He resides in Strasbourg and remains active in various educational projects and as an author.[5]

Early Life and education

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Sjur Bergan was born in Oslo on January 1, 1957 and grew up in Moss, Norway. He pursued higher education at the University of Oslo, with a semester at the Université de Grenoble. While in secondary school, he spent one year in Alton, Illinois as an AFS exchange student.

Career

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Sjur Bergan's professional journey is marked by his association[weasel words] with the Council of Europe since 1991, where he held the position of Head of the Education Department from 2011 until his retirement in February 2022.[6] Before moving to Strasbourg, he held administrative positions at the University of Oslo, where he was also a student representative in the Academic Senate and its Board 1981-82. While in Oslo, he was the co-initiator of the University's program for Central and Eastern Europe in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.[relevant?]

Main Activities

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Sjur Bergan's main contributions have been in four areas.

Education and Democracy

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Sjur Bergan played a major role[clarification needed] in developing the Council of Europe's contribution to the democratic mission of higher education, in close cooperation with the International "Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy", led by Ira Harkavy[7] of the University of Pennsylvania's Netter Center, and later also the International Association of Universities and the Organization of American States.

He developed the concept of "democratic culture", which found its way[weasel words] into the Action Plan adopted by the Summit of Council of Europe Heads of State and Government held in Warsaw in 2005.[8] Democratic culture is understood[by whom?] as the set of attitudes and behaviours that enable democratic institutions, laws, and elections to function in practice. From 2012, he led the development of the Council of Europe's Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture.[9]

European Higher Education Area (EHEA/Bologna Process)

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At the time of his retirement, Sjur Bergan was the longest serving member of the Bologna Follow-up Group.[10] He led the Council of Europe delegation to the Ministerial Conferences[11] from 2005 until 2020. He was also part of the Council of Europe delegation to all Ministerial conferences before that.

Within the EHEA, he contributed[clarification needed] to the development of the Overarching Framework of Qualifications[12] of the EHEA and chaired and co-chaired or was an expert in working groups on qualifications frameworks (2007–12) and structural reforms (2012–15).[13][14][15]

He also contributed to the development[clarification needed] of the current criteria for membership[16] of the EHEA, which made the EHEA truly European from 2003 onwards. He led the Council of Europe's work to advise new and prospective members of the Bologna Process. He contributed to developing the roadmaps that accompanied the accession of Belarus to the EHEA in 2015[17][18] and San Marino in 2019[19][20] and was a member of the groups that oversaw the implementation of the roadmaps.

Sjur Bergan has been a strong voice[weasel words] for the importance of the fundamental values of higher education.[1] He co-authored the first discussion document on fundamental values in the BFUG.[21][4] He was a member of groups developing the statements on academic freedom adopted by Ministers in 2020 and on academic integrity, institutional autonomy, student and staff participation in higher education governance, and public responsibility for and of higher education, adopted in 2024.[22] He was the main author of the Council of Europe recommendation on the public responsibility[23] for higher education and research (2007), which reflects his contention that education and higher education have four major purposes: preparation for the labor market, preparation for life as active citizens in a democratic society, personal development, and the development of a broad and advanced knowledge base.

Recognition of Qualifications

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Sjur Bergan was one of the main authors of the Lisbon Recognition Convention[24], adopted in 1997, and contributed to the development of European policies for recognizing educational qualifications. In 1994, he helped establish the ENIC Network, a joint initiative by the Council of Europe and UNESCO consisting of national information centres focused on qualification recognition, where he served as co-secretary until 2009. Bergan also contributed to various supplementary texts for the Lisbon Recognition Convention, particularly those related to criteria and procedures for assessing foreign qualifications and recognizing qualifications held by refugees. Additionally, he contributed to developing the concept of "substantial differences," a central element in the Convention.[25]

Bergan was also involved in[clarification needed] developing the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees[26], which provides a method to assess and document refugees' qualifications, even when full documentation is unavailable, in a format that is recognizable across borders. As of 2024, the project includes participation from the Council of Europe, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and 22 countries.

Publishing

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Sjur Bergan has written extensively[weasel words] on higher education and education. He launched and was the series editor of the Council of Europe Higher Education Series (2004–23).[27][4] He is the author of numerous articles on education and higher education. He is the author of monographs on "Qualifications: Introduction to a Concept"[5] and "Not By Bread Alone".[28][29]

Sjur Bergan was also a member of the editorial team for the Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: a Handbook for Decision-Makers and Administrators (2011–15).[30] He co-organized sessions on the future of the EHEA and on fundamental values at the Bologna Process Researchers' Conferences in 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2024[31] and contributed to the publications from the conferences. He has written numerous articles and book chapters and is a frequent contributor to University World News.[32]

Awards

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In 2024, the University of Oslo awarded Sjur Bergan an honorary doctorate (doctor honoris causa). Previously, in June 2022, he was awarded the same[clarification needed] honorary degree by Dublin City University.[2][33]

File:Sjur Bergan EAIE Vision and Leadership Award, Helsinki, 2019.jpg
With the EAIE Vision and Leadership Award, Helsinki, 2019

In October 2022, he was named an honorary professor by both Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Astana IT University.

In September 2019, the European Association for International Education awarded Bergan its Vision and Leadership Award, presented in Helsinki.[34]

Other Activities

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Sjur Bergan was a member of the Board of Directors of AVEPRO[35] (the quality assurance agency of the Holy See) in 2009–2021. He is currently a consultor to the Dicastery for Culture and Education[36] of the Holy See and an external member of the Council of the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Strasbourg.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sjur Bergan receives an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Oslo". uio.no. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sjur Bergan receives honorary doctorate from Dublin City University". 17 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ "A new era of excellence: the 2019 EAIE Award winners". eaie.org. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "The Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers' Conference (FOHE-BPRC5) / Sjur Bergan". Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Dr. Sjur BERGAN". Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Sjur Bergan". asiin.de. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Ira Harkavy, PhD". nettercenter.upenn.edu. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Action Plan (Summit of Council of Europe Heads of State and Government)". coe.int. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture". coe.int. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ^ "The Bologna Follow-up Group". hea.info. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Ministerial Declarations and Communiques". ehea.info. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Qualifications Frameworks". ehea.info. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  13. ^ "National Qualifications Frameworks Development and Certification Report from Bologna Working Group on Qualifications Frameworks" (PDF). ehea.info. May 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Bologna Process Coordination Group for Qualifications Framework / Report on Qualifications Frameworks" (PDF). ehea.info. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Bologna Working Group on Qualifications Frameworks/Report by The EHEA Working Group on Qualifications Frameworks" (PDF). ehea.info. 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  16. ^ "The BFUG / EHEA members". ehea.info. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Belarus Roadmap for Higher Education Reform" (PDF). ehea.info. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Support for The Belarus Roadmap: Final Report" (PDF). ehea.info. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  19. ^ "WG on Roadmap for San Marino's accession to the EHEA". ehea.info. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Working Group to support the implementation of the roadmap for San Marino's accesion to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA): Final Report" (PDF). ehea2024tirane.al. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Fundamental Values Working Group / Final Report" (PDF). ehea2024tirane.al. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  22. ^ "EHEA Statements on Fundamental Values" (PDF). ehea2024tirane.al. May 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  23. ^ "CoE Search - CM".
  24. ^ "Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (ETS No. 165)". coe.int. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  25. ^ Hunt, E.Stephen; Bergan, Sjur (2010). Developing attitudes to recognition: substantial differences in an age of globalisation (Council of Europe higher education series No.13).
  26. ^ "European Qualifications Passport for Refugees". coe.int. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Qualifications -- Introduction to a concept (Council of Europe higher education series No.6) (2007)". Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  28. ^ Bergan, Sjur (April 2011). Not by bread alone. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing. ISBN 978-92-871-6971-6.
  29. ^ Bergan, Sjur (29 May 2019). "The European Higher Education Area: A road to the future or at way's end". Tuning Journal for Higher Education. 6, 23–49 (2). doi:10.18543/tjhe-6(2)-2019pp23-49. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  30. ^ Bergan, Sjur; Egron-Polak, Eva; Kohler, Jürgen; Purser, Lewis; Vukasović, Martina (10 October 2011). Leadership and Governance in Higher Education — Handbook for Decision-makers and Administrators.
  31. ^ "The Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers' Conference (FOHE-BPRC5)". fohe-bprc.forhe.ro. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  32. ^ "University World News". universityworldnews.com. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Award of Doctor of Philosophy for Sjur Bergan". coe.int. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  34. ^ "A new era of excellence: the 2019 EAIE Award winners". eaie.org. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  35. ^ "ENQA Agency Review Holy See's Agency for The Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO)" (PDF). enqa.eu. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  36. ^ "Dicastery for Culture and Education/Consultors". cultura.va. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

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