To strengthen capacity for higher education structural reform in Western Balkan countries and facilitate a coherent convergence of the Region towards EHEA, as a prerequisite for genuine implementation of Bologna agenda. Specific Project Objectives:- To enhance Regional cooperation in higher education issues and address questions concerning coherent convergence of the Region towards EHEA, (to be largely achieved in the first two Project year).- To strengthen capacity for change in public administration of Partner Country's higher education institutions, on the issues related to the EU modernisation agenda (to be largely achieved in the second and third Project year).- To develop joint regional roadmap for structural reform and benchmark it with the best European practice (to be developed gradually throughout the Project life). Workpackages: (DEV) 1. Surveying specific higher education structural reform issues of Western Balkan countries and its benchmarking with the best European practice. (DEV) 2. Strengthening capacity for change of Partner Country's university staff in order to facilitate internal reform and genuine implementation of Bologna agenda. (DEV) 3. Capacity building of the staff in the institutions that govern higher education in Partner Countries, on the issues related to the EU modernisation agenda. (DEV) 4. Development of a joint regional roadmap for acceleration of higher education structural reform and modes of its implementation in the context of coherent convergence of the Region towards EHEA. (QPLN) 5. Quality control (EXP) 6 Sustainability (DISS) 7 Dissemination (MNGT) 8 Management of the project