The Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE) supports sustainable education reforms through regional cooperation. It aims at fostering shared European standards in education and training for a rapid integration of its member countries into a wider European area of education, thus contributing to the success and sustainability of the EU integration process. ERI SEE takes 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'.

In June 2010, five ERI SEE member countries reaffirmed their commitment to cooperating within the ERI SEE initiative (Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) through the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Role and Organization of ERI SEE (MoU), which also sets a new framework for the transformation of ERI SEE into an international organization. Republic of Moldova has also joined the MoU in January 2011, and most recently Bosnia and Herzegovina in March 2011 by way of protocol.

ERI SEE institutional structure consists of a Governing Board, a Consultative Body and a Secretariat (Agency).

Following the closure of the ERI SEE Secretariat in Zagreb, Croatia in June 2010, the ERI SEE Governing Board has accepted proposal of the Government of Serbia to become the next host country of the ERI SEE Secretariat and to designate the Centre for Education Policy (CEP) as the institution that will host ERI SEE Agency in the interim period, prior to the opening of the new ERI SEE Secretariat in Serbia.

More about ERI SEE at www.erisee.org