Brussels, 18/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Higher Education Ministers from 29 European countries will be gathered on 18 and 19 May in Prague for a major conference on the follow-up to the "Bologna declaration" of June 1999 that aims to create a European higher education area. The conference will be chaired by the Swedish Education and Science Minister Thomas Ostros and by the Czech Minister for Education and Youth Eduard Zeman. The talks will mainly cover the ways in which to make the national higher education systems more comprehensible and comparable, to guarantee the quality of the level of education and to develop a European dimension for higher education systems. Representatives from the ESIB (National Student Unions in Europe) and the Confederation of conference of European rectors (member of the EUA - European University Association) will present two declarations, to the participating countries. Let us note that the Swedish Presidency will inform the Education Council, next 28 May in Brussels, of the results of the Prague conference.