Since September 2003, UNESCO-CEPES has been a consultative member of a Follow-up Group of the Bologna Process (BFUG), which is tasked with the implementation of the Bologna Process goals.

To fulfill its mission, UNESCO-CEPES:

• undertakes projects relevant to the development and reform of higher education, specifically in view of the follow-up to the 1998 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, and the Bologna Process aiming at the creation of the European Higher Education Area;

• promotes policy development and research on higher education and serves as a forum for the discussion of important topics in higher education;

• gathers and disseminates a wide range of information on higher education;

• coordinates, within the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, relations with a designated number of UNESCO Chairs relevant to its activities;

• serves as the secretariat or co-secretariat of specialized networks, especially those related to the implementation of the Council of Europe/UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education  in the Europe Region [since 2007 it is assuring operational aspects of the ENIC-NARIC website http://www.enic-naric.net];

• provides consultancy services;

• participates in the activities of other governmental and non-governmental organizations;

• serves as a link between UNESCO Headquarters and Romania.