880 Human Factors of a Global Society
• Modernizing the European social model, investing in people, and combating social
exclusion
• Sustaining the healthy economic outlook and favorable growth prospects by applying an
appropriate macroeconomic policy mix
One of the most important subtargets of the strategy was the improvement of employability.
Therefore, it was decided to promote lifelong learning and mobility within the EU (both among
students and workers). As far as building the knowledge-based economy and promoting mobility in
the EU are concerned, the Lisbon Strategy was supposed to be supported by a series of reforms in
higher education, which were called the Bologna Process. The Bologna Process ofcially started on
June 19, 1999, when ...