This event is being co-organized by the Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat, the University of Zagreb and the University of Novi Sad, as a follow up of the biannual International Conferences on Higher Education (Novi Sad 2005, Dubrovnik 2007, and Sarajevo 2009). The Forum will provide a platform for an open discussion and raise questions which are important for the further development of the EU higher education area with emphasis on implications of the process to the Western Balkans region.