The planning and implementation of study time outside the home university is currently connected with the overcoming of many hurdles. In the context of BolognaLife these shall be significantly reduced. The main goals of the Bologna reform were on the one hand the easement and enhancement of the mobility of students and lecturers and on the other hand the improvement of recognition of study achievements and final degrees. Both aspects are not implemented yet. The authors has designed a community-based web-platform for solving these problems. The paper describes motivation and concept for design and implementation of BolognaLife portal. Furthermore the challenges because of the heterogeneous national conditions in the higher education area of Europe are pointed out. The portal is a global platform for bringing universities from all over the world together to handle the challenges of Academic Globalization.
