Aims

EFOS has the following aims:

  • Fostering of academic studies of older people alongside younger students or at special academies/universities for older people
  • Fostering of joint projects for older students throughout Europe
  • Fostering and securing the access of older people to academic education including those without formal qualifications
  • Representation of interests of academic education for older people in politics and society
  • Fostering of autonomous national organisations with similar goals
  • Identifying possibilities of using the skills and expertise of older students for the benefit of science and society
  • Cooperation with other international organisations that support lifelong learning (LLL)

 

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EFOS is represented at the UN committee on Ageing in Vienna

Next Meeting

Autumn meeting
7 to 9 October 2013
in Dresden (Germany)

 

Projects

VECU
Virtual European Cultural Centre

EFOSEC
Comparison of Universities for Seniors and investigation on motivation of senior students 

 

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