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title: "EAEA: European Association for Education of Adults"
description: "![European Association for the Education of Adults](https://eaea.org/wp-content/themes/eaea/img/eaea-logo.svg) ### Impacting policy EAEA impacts [EU policies on non-formal adult education and lifelong learning](https://eaea.org/our-work/influencing-policy/monitoring-policies/) and cooperates with European Union institutions and many international and national NGOs. This is concretely done through personal meetings with decision…"
url: "https://epea.org/docs/eaea-european-association-for-education-of-adults/"
updated: "2025-10-20"
category: Conferences
tags:
  - conferences
  - digital literacy
  - informal learning
  - learners voice
  - non formal learning
---

# EAEA: European Association for Education of Adults

![European Association for the Education of Adults](https://eaea.org/wp-content/themes/eaea/img/eaea-logo.svg)

### Impacting policy

EAEA impacts [EU policies on non-formal adult education and lifelong learning](https://eaea.org/our-work/influencing-policy/monitoring-policies/) and cooperates with European Union institutions and many international and national NGOs. This is concretely done through personal meetings with decision makers and stakeholders. We prepare statements as well as respond to surveys and consultations.

EAEA also organises events with and for EU institutions as well as represents adult education civil society and its perspective at conferences and working groups. From 2016 to 2018, EAEA will be present in [ET2020 working groups on adult learning and on citizenship education](https://eaea.org/our-work/influencing-policy/working-groups/).

### Capacity building

EAEA provides [trainings](https://eaea.org/our-work/capacity-building/eaea-trainings/), cooperation opportunities and [events](http://eaea.org/about-us/eaea-events/). EAEA also awards excellence and cooperation in adult education with the [EAEA Grundtvig Award](http://eaea.org/our-work/capacity-building/eaea-grundtvig-award/). [EAEA dissemination](https://eaea.org/about-us/eaea-dissemination-services/) services offer organisations the chance to get European wide visibility.

### Projects

EAEA coordinates, partners and disseminates projects on different topics. Check them [here](https://eaea.org/our-work/projects/).

- Policy and advocacy
- Professionalisation
- Social inclusion
- Validation
- Intergenerational learning