Aims

EFOS has the following aims:

Promoting high level education 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, including those without formal qualifications, to education at the highest level
Representing the interests of academic education for older people in politics and society
Fostering of autonomous national organizations with similar goals
Identifying possibilities of using the skills and expertise of older students for the benefit of science and society
Cooperating with other international organizations that support lifelong learning (LLL)