Vapaa Sivistystyö ry - Finnish Adult Education Association (FAEA)

Who we are?

Finnish Adult Education Association is an umbrella organisation for national non-formal adult education associations in Finland. It is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1969. FAEA´s main responsibilities are promoting non-formal adult education and learning, promoting the research on non-formal adult education, and international co-operation.

What we do?

FAEA

• works as an umbrella and as a forum of dialogue for the national
• associations of Finnish liberal adult education,
• lobbies for the Finnish liberal adult education, and negotiates with the
• government,
• participates in the discussion on national and European educational
• policies, and takes up pressing issues,
• participates in national activities on promoting life-long learning,
• co-operates with Finnish universities in order to strengthen research on
• non-formal adult learning and education,
• maintains web page and other information activities,
• co-operates with other associations, authorities and organizations
• regionally, nationally and internationally.