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UN Committee on Ageing
Regular meetings of the Committee on Ageing at the UN in Vienna are organised online each month.
One of the last meetings was held on 7 June 2021. In their presentations our two board members Nadezda Hrapkova and Katarina Grunwald gave concrete information about EFOS activities and the project SELID.
Letter to EU
In advance of the election for the EU Parliament in 2019 EFOS has sent an open letter to the EU Parliament and the Commission to draw their attention to the education for older people.
UNECE Ministerial Conference 2017
In advance of the election for the EU Parliament in 2019 EFOS has sent an open letter to the EU Parliament and the Commission to draw their attention to the education for older people.
Letter to the candidates for the EU Parliament
EFOS members are sending a letter to their regional candiates for the EU Parliament election in May 2014, informing them about the education for older people and its importance for the wellbeing and the social cohesion of the older generation.
Read the letter in pdf-format
Erasmus for All - letter to the EU Commission
In November 2012 EFOS sent a letter to the EU Commissioner for Education and Culture expressing our concern about the plans for the "Erasmus for All" programme, the successor of the Grundtvig Programm, that is intended to be started in 2014. EFOS is concerned that the financial means for international projects for and with the Elderly are not in corespondence with the importance of these projects for the Elderly and for the society as a whole.
Read the letter in pdf format.
UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing 2012
Thanks to its representation in the Vienna UN Committee on Ageing and the advisory status related to it, EFOS, together with some 120 other NGOs, was invited to participate at the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing 2012.
On the first day the NGOs worked out a Political Declaration that then was presented to the ministers on the third day.
At various stages prior to the conference the NGOs had the opportunity to propose amendments to the Ministerial Declaration. The final version contains several references to the importance of continued learning at later age.
Read more about the conference.
25 years Senior University Köln
The Verein zur Förderung des Gasthörer- und Seniorenstudiums
an der Universität zu Köln celebrated its 25th anniversary on 3 November 2021.
Read a report about the event . (pdf, in German)
WSTC Yantai 2019
At the 2nd World Senior Tourism Congress on 24 May 2019 in Yantai (China) EFOS was represented by Nadezda Hrapkova, Katarina Grunwald and Peter Hug. Delegates came from more than 40 countries all over the world. AIUTA was a co-organiser.
Our president Nadezda Hrapkovà gave a presentation about EFOS and was honored as a Confucius Tourist Ambassador.
Katarina Grunwald and Nadezda Hrapkovà were invited to the panel discussion on Senior Study Tours to talk about Austria and Slovakia respectively.)
Diploma from Wroclaw University
On the 4th of July 2016, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its University of the Third Age, the University of Wroclaw awarded a diploma to EFOS. The rector presented it to our president Dr. Nadežda Hrapková in appreciation of the international cooperation with the University and its University of the Third Age.
Memorandum of cooperation EFOS - AIUTA
On 13 May 2016, on occasion of the XXVIIth General Assembly of AIUTA in Reims, Mrs. PhDr. Nadezda Hrapkova, president of EFOS and Prof. Francois Vellas, president of AIUTA (International Association of Universities of the Third Age) signed a Memorandum on cooperation in the development of further education for older persons.
Poster Session at AIUTA conference
At the AIUTA conference in Alicante on 11 and 12 June 2015 our president Dr. Nadezda Hrapkova presented EFOS and our new project EduSenNet with a poster session.
Medal of Comenius University Bratislava
On 26 June 2014 the Comenius University Bratislava awarded EFOS with a commemorative medal on the occasion of its 95th anniversary. During a ceremonial meeting, in the presence of the President of Slovakia Mr. Andrej Kiska, the rector presented the medal to our president Peter Hug.
On the same occasion our vice-president Dr. Nadezda Hrapková received a personal medal for her work for adult education.