EUCEN - European University Continuing Education Network - is the largest European multidisciplinary association in University Lifelong Learning. It is registered in Belgium as an international non-governmental, non-profit making organisation and has more than 220 members from over 40 different countries.

Aims and Objectives:

• Contribute to the economic and cultural life of Europe through the promotion and advancement of lifelong learning within higher education institutions in Europe and elsewhere;
• Foster universities' influence in the development of lifelong learning knowledge and policies throughout Europe.

EUCEN fulfils the above objectives through:

• providing a forum for the development, interchange and dissemination of innovation and good practice in lifelong learning within the framework of European higher education;
• encouraging high standards in all areas of lifelong learning and harmonising levels of quality for lifelong learning among its members;
• representing the interests of the lifelong learning community within higher education and to European policymakers;
• facilitating communication, liaison and collaboration with other appropriate bodies and organisations;
• promoting and conducting research in to the field of lifelong learning and disseminating the results of this research.