CEMEA, France

CEMEA was created in 1937 just after the Front Populaire (1936). CEMEA is a pedagogical organisation which is historically related to the so called Education Populaire. The aim of CEMEA is to promote citizenship, equality of chances, social awareness and political involvement though education. The means of action of CEMEA are educational trainings for young and old in various fields such as culture, social work, youth training international exchanges and so on. Another big goal of CEMEA is to promote and make alive the importance of non-formal education in the overall process of education.