The 100th council meeting of the international association of older universities (AIUTA) and the international seminar on "equal opportunities for learning for older people" was held in bratislava, Slovakia, on May 18, 20. Twelve members of the Chinese delegation on education for the aged, led by Lin yuanhe, vice President of China association of universities for the aged, attended the meeting. Zhu qin, chairman of the trade union of Shanghai university for the aged and deputy director of the school office attended the conference and presented the brochure of Shanghai university for the aged and the school's research paper on "equal learning opportunities for the aged" to the delegates, which was welcomed by the delegates. AIUTA's 100th board meeting was held on the afternoon of 18th in the center for continuing education of kameenius university in bratislava. Professor Peter Plavcan, minister of education, science and sports of Slovakia, and professor Karol Micieta, rector of kuamenius university, delivered speeches respectively. The council invited representatives of Lebanon, Croatia, Nigeria, Ukraine and Senegal, who had appeared for the first time at the AIUTA meeting, to attend and brief the meeting. At the meeting, at the university of alicante Spain and Poland lublin older university representatives introduced the elderly education cooperation projects, Bulgaria assistant minister of the ministry of education, describes the present situation of aged education network construction, comenius, President of the university of old age Nade avdeev da HRAPKOVA Dr Made "bratislava older university students" show, Spain's balearic islands university has made the agreement shows older university this summer. At the council meeting, wang younong, director of international communication department of China association of older universities, read out the recommendation of China association of older universities on the recommendation of AIUTA director Lin yuan and yuan xinli, vice President of China association of older universities, to replace yuan xinli as the first vice President of AIUTA. By a vote of the board of governors, it was adopted by acclamation. Lin yuanhe thanked chairman villas and members of the board for their trust and would like to serve as AIUTA's vice President and work hard to promote international cooperation.
The council also adopted the list of new members, heard the consideration of the financial report, and heard an introduction to the organization of the next council meeting and international seminar by the university of the aged, Bogota, Colombia.
The board of governors decided to convene the executive committee meeting of AIUTA education and science committee in Shanghai, China next may. Will visit China jingdezhen senior education.
More than 150 experts and scholars from all over the world participated in the international symposium on "equal opportunities for learning for the aged" held at the archbishop's palace in bratislava on November 19. After the brief opening ceremony, the delegates used PPT for academic exchange and discussion according to the conference agenda. Miao deliang, vice President of the university of senior citizens of Shanghai normal university, China, delivered an academic speech entitled "let every senior citizen enjoy the right to learn -- China's national will and Shanghai's practice". The seminar also conducted a round table on the theme "integrating the elderly into learning activities". Under the chairmanship of professor Carlos SANTOS of the Azores, Portugal, representatives of Spain, Sweden, Colombia and Senegal were the questioners, while others took part in the q&a. According to the discussion, there are many differences among the universities of the elderly in different countries, but they are more similar.
In his summary, chairman villas said that the meeting was a success, with rich contents and extensive and in-depth exchanges. He believes that it is the responsibility of our global universities for seniors to provide learning opportunities for every senior citizen. In particular, we should be more concerned about the learning opportunities of our parents over the age of 85, which is a major and urgent problem to be solved. President villas also revealed that the 101st council meeting and the international seminar will be held in Bogota, Colombia, this November, focusing on the government's policy on universities for the elderly and the development of the elderly.