Membership

The EFEA is an "umbrella" organization in that its members normally become so through their membership of the appropriate national organization. It has always sought ways of establishing a dialogue among researchers, teachers, managers, administrators, inspectors, advisers and governors who work within and for schools. But expert knowledge and professional background are not the only principles of recruitment: interest in contacts with colleagues in other countries and the exchange of ideas and experiences over frontiers are equally grounds for membership.

All these people are invited to become a member of an affiliated national association and by doing so to participate in the European Forum. Individuals in countries which have not yet established a national organization have direct access through individual membership in the European Forum.

The Forum has also established the category of "honorary member" ("membre d´honneur") for those members who have made distinguished contributions to the development of the EFEA.