Deutsche Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche
Weiterbildung und Fernstudium e. V.
German Association for University Continuing and Distance Education

Membership and Objectives

The German Association for University Continuing and Distance Education (Deutsche Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung und Fernstudium e.V - former: Arbeitskreis Universitäre Erwachsenenbildung - AUE) is a national association of about 270 institutions and individuals including universities and continuing education bodies in Germany. About 15 members come from other European countries. According to its statutes, the aim of this registered non-profit association is the promotion, co-ordination and representation of continuing and distance education sustained by universities and other institutions of the higher education system. Part of this is also the promotion of research and lecturing in this field. The DGWF is recently paying increased attention to the role new media in its fields and to university lifelong learning. The DGWF is a member of the European Universities Continuing Education Network (EUCEN).

The DGWF is not only an association representing its members. It is also a working group, exercising manifold public tasks, especially in the field of information and counselling. Part of this is, of course, an engagement in the further extension and improvement of the continuing education facilities of its members, and also the attempt to influence processes of decisions in the field of educational politics in the direction of better general conditions for a further development of the supply of scientific continuing education.

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Activities

The DGWF tries to achieve these aims by

• editing publications (information and documentation ),
• organizing conferences, workshops, meetings and symposia,
• offering advice to institutions and individuals,
• providing recommendations and comments,
• carrying out investigations and projectwork

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Executive Bodies and Working Groups

Steering Committee

Assessors of the Steering Committee:

Other Members of the Steering Committee:

Speakers of the sections according to section 11 of the statute

Advisory Board:

Sections:

State-Groups:

Statute

You can find the statute of the DGWF (in the original German version) if you klick here!