Senior University of Évora NATUR (S) _AL Kick off Meeting Évora, November 2010 Senior University of Évora NATUR (S) _AL Kick off Meeting Évora, November

Senior University of Évora

NATUR(S)_ALKick off Meeting

Évora, November 2010

Maria de Jesus Florindo

The Universidade Sénior de Évora (USE) idea was born in October 2004 by a group of young people;

In August 24th, 2005 it was officially created as the Universidade Sénior de Évora – Associação de Desenvolvimento Comunitário, by public writing.

Maria de Jesus Graça Florindo

It is an non-profit, non-governmental, non-political and opened to all religions association;

Exclusive to adults over 50 years old;

Informal education, taking into account the students’ specific personal interests


Different disciplines working weekly with regular and diversified schedules;

Working with volunteer teachers with whom we celebrate a volunteer contract/program;

Partnership with collaborating entities, to promote our institution, loan spaces, logistic and human resources.Maria de Jesus Graça Florindo

To develop cultural, educative and formative activities next to older adults;

To promote intellectual, sportive and cultural activities, as also social and communitarian integration;

To promote knowledge and cultural, scientific and technical formation in diverse areas of knowing and social relationships, by creating groups and centres of study;


To carry through courses, seminaries and other ways of study and work, as well as editing periodic and not-periodic publications;

To stimulate the participation and organization of older adults in cultural and leisure activities;

To spread local history, science, traditions, arts and other cultural situations between older adults;



- To be a centre of information and spread of services, rights and duties of older adults;

- To develop interpersonal and intergenerational relations;

- To develop volunteering in the community and for the community working properly with other public or private institutions










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Senior University of Évora NATUR (S) _AL Kick off Meeting Évora, November 2010 Senior University of Évora NATUR (S) _AL Kick off Meeting Évora, November