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ODE Open Doors for EuropeStand:Address: Organisational profile:The Permanent University is a scientific, cultural and social program that is developed by the University of Alicante and is aimed at promoting not only Science and Culture, but inter-generational relationships as well, with a view to improving the quality of life that the older generation enjoys and encouraging their active participation in dynamic social and community activities throughout the province.The Permanent University was inaugurated in 1999 and now has 900 students scattered among its 4 university centres at which a program of 120 different courses are conducted, all complimented by a wide range of cultural activities (work-shops, seminars, publications, theatre, cultural visits, etc.), in collaboration with the Students Association, which participates actively, and co-ordinates with the Office of the Vice-President of Extracurricular Activities of the University. The program's most outstanding feature is its great dynamism, its active student participation program and the great number of foreign students involved, thanks to the strategic locations of the University's centres (the Mediterranean coast). In April 2002, the UPUA organised the 6th National Encounter on University Programs for Elderly People, which was attended by 350 congressmen. |