Data about EURAG
European Federation of Older Persons
Fédération Européenne des Personnes Agées
Federazione Europea delle Persone Anziane
Bund der älteren Generation Europas
On the last General Assembly ( November 27, 2020) the board was reelected :
Dirk Jarré – President,
Ing. Dana Steinova – Secretary general
Jaap van der Spek – vice president
Milos Vajs- treasurer
and has been extended with two officers for communication and information strategies :
Monique Epstein (as vice president) and Roland Grunder
Foundation of EURAG : 1962
Seat : Luxembourg
Members : organizations for and of elderly people and individual members
Countries : 27 in Europe
EURAG is a non-profit and non- religious European organization
independent of any political parties. Its purpose is to promote the
quality of life of elderly people in society, at all social and
political levels, advocating in particular:
• The maintenance of an independent life
• Strengthening participation in decision-making and care support
• The full development of their potential
• The promotion of self-help activities
• Improving elderly people’s situation and integration in society
• The safeguarding of financial security
• The representation of their interests in society
• The prevention of any kind of discrimination on grounds of age
EURAG especially promotes the co-ordination, collaboration and exchange of opinions by its members with expert and service organizations, self-help groups as well as with individuals possessing special expertise.
EURAG is the oldest and biggest umbrella organization for elderly people with the following special characteristics:
• a culture of exchange (people and information) and learning from each
others experience
• opinions on promoting civil dialogue
• a climate promoting discussion and dialogue as in a positive family,
respecting each other and promoting each others position
The low level of our membership fee makes it possible for low budget
organizations to be members. Many elderly people and organizations for elderly people do not have the ability to pay a large fee.
We are helping to promote the local hot issues of our members in their own countries during our EURAG conferences with the power of
international organization.
We are the only international NGO run by seniors for seniors which
makes us quite unique, we take special care to stay close to the ground, and to bring up important issues in a bottom-up way.