Goals

·    contributing to improvements in  literacy  at all levels in the countries of its members; ·   promoting and developing empirical and theoretical research in Europe on the learning and teaching of  literacy  ; ·    developing education policies and contributing to the implementation of European recommendations concerning  literacy and its development  ; ·   promoting the exchange of information  between  member associations of the Federation and other associations throughout the world concerning the learning and teaching of  literacy  ; ·    co-operating with other Federations, Associations and Institutions, both within and beyond Europe, for the improvement of  literacy  ; to the exclusion of any industrial or commercial operations.
 * 3.1. **  The non-profit-making and international objects of the Federation of European Literacy Associations (FELA) shall be as follows: