Participation in the AAL Joint Programme

The legal body of the AAL Joint Programme - and responsible for its implementation - is the AAL Association, an international, non-profit association according to Belgian law with its official seat in Brussels. It was founded by 14 European nations on 19 September 2007.

Membership in the AAL Association is only open to organisations representing member states from the European Union (and countries associated to the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community). Each participating Partner State nominates at least one organisation which is endorsed to represent the state. Partner States are represented by

a)  National funding programme owners (being organisations with budgetary authority for national funding programmes) and /or
b)  National programme managing agencies (being organisations mandated by the programme owners to conduct the national funding programmes contributing to the AAL Joint Programme).

Membership applications shall be addressed to the President of the AAL association.

The European Commission is not a member of the AAL Association. Its participation in the AAL Joint Programme is restricted to a substantial financial contribution to the AAL programme on the basis of article 169 of the European treaty.