Around the world, too many people still lack opportunities and face obstacles to real participation and success in post-secondary education.

This cannot continue, for it squanders talents that could be used to benefit many communities, cities, nations and regions. It also denies many individuals the chance to fulfil their potential and to change their own lives and those of their families, for the better.

Many of us are separately and through joint initiatives, already making progress in tackling participation gaps. However, we believe that if we combine our knowledge and efforts on a broader scale, bring in new partners and create, share and implement innovative ideas we will be able to achieve an even greater impact.

So we are setting out on a journey to create a new social movement and global learning community: the World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education. Our aim is that Congress will bring together all those who share our vision so that we can support and learn from each other and work together to achieve our goals.

Find out more about our mission and objectives

Why Connecting the Unconnected?

The World Congress on Access to Post-secondary is an initiative of the European Access Network (EAN) a Europe-based international non-government organisation whose sole focus is broadening successful participation in higher education across the globe. Find out more about the EAN here.