The Adult Education Association of Music in Norway (AEAM) is a NGO, governmentally approved adult learning associations. AEAM is member of the Norwegian Association for Adult Learning (NAAL)
AEAM is an umbrella organization which
- consists of 27 national organizations - all dealing with music; however in different genres. These organizations comprise about 129000 individual members
- made approximately 3300 courses with about 45 000 participants in 2009
- receives governmental support. Through a legal system of criterias, AEAM supports the organizations and their groups / ensembles economically
AEAM has a central administration in Oslo, and has autonomous regional offices in all 19 counties of Norway.
The aim of AEAM
The aim of AEAM is
- to arrange and co-ordinate adult education in music, acting on behalf of music organizations in matters of music policy
- to promote non formal adult learning (lifelong learning) within the field of culture - particularly music
- to emphasize the importance of the non formal adult learning in relation to creating better individual lives, building local communities in which the inhabitants are thriving.
- to ensure the high quality of the learning which takes place through the rehearsals of the ensembles (choirs, orchestras, rock bands, jazz bands, etc. etc.)
