*International Cooperation; International Educational

The beginning of organized European cooperation in adult education was the focus of a research study. A brief review of earlier research was conducted. Study findings indicated that, after World War II, Europe was less influential in issues of real significance in the world, with the Soviet Union dominating Eastern Europe and the center of power shifting to the United States from Western Europe. From a cultural point of view, the war was catastrophic to Germany's heritage. Other Western European countries were also in desperate need of recovery. In May 1948, a Conference of the European Federalist Movement was held in The Hague. Its ideological foundation was a federal Europe. Two short-term goals were set: the foundation of a Council of Europe and a European Cultural,'enter (ECC). After failing to esLablish community centers, the ECC proposed an initiative for the European Bureau of Adul