The ambition of the FICEMEA is to federate the action of its associate members in order to promote active education methods, new education as widely as possible and to contribute to the transformation of educative and social practices throughout the world. To do so, the federation takes certain guiding principles as its own.

The FICEMEA assembles national associations : • Open to any person of whatever nationality, ethnicity, religion or philosophy on the condition that he/she adhere to the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man as well as to the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. • That employ active education methods. By active education, the FICEMEA means education that is centered on the person (child, adolescent, adult) :
 Rooted in his/her social environment.
 Supported by concrete actions actually taken and not only proposed.
 Carried by the quality of community spirit and by the life context created by the educative team.
 Aiming to create an autonomous adults and active citizens.

Citizens, youth associations and people’s education, educations movements and other social actors, bear the responsibility to impulse, to support, and to concretize the right of every citizen to benefit, all along his/her life, an education that puts into practice these principles.

To this end, FICEMEA prioritizes : • A policy of development of its growth in implanted regions with the declared intention to allow all of its member organizations to find in its midst an active role that reinforces their identity and augments their recognition. • The pursuit of improved quality of its action by means of a plan of action encompassing pedagogical, technical and training aspects and the training of all those who carry it out on all levels. • The pursuit of a policy of an active presence with international organizations in order to be a source of propositions that contribute to the development of education for all.