50 years after the foundation of ISDUE, on our congress in Oporto the new developments (globalisation, market-economic dynamics, information-technology, and growing tendency to „elbow-society“) force us to state the following:

• Education is not a privilege but a human right

• All men have the right of information, knowledge and success in education

• We demand the best education for all, for which purpose the state has to guarantee the framework for and the quality of education

• It is our aim, that all human beings on the world should be offered equal chances for education and the necessary support for the development of their individual resources