The association has been constituted as a non-profit international association according to the law issued on 27 June, 1921 on non-profit associations, international non-profit associations and foundations. The name of the association is EUROMED PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FORUM, abbreviated as EPUF.
All the documents, invoices, advertisements, publishings and other issuings of the association have to bear its name, preceeded or followed immediately by the words "non profit international association" or by the logo "NPIA" as well as the address of its main office.
The main office of the association has been set at Rue de la Loi 227, 1000 Brussels.
The office may, as decided by the Administrative Council, be transfered to any other place in Belgium. The Administrative Council and the Administrative Office are to be found at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), in Tarragona (Spain).
The Euromed Permanent University Forum is a network representing the 37 Euro-Mediterranean countries working on internationalization at its most general meaning. Its aim is to help to establish a Euro-Mediterranean network for higher education and research, following the example of the Bologna Process in Europe. This process is to be undertaken by the universities of the Euro-Mediterranean who are the key actors of its evolution.
Universities are in fact involved in the social and economic development of societies and play a crucial role in the development of their cultures in an environment of mutual respect and common Euro-Mediterranean tradition.
The members of the association will stay up to identify and put into practice the entire process with the purpose of establishing a Euro-Mediterranean network of higher education and research, of creating specific academic and cultural links, as well as encouraging contact between universities and neighbouring communities.