FACEPA aims to work collectively towards a democratic educational and cultural model, in which the voices of people with no academic qualifications and who, because of this, have been excluded from the public debate are taken into account. Therefore, the fight for the erradication of social exclusion, the prevention of gender violence, and the promotion of egalitarian dialogue are three lines of work of FACEPA. FACEPA counts with a reduced team of paid staff and a large number of volunteers that actively collaborate with the federation.

The principles that guide the purpose, objectives, and actions of our federation are the Code of Ethics for Democratic Adult Education and the Participant’s Bill of Rights. 
The maingoals are the following ones:

- Promote Adult Education: basic education, occupational training and cultural and leisure education from a critical and transformational perspective.
- Endorse a Social and Democratic Model of Adult Education based on participation.
- Promote territorial projects in Adult Education according to the demands and needs of the different groups (women groups; cultural groups i.e. Roma community; immigrant groups,etc.)
- Encourage the exchange of experiences, congresses, training and cultural activities.
- Give support to the federated associations.
- Fight against gender violence, racism, and xenophobia.

FACEPA activities:
- Women’s groups
- Multicultural groups
- Dialogical literacy gatherings
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT) workshops
- Congresses