Соціальне партнерство ВНЗ та громадської організації у наданні послуг неформальної освіти людям похилого віку

The article defines the keynotes of social partnership of a higher educational institution and non-governmental organizations in rendering of informal education services at the Universities of the Third Age. Scientific differentiation of the term “informal education of senior citizens” on governmental, social, personal, university levels is fulfilled. The presented model of social partnership using the experience of Prydunai Branch of PrJSC “Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” in the city of Izmail and non-governmental organizations included a number of partnership stages: organizational and managerial, technological, research and investigative, creative and artistic. It has been proved that the opening of the Universities of the Third Age on the basis of higher educational institutions will allow combining social initiatives of senior citizens and research studies of educational institution departments, resulting in the interdependent outcome, and will contribute to character education of a student, who will voluntarily work with senior citizens, improving his/her own professional competence. The examples of tandem of full-time students and students of the Universities of the Third Age in realization of social initiatives with the support of socially active business are given.