Education represents one of the most important components of one’s social and personal life. It is specific human being activity by which the adult generation tries to develop the personality of young people and help them to effectively integrate in society. Education has 3 complementary forms: formal, non-formal, informal As a short definition, non-formal education is made in school using different extracurricular activities, such as: trips, optional courses, competitions and so on. This type of education has a very strong impact on the development process of young generation personality. Therefore, Romania and the European Union attribute to it a big importance. In this paper, we intend to describe the most important local, national and European polities regarding the non-formal education.