The biggest challenges faced by the adult education sector in Georgia at the moment is the lack of awareness amongst the general public and administrative bodies on the importance of continuing formal and non-formal education as an adult.

The EAEA member in Georgia, GAEN, identifies the need to develop national regulations and strategies to make non-formal adult education a stronger and more present part of the educational system as a whole. The organization is working on promoting adult education on national level (ministries and policy makers), regional (local and international organisations and donors) and local level (supporting information sharing, awareness raising of community members). At the same time, the private sector could also have a bigger role in adult education, in which case there would need to be a consistency between labour market demands and educational offers. 

And last, but not least, a sophisticated assessment and evaluation system is needed in order to strengthen the positions of adult education. GAEN is tackling the issue at the moment by supporting the process of recognition of non-formal adult education courses offered by the association’s members.