Posts tagged with "funding"

  • Finland 2024/25

    Category: Finland 2024/25 / Tags: participation funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Finland

    Kansanvalistusseura sr. (KVS), the Finnish Lifelong Learning Foundation, reported that there have been significant changes in ALE...

  • Germany 2024/25

    Category: Germany 2024/25 / Tags: participation funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Germany

    The overall situation of adult learning and education in Germany remains challenging. According to Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband (DVV)...

  • Ireland 2024/25

    Category: Ireland 2024/25 / Tags: participation funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Ireland

    There have been important developments in Ireland’s adult learning and education (ALE) landscape. In recent years, policy recognition of community education has improved. In 2024, SOLAS (the national agen...

  • Adult education centres generate social and economic added value

    Category: Austria 2024/25 / Tags: participation funding skills PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Austria

    Austria shows stagnant participation in adult learning, which has slightly decreased since 2016, as well as decreasing basic skills. Outreach remains an issue, as adults with no or low qualifications,...

  • United Kingdom 2024/25

    Category: United Kingdom 2024/25 / Tags: participation funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in the UK

    There have been significant developments in adult learning and education across the United Kingdom. The 2024 general election brought a change of government, with the incoming Labour administration pledgin...

  • Funding is necessary to support adults improving their basic skills

    Category: Switzerland 2024/25 / Tags: funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Switzerland

    There have been no major changes in ALE policy since 2023. The situation in Switzerland is currently complex, as  a broad cost-saving programme is being discussed at national level, which includes...

  • A call for a higher profile of education and training

    Category: Slovenia 2024/25 / Tags: funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Slovenia

    Overall, there have been important developments in Slovenia. The significant additional source of funding originates from the above mentioned European Cohesion Fund projects. ESF+ funded initiatives are fo...

  • ALE must be seen as a necessity in its own right

    Category: Sweden 2024/25 / Tags: funding skills AI PIAAC

    Overall ALE situation in Sweden

    Sweden has the highest participation rate in the EU. However, the Swedish country report - European Semester 2024 highlighed that adults have been underperformancing in basic skills since 2018 and pointed ou...