The
Financing of Adult Learning in Civil Society: A European Exploratory Study
by Paul Bélanger and Bettina
Bochynek in collaboration with of Kai-Oliver Farr
Published by UIE with the support
of the European Commission
2000
free of charge
While the general mapping and financing
of vocational continuing education are more substantially and regularly
reviewed and assessed, the relation between non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and the state in the general field of adult learning in the European
region remains poorly documented.
Though the role of non-governmental
organizations tends to increase, we know very little, in the European region,
about the legislative framework for supporting civil society and non-governmental
adult learning agencies, and about the mechanisms to allocate funds while
recognizing and respecting the autonomous legal status of NGOs as well
as making them accountable for the resources received from public and private
sources. The financing of adult education in civil society goes beyond
the public financial contributions or allocations given to NGOs as providers
of adult learning activities and programmes: it equally concerns the support
offered to individuals to participate in organized adult learning.
The objective of the study, reported
in this publication, was to review the different patterns of public financial
support to NGOs in Europe and to expose the current policies for supporting
financially the participation of individuals in organized adult learning.
(from the foreword)
