Finnish Adult Education Association

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Finnish Adult Education Association
www.vsy.fi
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FAEA

• Founded 1969
• An umbrella organisation for nonformal adult
  education
• Members
• Association of Adult Education Centres (249)
• Finnish Folk High School Association (91)
• Association of summer universities (21)
• study circle centres (11)
• the KVS Foundation
• Svenska Folkskolans Vänner

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Financing Adult Education (state)

• 780 million euros
• (12-13 of the ministrys budget)
• 140 million euros for nonformal adult education
• (20 of AE state funding)
• 1 040 000 adult students 70 women
• AE participation rate 56

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Allocation of public financing

• Adult education centres 55
• Folk high schools 33
• Study circle centres 9
• Summer universities 3

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Financial resources

• State 53
• Municipality 15 -28
• Student fees 15-30

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Future trends

• More management and control from the authorities
  
• More programs and schemes instead of pure
  financial support to the educational institutes
  and NGOs
• More demand for data collection, evaluation and
  follow-up documentation
• More focus on disadvantaged groups low-skilled,
  immigrants, unemployed, senior citizens

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CONTACT INFORMATION

• Finnish Adult Education AssociationEeva-Inkeri
  Sirelius,
• Secretary GeneralAnnankatu 12 A 1500120
  HelsinkiFINLANDTel. 358-9-612 03 70Fax.
  358-9-646 504e-mail eeva-inkeri.sirelius_at_vsy.fi