Getting Skills Right: Future‑Ready Adult Learning Systems

Annex D. Detailed tables

Table A D.1. Government financing of adult learning across OECD countries

Responses by country

	Percentage of public education spending that currently goes to adult learning	Development of public spending on adult learning as a proportion of public spending on education between 2009 and 2014	Government's plan to increase or decrease spending on adult learning
Australia	n.a.	Stayed the same	n.a.
Austria	n.a.	Stayed the same	Plans to stay the same
Czech Republic	Do not know/figures not available	Increased	Plans to stay the same
Denmark	4% or more	Increased	Plans to stay the same
Spain	4% or more	Increased	Plans to stay the same
Estonia	Do not know/figures not available	n.a.	Plans to increase
Finland	4% or more	Stayed the same	Plans to stay the same
France	n.a.	Increased	Plans to increase
Greece	0.5%-0.9%	Increased	n.a.
Hungary	2%-3.9%	Decreased	Plans to increase
Ireland	4% or more	Stayed the same	Plans to stay the same
Iceland	n.a.	n.a.	Plans to stay the same
Israel	0-0.4%	Increased	n.a.
Korea	1%-1.9%	Increased	Plans to stay the same
Lithuania	n.a.	n.a.	Plans to increase
Luxembourg	4% or more	n.a.	Plans to increase
Latvia	0-0.4%	Stayed the same	Plans to increase
Mexico	1%-1.9%	Stayed the same	Plans to stay the same
Netherlands	0-0.4%	Decreased	Plans to stay the same
Norway	4% or more	Increased	n.a.
New Zealand	4% or more	Increased	Plans to stay the same
Poland	n.a.	Stayed the same	Plans to increase
Slovak Republic	Do not know/figures not available	Increased	Plans to increase
Slovenia	0.5%-0.9%	Decreased	Plans to stay the same
Sweden	4% or more	Stayed the same	Plans to increase
Switzerland	0-0.4%	Stayed the same	Plans to increase
Turkey	2%-3.9%	Increased	Plans to increase
USA	0-0.4%	Stayed the same	Plans to stay the same

Note: Question 4.1: What percentage of public education spending currently goes to AEL?; Question 4.2: Between 2009 and 2014, public spending on ALE as a proportion of public education spending in my country has:…; Question 4.3: Does the government plan to increase or decrease spending on ALE?; n.a. indicates that the country did not give a response to the question in the survey.

Source: Authors’ elaborations based on UNESCO GRALE III Survey.

Table A D.2. Governance of adult learning systems between 2009 and 2014

Country responses to the question “Which of these statements apply to your country: Since 2009, the governance of ALE has…”

	Increased stakeholder participation	Developed more effective monitoring and evaluation systems	Introduced better coordination arrangements	Become more decentralized	Strengthened capacity-building initiatives	Strengthened inter-ministerial cooperation
Australia	Agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Tend to disagree	Agree	Agree
Austria	Tend to agree	Agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Agree
Belgium	Agree	Agree	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Agree
Canada	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	Tend to disagree	n.a.	Tend to agree
Czech Republic	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Disagree	Disagree	Tend to agree
Germany	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree
Denmark	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Tend to disagree
Spain	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree
Estonia	Agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Agree	Agree
Finland	Tend to agree	Disagree	Tend to disagree	Disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree
France	Agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Tend to agree
Greece	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree
Hungary	Agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Disagree	Agree	Tend to agree
Ireland	Tend to agree	n.a.	Tend to agree	Disagree	n.a.	Tend to agree
Israel	Tend to agree	Disagree	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree	Tend to agree
Japan	n.a.	n.a.	Tend to agree	n.a.	Tend to agree	Tend to agree
Korea	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree
Lithuania	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Tend to agree
Luxembourg	Agree	Agree	Agree		Tend to agree	Tend to agree
Latvia	Agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	n.a.
Mexico	Agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree
Netherlands	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree
Norway	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Tend to agree	Agree	Agree
New Zealand	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree	Agree
Poland	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree
Portugal	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Agree
Slovak Republic	Agree	Agree	Agree	Tend to disagree	Agree	Agree
Slovenia	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Disagree	Disagree	Tend to agree
Sweden	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Tend to agree
Switzerland	Tend to agree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to disagree	Agree	Tend to disagree
Turkey	Agree	Agree	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Agree
USA	Agree	Agree	Agree	n.a.	Agree	Agree

Note: Question 3.1: Which of these statements apply to your country?; n.a. indicates that the country did not give a response to the question in the survey.

Source: UNESCO GRALE III Survey.

Table A D.3. Consultation with stakeholders and civil society about the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of adult learning policies since 2009

	Yes	Not yet, but the government plans to do so	No, and not foreseen	Not answered
Australia				x
Austria	x
Belgium	x
Canada	x
Chile				x
Czech Republic			x
Germany	x
Denmark	x
Spain	x
Estonia	x
Finland	x
France	x
United Kingdom				x
Greece	x
Hungary	x
Ireland	x
Iceland				x
Israel		x
Italy				x
Japan	x
Korea	x
Lithuania	x
Luxembourg				x
Latvia		x
Mexico	x
Netherlands	x
Norway	x
New Zealand	x
Poland	x
Portugal				x
Slovak Republic	x
Slovenia		x
Sweden	x
Switzerland			x
Turkey	x
USA	x

Note: Question 3.2: Since 2009, has the government consulted stakeholders and civil society about the formulation, implementation and evaluation of ALE policies?

Source: (UNESCO, 2016[1]).