The OECD expresses its sincere gratitude to the Lumina Foundation for their generous financial contribution to this report. Special thanks are extended to Courtney Brown, Vice President of Impact and Planning, for her invaluable strategic guidance. We also wish to acknowledge the indispensable contributions of Thomas Major Jr., Associate General Counsel; Tim Robinson, Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief of Staff; and Shyvon Lacy, Grants Management Associate.
Ricardo Espinoza was the OECD project leader responsible for co‑ordinating this report. The report authors were:
Chapter 1 – “Introduction” was written by Ricardo Espinoza, an analyst at the OECD.
Chapter 2 – “A Comparative Analysis of Quality Assurance Mechanisms in Adult Education and Training in OECD Countries” was written by Ricardo Espinoza from the OECD and Nerea Martinez Yarza, researcher at the University of Deusto, Bilbao.
Chapter 3 – “Enabling Informed Choices in Adult Education and Training” was written by Simon Broek, Senior Expert at Ockham - IPS.
Chapter 4 – “Tracking Outcomes in Adult Education and Training” was written by Mark D'Amico, Professor of Higher Education at the University of North Carolina Charlotte; Michelle Van Noy, Director of the Education and Employment Research Center at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Kyle Albert, Assistant Research Professor at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, The George Washington University; and Justin Vinton, Faculty Research Associate at the Education and Employment Research Center at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Chapter 5 – “Ensuring the Quality of Digital Adult Education and Training” was written by Ricardo Espinoza and Andrew Bell from the OECD, and Simon Broek, Senior Expert at Ockham - IPS.
The OECD extends its gratitude to the following individuals who participated in the expert workshop held on 15 March 2022: Ueli Buergi (Switzerland), Maria Joao Manatos (Portugal), Andrew McQueen (England, United Kingdom), Tanja Mozina (Slovenia), Theres Kuratli (Switzerland), Kirsty Taylor (England, United Kingdom), and Martina Zach (Austria). Their contributions were instrumental in shaping the analytical framework presented in Chapter 2 of this report.
Thanks also extended to the members of the Education Policy Committee of the OECD for their comments and feedback on this report.
This project was supervised by Andrew Bell, Head of OECD Skills Strategies and Deputy Head of the OECD Centre for Skills, who also made substantive contributions and provided analytical guidance. Strategic oversight was provided by El Iza Mohamedou, Head of the OECD Centre for Skills; Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs; and Mark Pearson, OECD Deputy Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.
Tara Byrne, Jennifer Cannon, Véronique Quénehen, Darragh McKee Mathews and Hudson Hastings provided invaluable support for report layout and design, publication planning, and administrative support. The OECD would also like to thank Sally Hinchcliffe for editing the report.