2024

Bildung, education and participation

The Government's special investigator has handed over the Liberal Adult Education Investigation's report "Bildung, education and participation – liberal adult education policy in a new era". 

There have been recurring problems with cheating and inaccuracies within the adult educational associations' activities, and the investigation proposes several measures to strengthen control and increase transparency. The proposals will hopefully sort out the problems so that liberal adult education can focus on the important work that is being done, not least for groups with disabilities. 

The Liberal Adult Education Investigation has had a broad mission to propose changes aimed at ensuring appropriate management, follow-up and control of the state subsidy to liberal adult education, while the intention of the mission was that liberal adult education should be given the best conditions to operate in the future. An overarching issue has been to analyze the current control and distribution model for the state grant with the aim of making it more effective, transparent and predictable and reducing the risk of fraud and errors. 

The investigation's proposal also includes:  

• a new goal and a new goal structure for liberal adult education policy
• indicators for monitoring liberal adult education
• a new model for regular follow-up and evaluation of the state contribution to liberal adult education
• strengthened control of the state subsidy
• a new model for state participation in the audit of the The Swedish National Council of Adult Education (Folkbildningsrådet) and SISU Sports Trainers
• a system for withdrawing state grants and handling unused funds. 

All of the investigation's proposals are proposed to enter into force on 1 January 2026.

For more information (in Swedish)

2023

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2022

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