Adult Education Survey mandate of the TF AES ETS WG, 23-24 January 2003 Agenda Item V.2 document ETS08

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 TF AES Created at the request of the DSS as a step towards AdEd Statistics. Based on previous work on MLLL (Parma seminar, TFMLLL, LFS2003LLL etc) Target: AES in the field in the beginning of 2006. Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

TF AES members: criteria 1. Experience with a national AES 2. Progress towards the establishment of a reporting system including the education of adults 3. Experience in the field of covering education of adults through household surveys 4. Particular interest expressed for an EU AES Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 Tasks Task 1: Define the objectives of the survey Task 2: Define the general frame of the survey Task 3: Take stock of existing classifications, standards etc Task 4: Survey Description Task 5: Develop a possible legal basis for the AES Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 Task groups Task 1: EAC + all TF Members Task 2: Eurostat + all TF Members Task 3: Germany+ UK, OECD, CEDEFOP, EAC/B (ILO?) Task 4: Finland + I, EE, SV, EAC/A (CH?, F?) Task 5: Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 TF AES meetings 1st meeting (Rome, 16 December 2002) Adoption of mandate Agreement on working methods 2nd meeting (Paris, 26-28 March) First draft for task 1 (DG Education) Discussion and decision for task 2 (Eurostat) Presentations by France, Germany and UK Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 TF AES meetings 3rd meeting (Helsinki, 16-18 June) Final draft for task 1 (DG Education) First draft and discussion on task 3 (Germany) First draft and discussion on task 4 (Finland) Presentations by Finland, Sweden and Estonia 4th meeting (London, 23-24 October) Discussion of final draft of the report on tasks 1-4 Presentation of draft legal basis (Eurostat) Presentation of initial conclusions and findings from the 2003 LFS ad hoc module on lifelong learning by all participating countries. Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 TF AES main problems Define the scope: of the AES of the work of the TF AES Input from ongoing processes policy + development of methodology New area at international level … IALS but 1st major test: LFS/LLL New area also at national level … with a few exceptions Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 TF AES main problems … and … TIME see timetable at the end of the document Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003

Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003 The ETS WG is asked to - adopt the proposed mandate - make suggestions for better results - inform Eurostat of any potential problems at the national level Eurostat Education and Training Statistics WG, 23-24 January 2003