Voucher system in liberal adult education
- Name of the instrument - Local language
- Vapaan sivistystyön opintoseteliavustus
- Name of the instrument - English translation
- Voucher system in liberal adult education
- Scheme ID
- 83
- Country
- Finland
- Reporting year
- 2020
- Type of instrument
- Grant for individuals
- Sub-type of instrument
- Lump-sum support
- Type of entry
- Single instrument
- Short description
Persons belonging to the specific target groups of migrants, unemployed persons, pensioners and senior citizens, persons with special educational needs and persons with no post-compulsory education can apply for this scheme. In summer universities, the voucher subsidy is used to support persons who have dropped out of university. The eligible activities include nearly all kinds of education and training measures. The subsidies are given to the educational institutions in order to enable them to significantly lower or totally compensate tuition fees for students belonging to the specified target groups.
- Short description of the related instruments
- Not applicable
- Level of operation
- National
- Name of a part of the country
- Not applicable
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Not applicable
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Not applicable
- Relevance
- Further instrument
- Legal basis
- Laki vapaasta sivistystyöstä (Act on liberal education)
- Objective(s) and target(s)
- Not available
- Year of implementation
- 2007
- Operation/management
- Overall, the responsibility for self-motivated adult education and its development rests with the Ministry of Education.
- Eligible group(s)
- Persons belonging to the specific target groups of migrants, unemployed persons, pensioners and senior citizens, persons with special educational needs and persons with no post-compulsory education can apply for this scheme
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
- No preferential treatment
- Education and training eligible
- Liberal adult education
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- State
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
- The subsidies are given to the educational institutions in order to enable them to significantly lower or totally compensate tuition fees for students belonging to the specified target groups.
- Eligible costs
- Fees
- Volumes of funding
- Not available
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Not available
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
- Not applicable
- Monitoring/evaluation reports available
- Not available
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Not available
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Koulutus/aikuiskoulutus_ja_vapaa_sivistystyoe/…
- Recent changes
Not available
Recent changes in response to COVID-19
Not available
- Sources
- http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Koulutus/aikuiskoulutus_ja_vapaa_sivistystyoe/…
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- Short description
- Short description of the related instruments
- Level of operation
- Name of a part of the country
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Relevance
- Legal basis
- Objective(s) and target(s)
- Year of implementation
- Operation/management
- Eligible group(s)
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
- Education and training eligible
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
- Eligible costs
- Volumes of funding
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
- Monitoring/evaluation reports available
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- Recent changes
- Sources