1. Adult Education Survey Implementation
ETS WG, 31 January-2 February 2005
Agenda Item 15
document 2005-ETS EN
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2. Adult Education Survey Implementation
DSS consultation results:
21 MS ready to implement the survey
Missing 4 MS are considering how to join or provide some of the information requested
15 MS consider legal basis as essential and useful
Part of the costs should be funded by the UE budget
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DSS meeting conclusions:
To go ahead with the 21 MS and 2 „associated countries“
To propose countries replying negatively to examine possibilities to join the survey
To examine the possibility of funding
Countries agreed to transmit microdata to Eurostat
Propose the legal basis for the survey
To asses the quality and results of the first AES in
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Current situation:
Development of the AES questionnaire (item 17 of the Agenda)
Development of the Classification for Learning Activities (item 16)
Proposal for a legal basis (item 11)
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Key indicators for precision requirements:
Participation rate in non-formal education
Participation rate in non-formal education by gender
Participation rate in non-formal education by 3 age groups (25-34, 35-49, 50-64)
Participation rate in non-formal education by 3 ISCED levels
ISCED1+2+3C short programmes (<2 years)
ISCED 3A,B, 3C long programmes (>=2 years)
ISCED 5+6
Participation rate by employment status (employed, unemployed, inactive)
Share of job-related activities in non-formal education
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The precision requirements:
Half length of the confidence interval at 95% to be at most equal 2.5%
That means (1537 individuals for each of the 3 ages group) total sample size 4600 individuals per country.
In countries with the low participation rate (confidence interval of ±20%) there is a need to increase of the sub-sample (minimum size about individuals) of participating individuals
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Funding:
The new grant policy in Eurostat allow grants for capacity building of new instruments
Consequently only the additional costs incurred by a MS can be taken into consideration.
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Future plans:
AES pilots Task Force, which should:
assist countries in the implementation of pilots for the AES,
provide a forum for exchange of experience both for the preparatory phase and for the pilot evaluation phase.
Countries planning to pilot AES in 2005 will be the first to be invited to participate. Other countries may also attend if they express such an interest
1st meeting of the TF in April 2005
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ETS WG participants are asked to:
revise and update the information concerning national plans of implementation of the survey
accept the calculation method for the sample size and through this for the cost of the survey
revise and update the information concerning cost of the survey based on precision requirement and sample size
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declare their need for financial support :
in case new instruments have to be implemented for the first time or
additional sources are needed in order to comply with the European AES requirements
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