Non-formal education - Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

1. The recognition of the concept of an additional (non-formal) and prolonged or continuous
education as a legal category;
2. Identification and separation of the role and powers of the various artists (schools, other
organizations and individuals conducting the training, the social partners, government agencies, etc.) in
the field of continuous education;
3. Determination of rights and the principles of state policy in the field of continuous education;
4. Defining principles of financing and building infrastructure, providing continuous education;
5. The introduction of assessment and recognition of non-formal and informal education;
6. The adoption of legislation on the use of social partnership and motivation;
7. Providing the highest level of predictability and control of areas without restriction freedoms
defined by the RA legislation for actors in the field;
8. Organization of retraining in order to improve and enhance the professional skills of specialists
departments, educational institutions and other stakeholders. Providing information about the processes
available in the continuous education, opportunity and efficiency required for analysis, planning,
organizing, and the scope of regulation;
9. The development of the pilot program (approach to accessibility extended education for those at
risk and their involvement in the current educational programs), based on the results of research;
10. Raising the efficiency of processes for continuous education through modern technology;
11. Providing a high quality of all forms of continuous education and meeting the personal and
professional needs of individuals in training. Capacity building in the strategy of non-formal education
and lifelong learning.
Promotion of international cooperation in the field of non-formal education should be carried out in
the following directions.
1. Exchange programs for specialists from NFE in the field of education, the organization of exchange
of experience in a variety of activities (professional conferences, seminars, etc.).
2. Organization of international activities of non-formal education and maintenance of public
initiatives in this field.
3. Presentation of the international community of experience in the field of non-formal education in
the RA study and dissemination of international experience in the field of non-formal education.
Main activities
1. Development Program of Action for 2008-2013 aimed at developing of non-formal education
by the authorized body of the Government of Armenia, together with public organizations (with their
consent) and gaining for approval from the Government of the Republic of Armenia before the end of
the fourth quarter of 2007, guided by the concept.
2. Expected changes in the legislation to effectively address the problems associated with the use
of this form of education.
3. Organization of activities aimed at raising awareness for increasing the availability and distribution
of non-formal education.
Features of non-formal eduucation in the republic of Armenia
The main strategic objective of further and continuous education in the Republic of Armenia (RA) is
to define the basic principles of fairness continuous training of citizens, as well as the mechanisms of its
organization, implementation, management, financing and quality assurance, which later will be served
as a basis for legal regulation and practice.
Some of the concepts and strategies that have been approved by the Government of the Republic
of Armenia suggest new approaches to the content and amounts of additional education.
The most noteworthy are “Strategy of Primary (Vocational) and Vocational Education and Training
in the Republic of Armenia” (2004), “Strategy and the Concept of Adult Education” (2005), “The concept
of non-formal education in RA” (2006), “RA Concept of lifelong learning “(2009), “State Program for
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