Non-formal education - Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

Unfortunately, non-formal education is not reflected in a recent strategic-operational document of
the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova – draft Strategy of sectorial development “Education
2020” 46 .
Our study showed that the more widely the term ‘non-formal education “is used in the documents
that define policies and strategies for youth in the Republic of Moldova.
The National Strategy on Youth for 2009-2013 states that non-formal education involves required for
each young person a comprehensive social experience, the use of free time for educational purposes,
provides the opportunity to gain experience by voluntarily individual or collective participation, developing
skills of healthy lifestyles and preparing young people to become active citizens 47 .
According to this document “activities organized outside the school program or by non-governmental
organizations and other institutions engaged in educational activities and personal development, are
called non-formal education activities ... Non-formal education includes a range of activities carried out
in the non-formal setting, outside of the educational system, but an organized, and is the link between
the knowledge acquired in the classroom, and information obtained in the non-formal setting.”
The legislation governing the feasibility of non-formal education reflects the above mentioned
mechanism of development of non-formal education in the Republic of Moldova – after school, additional,
extracurricular education of children and youth, the activities of non-governmental organizations on
civic education, democracy, human rights, etc.; organizations of adult education:
a) The Ministry of Education (supplementary, additional, extracurricular education of children and
young people):
– Law on Education, 1995, 34-35
– The concept of the development of education in the Republic of Moldova
- The concept of non-formal education, 2003
– National Strategy and Action Plan ‘Education for All’, 2004
– Memorandum of the Commission of European Council on lifelong learning, 2000
b) Social organizations (civic education, human rights, etc.)
– Law on the rights of children № .338-XIII, 1994.
– Law on Youth # 279-XIV, 1999
– National Strategy on Youth for 2009-2013, approved by Law # 25 from 03.02.2009
– Strategy for the Development of Civil Society 2012-2015, adopted by the Parliament of the
Republic of Moldova, September 27, 2012
– National Strategy of the Republic of Moldova 2012-2020
The Government of the Republic of Moldova has ratified a number of international policies and
recommendations on health, development, protection and participation of children and young people to
increase access of young people to the services of non-formal education:
– UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in 1990
– Resolution of the International Conference on Population and Development, 1994
– Millennium Development Goals, UN, 2001
– Declaration of a Special Session of the UN General Assembly (SSAGONU) for Child (LBS)
– Declaration of a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on HIV / AIDS
– Council of Europe Recommendation on the development and recognition of non-formal
education of children and youth, 2003
c) Organizations of adult education (continuing professional education, development of human
resources)
1. International conventions ratified by the Republic of Moldova:
– ILO Convention on vocational guidance and training in the field of human resource development
from 19. 07. 1977
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http://particip.gov.md/public/documente/137/ro_427_Proiectul-Strategiei-Sectoriale-de-Dezvoltare-Educatia-2020.pdf
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Национальная стратегия по делам молодежи на 2009–2013 , утв. Законом №. 25 от 03.02.2009
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