Non-formal education - Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

– Tools of trade unions and employers;
– Funds of economic entities – at least 2% of payroll of a company in accordance with Art. 213
of the Labor Code of the Republic of Moldova;
– Own funds of the customer of education;
– Other financial assets under the law.
By signing memorandum of the Commission of the European Council on LLL (2000), Republic
of Moldova has committed to provide public access to education and human resource development.
Based on this, steps are taken to ensure that the responsible and stakeholders, institutions, individuals
develop the state, non-profit and commercial possibilities of non-formal education.
At the same time we can noticea low level of population covered / availability by institutions of nonformal
education (level of the regional center, regional, urban / rural, etc.)
The observation is based on the following information of demographic, social and competence
character: according to the National Bureau of Statistics, on January 1, 2012 permanent population
was 3,559,500 people, 3.3 thousand less than at the beginning of 2010. Moldova continues to be a
country with the lowest level of urbanization in Europe: 41.6% of the population lives in urban areas
and 58.4% – in villages. According to the classification by sex, men make up 48%, women – 52% of
the total population.
Population by main age groups is characterized by the following-relator ages: 17.8% are under
working age, 66.7% – in the working age,and 15.5% – above working age.
Analysis of the age structure of the population indicates the intensification of the process demographic
aging of society. Aging factor is 14.4%.Proportion of the adult population in rural areas to urban areas
is 1.5 times. About 15.2% of the rural population has exceeded the age of 60, while the total number of
female rural population of elderly women is 18, 1%. (www.statistica.md)
Reducing the number of working-age population and the increase in the average-age workers in
the national economy has a complex impact on the socio-economic development with direct impact
on the overall supply of labor, investments, income distribution, public spending on social security and
others; continued aging of the population leads to the appearance of serious drawbacks in the human
capital needed for sustainable development.
Also, it should be noted that social problems appeared simultaneously with the development
of migration processes and increasing poverty. Children, whose parents are in labor migration, are
remained in the care of relatives and exacerbate the need for their involvement in further education.
If in 2010 in Moldova poverty decreased in by 6.0 points or percentage (30.3% of population)
compared to the year 2009, the level of poverty in the country has grown during economic recession
in 2011-2012. 80% of the country’s poor people live in rural areas, the most vulnerable segment of
the welfare and security. Another poorly protected category of the population are children, especially
those living in rural areas (38% vs. 13% in urban areas 48 ).These statements explain why the costs /
investments population of the Republic of Moldova invest in education is less than 1% of their annual
income. Non-formal education, in essence, is the low-budget, and increases access to education for
disadvantaged groups of population.
An important aspect of determining the degree of demand for non-formal education is the learning
motivation.
Based on the survey data of this aspect, 65% of respondents (adults) indicated their need for
training as high.
On the question of the need for continuing education:
– 65% of respondents said about professional training component,
– 17% – social and civic,
– 18% – parent and family education.
– 67% of respondents choose formal training – courses, 26% – prefer to share their experiences
and only 3% of respondents chose the non-formal forms of training and are ready for selflearning.
It should be noted that the study was conducted several years ago, but still, in general,
the findings support the need to promote the opportunities of non-formal education in the
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