Research Report: Providers of non-formal education in Macedonia

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RESEARCH REPORT: Providers of non-formal education in the Republic of Macedonia

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About the All iance for Development of Adult Education and LifelongLearning in the Republi c of Macedonia as a pr ogram of the Communit y

Development Insti tute- Tetovo

Today as never before the saying that PERSON LEARNS UNTIL HE IS ALIVE has never been truer. In

the last few decades the whole concept about the meaning of education and learning has changed.

A person to educate himself doesnt mean that the education will start in primary school and finish

at university, to the contrary, a person learns in di fferent manners throughout l ife.

Following the world and the European trends in education, in the Republic of Macedonia the needto do something concerning adult education and lifelong learning aroused. Namely, with the

creation of the Law on Adult Education in 2008, as well as the Strategy and the Action Plan in 2010

for the first time the both the formal and the non-formal education were put in one legal frame.

After we got with this legislation it is much easier to use lifelong learning and adult education as

tools that wi ll help towards decreasing the unemployment and the poverty in Macedonia.

It was this exact moment when the Community Development Insti tute (CDI) noted the need to work

in the field of adult education and lifelong learning and in May 2011 created the Alliance for

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the Republic of Macedonia (ADAE) that functions within

CDI. ADAE is a program based on free membership. Its aim is to develop and advance the adulteducation and through that to act on unemployment and poverty decrease in Macedonia. Apart

from that ADAE wants to support institutions, structures and organizations for the creation of

sustainable adult education and li felong learning.

The Insti tute for Community Development is a civi l society organization that works in the sphere of

inter-ethnic understanding and tolerance, capacity building of individuals, organizations and

institutions, as well as improving the living conditions and the living standard of the citizens. CDI

for already 15 years works in the community in order to address the needs of the cit izens.


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About the Research

In order to recognize and map the providers of non-formal education, their area and scope of work,

as well as the trends concerning the verification of programs for non-formal education, ADAE

conducted initial research that will serve as a base not only for getting basic information but also

for conducting more detailed academic research in the sphere of lifelong learning and adult

education.

The research conducted from December 2011 to January 2012 consisted of creation of

questionnaire, its distribution via email to the providers of non-formal education (NGOs and

educational centers), data collection and its technical processing and analysis.

The questionnaire is composed of two parts and total of 20 questions. First par t: general andcontact information about the provider of non-formal education and second part: concrete

questions for the provider s sphere and scope of work. The questionnaire that was distributed

through CDIs own mailing lists, as well as mailing lists of partner organization and TAKSO1 was

answered by 53 providers of non-formal education. The composition of the questionnaire was

mostly dir ected towards CSOs as providers of non-formal education, although feedback was as well

provided from educational centers, private companies, and local institut ions.

The questionnaire used in conducting the research, as well as the list of organizations that provided

answers are attached in the end as appendices.

1Questionnaires were sent to more than 1000 emails of CSOs, educational centers, municipalities, foundations and

private companies


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Resul ts fr om the Analysis

The questions from 1 to 7 are located in the first part of the questionnair e.

1. Name of the organization2. Address3. Office phone, Mobile phone4. Fax5. E-mail6. Web-site7. Contact Person

These questions refer to the general information concerning the education provider and are not

presented in this analysis.

Question no. 8 Services

On the question what type of services do you provide four choices were given: trainings,

workshops, on-job training and other. The answers are the following:

Most of the providers offer trainings and workshops as form of non-for mal education. Namely,

workshops are provided by 89%, trainings by 87%, on-job training 42% and other type of services

are offered by 28% of the providers.


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Questi on no. 9 Areas in which you offer services (ex. Administration , banking,

agr iculture, business management , secur ity, quali ty, languages, IT, PR)

The question areas in which you offer serv ices was an open-ended question. The answers were

classified in 17 categories. Even 37% of the providers offer trainings of business character.

Furthermore, the areas of information technology and languages are as well popular. Trainings

from the sphere of human r ights and intercultural tolerance are offered by 22% of the providers.

20% offer vocational qualifications. Communication skil ls and publi c relations are provided by 18%

of the providers. Services from the sphere od administration and the NGO sector are offered by

14% of the providers. 12% offer services from the sphere of agr iculture and advancing the quality

standards. 10% offer services from the sphere of ecology. The least offered are services from the

sphere of ar t, health, tour ism, institut ional development and publishing.


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Questi on no. 10. Yearly number of parti cipants

In terms of the year ly number of part icipants, 34% of the providers have up to 100 par ticipants

on yearly level. The most of the providers, 48%, have between 100 and 500 participants. 10% of the

organizations have between 500 and 100 and 8% have ore than 1000 par ticipants.

Questi on no.11 Year ly budget allocated for real izat ion of t he servi ces?

When it comes to the year ly budget allocated for r ealization of the services, 21% of the

providers have yearly budget up to 100 000 MKD. 36% allocate between 100 000 and 500 000

MKD and 28% of the providers allocate over 500 000 MKD. 15% didnt provide an answer to this

question.


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Questi on no. 12 Do you charge for the servi ces (t r ainings)?

On the question do you charge for the ser vices, 42% of the respondents charge for the services,

38% do not charge for the services, and 9% charge for some services and for other dont. 11% of

the respondents did not give an answer to this question.

Questi on no. 13 Geographic area (municipali ti es) where you offer servi ces?

In terms of the geographic area where the providers offer services, 17% of the respondents offer

services only in rural areas, 40% only in urban areas and 42% of the respondents offer services

both in urban and rural areas.


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Questi on no. 14 Target Group

Most of the providers have youth as their target group that is 86%. 67% focus on unemployed,

47% from of the providers have the employed as target group, 43% deal with marginali zed groups,

27% with single mothers, and 33% have other target groups.


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Question no. 16 For which occupations or skills is there demand for organizing

trainings?

In terms of the areas for which there is demand for pr oviding services, the answers provided by

the respondents were classified in 16 areas. The largest demand is for training in the sphere of

economy. There is equal demand for training from the sphere of IT, foreign languages and crafts.

There is equal need (12%) for administrative training and protection of human rights. Around 8%

is the demand for education in the sphere of the NGO sector , communication skills and ecology.

There is less demand for tr ainings in EU funding, arts and health, and the least demand (2%) is for

specific areas such as proofreading.


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Questi on no. 17 Do you have ver if ied pr ogram in CAE?

When it comes to verification of programs, most of the providers that is 86% do not have a

veri fied program. Only 14% have a program that is verified.

Question no. 18 Do you plan on developing a program for which you will ask for

veri ficat ion from CAE?

The providers intend to verify the programs that they offer. Namely, 60% gave a positi ve answer to

the question i f they wer e going to develop a progr am that they intend to ver i fy. 25% do not

plan on any veri fication, and 15% did not provide an answer.


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Question no. 19 Do you have a partner i n the implementation of the tr ainings?

On the last question, do you have par tners in the implementation of the trainings, 66%

answered that they do, 26% do not and 8% did not provide an answer.


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Conclusion

It can be noted that most of the providers of non-formal education offer non-formal education in

form of trainings and workshops, and their target group is usually focused on youth and

unemployed. The business training, IT training and foreign languages are the most popular among

the providers, but also most demanded from the users of non-formal education. Non-formal

education is provided both in rural and urban areas. Most of the providers do not have a verified

program and they offer and implement their services together with partner organizations.

However, there is large interest for ver ifying programs.

This analysis is somewhat helpful in the scanning of the situation with the non-formal education

providers, their scope and sphere of work. This research provides the basis for mapping the

providers and creates space for further work and cooperation between all stakeholders in order to

get appropriate data that will contribute towards concerning the trends in thenon-formal education in the Republic of Macedonia.


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APPENDIX

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APPENDIX B

List of providers that answered the questionnaire

1. SFERA Pr ilep

2. Association REKA Kratovo

3. Emocionalno Zdravo Detstvo

4. AN- BLOK- Skopje

5. Humanitarian, cultural, ar t association womens organization Romani Asvin

6. Helsinki Committee on Human Rights in the Republic of Macedonia

7. Local Development Agency, Struga

8. MATA- Skopje

9. National Roma Center

10. Sinergija Plus

11. Association for development of the Roma community SUMNAL

12. Oral Health

13. National Council for Gender Equalit y (SOZM)

14. Youth Cultural Center- Bitola

15. Center for Institutional Development CIRa

16. Assosiation Initiative for social change- InSok

17. HEPA Macedonia

18. Doser Global Bitola

19. Association for civi l tolerance and cooperation- AGTIS

20. Center for non-formal education for children and adults ATLANTIS- Tetovo

21. Center for economic analysis

22. Citizens Association EKOVITA

23. Center for community development Kicevo

24. Semos Computer Educational center (brand name Semos Education)


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25. Center for applied research and permanent education in agr iculture- CIPOZ

26. Demetra

27. Education Society Akademik

28. Center for culture, communication and education of Roma Svetla Idnina Kocani

29. Citizens Association for motivation and communication development DIJALOG Skopje

30. Municipalit y Aerodrom

31. Association for improving the status of women Womens Action- Radovis

32. Insti tute for Sustainable Rural Regional Development

33. Ecology society Grashnica

34. Associat ion FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES- SEMPER

35. Artist Association Cultural Center Media Artes

36. Foundation Informational Center

37. Association for Democracy, Social Inclusion and Development- DeSiDe

38. Citizens Association Foundation Renova

39. NGO Option Ohrid

40. Foundation for development of the local community - Stip

41. Educational Center M6 Skopje

42. Roma Association AVENA,

43. Center for Intercultural Dialogue

44. Association Mana Strumica

45. Association of proof-readers of Macedonia

46. Association Youth multicultural community- Pri lep

47. Forum Center for strategic research and documentation- Skopje

48. Association of agr icultural producers Kumanovo

49. European Link Center

50. Center for Education and Development (CED)


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51. Association Roma Business informational center of Macedonia

52. Association Belavista

53. Association Nova Zemja

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