Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Finland (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report received in October 2008, including replies to its 2004 observation. The Committee notes that reform of adult education was planned in 2007 through the creation of a tripartite working group. The objective of the reform, the implementation of which was due to start at the beginning of 2009, is to streamline the administration, financing and provision of services and benefits in areas such as vocational adult education and training, adult education within higher education institutions, labour policy in relation to adult education and staff training. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing information on the measures envisaged or adopted to contribute to the attainment of the objectives set out in Article 3 of the Convention, as well as on the manner in which the national policy on paid educational leave is coordinated with general policies concerning employment, education and training (Article 4).