Public Adult Education Review

The plan wants to secure conditions that give popular education strong independence and protect study associations' position. The counter-proposal preserves the self-management model, where a popular education council continues to distribute the funds, which is what best responds to the plan's demand for independence from political control. The new follow-up and reclaim parts lie further from the plan, which is why the support is weak.

• popular education's independencedecisive»Därför är det särskilt viktigt att satsa på och utveckla folkbiblioteken, folkbildningen och public services oberoende ställning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore it is particularly important to invest in and develop public libraries, popular education and public services' independent position.”
• protect study associations»Därför behöver vi också värna studieförbundens ställning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we also need to protect study associations' position.”
• strong conditions for popular education»Vi driver på för villkor som säkrar en stark« (party programme ↗)“We drive forward conditions that secure a strong”
• democratic infrastructure»Den demokratiska infrastruktur som behövs för det består av allt« (party programme ↗)“The democratic infrastructure needed for this consists of everything”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto establishes the importance of adult education for democracy and personal development, and the party programme makes civil society the foundation of democracy that politics must engage in dialogue with and create good conditions for. The counter-proposal preserves the self-governance model with an adult education council that distributes funds and adds goals and follow-up. This is in line with the plan's view, even though the plan does not take a position on the management model's details.

• the value of adult educationdecisive»Folkbildning ger stark demokrati och möjligheter till personlig utveckling vid sidan av den formella utbildningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adult education provides strong democracy and opportunities for personal development alongside formal education.”
• civil society bears democracy»Ett starkt och levande civilsamhälle är demokratins underbyggnad.« (party programme ↗)“A strong and vibrant civil society is the foundation of democracy.”
• good conditions for civil society»formas i en levande dialog med det civila samhälle och ska skapa goda villkor för« (party programme ↗)“shaped in living dialogue with civil society and shall create good conditions for”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan is based on public education and lifelong learning and highlights study circles and folk high schools as important free educational forms. As a decentralist party, the Greens want decisions to be made close to those affected, which argues for retaining the self-administration model with a folk education council that distributes the funds. The plan's requirement that public funds be used for their intended purpose also supports the new goals and monitoring model.

• public education is cherisheddecisive»Vi tror på folkbildningen och det livslånga lärandet.« (party programme ↗)“We believe in public education and lifelong learning.”
• decentralized decision-making»ett decentralistiskt parti. Beslut ska fattas så nära« (party programme ↗)“a decentralist party. Decisions shall be made as close as”
• the role of study circles»frivilliga utbildningsformer, som de studieförbunden erbjuder, är viktiga och ger möjlighet till« (party programme ↗)“voluntary educational forms, which study circles offer, are important and provide the opportunity to”
• support for civil society initiatives»Politiken bör på olika vis synliggöra, stödja och« (party programme ↗)“Policy should in various ways make visible, support and”

The plan highlights independent folk education (folkbildning, a popular education movement) as very important precisely when democratic values are questioned, which speaks for keeping the self-governance model with an educational council distributing the funds. That policy shall maintain arm's length distance supports the same thing. Civil society's independent role makes clear goals and follow-up reasonable, since the support is publicly financed.

• independent folk educationdecisive»En fristående folkbildning har mycket stor betydelse i tider då demokratiska värden ifrågasätts.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Independent folk education has very great importance in times when democratic values are questioned.”
• arm's length distance»Politiken ska bidra till goda förutsättningar men hålla armlängds avstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy shall contribute to good conditions but maintain arm's length distance.”
• civil society's independence»Det civila samhället måste ha en självständig roll« (party programme ↗)“Civil society must have an independent role”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto explicitly requires that follow-up of grant allocation is strengthened, which is the core of the counter-proposal's new model for follow-up, audit and recovery of funds. At the same time the plan wants good and long-term conditions for independent popular education and respect for civil society's independence, which speaks for that the self-governance model with a popular education council is maintained. Both parts of the counter-proposal are thereby supported by the plan.

• strengthened follow-up of grantsdecisive»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want both to strengthen follow-up of grant allocation and stop hidden financing of faith communities so that they do not become tools for extremist forces.”
• long-term conditions for popular education»För att möta olika människors behov ska utbildningsmöjligheter som skapas av offentliga och privata aktörer kompletteras med goda och långsiktiga villkor för den fristående folkbildningen.« (party programme ↗)“To meet different people's needs education opportunities created by public and private actors shall be complemented with good and long-term conditions for independent popular education.”
• free popular education is supported»Därför värnar liberaler bildningstanken, främjar bildningsresor och stödjer den fria folkbildningen.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore liberals value the education idea, promote educational journeys and support free popular education.”
• civil society's independence»Det offentliga ska i sin samverkan med civilsamhället respektera civilsamhällets oberoende.« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall in its cooperation with civil society respect civil society's independence.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants civil society's activities to be supported by the public but not controlled, which supports the counter-proposal's requirement that the self-administration model with a popular education council is retained. At the same time, evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control according to the plan are important political tasks, which supports new objectives, indicators and a model for monitoring disbursed funds. Folk education and folk high schools' own tradition is explicitly valued.

• support but not control civil societydecisive»civila samhället ska stödjas av det offentliga, men inte« (party programme ↗)“civil society shall be supported by the public, but not”
• monitoring of public funds»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”
• value of folk education»Folkbildningens unika och viktiga uppdrag bidrar till människors möjligheter till utveckling och ny« (party programme ↗)“Folk education's unique and important mission contributes to people's possibilities for development and new”
• freedom of folk high schools»egen och mycket värdefull utbildningstradition som« (party programme ↗)“own and very valuable education tradition as”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's overarching commitment here is control over tax funds: payments to extremists and to organisations that do not share society's fundamental democratic values should be stopped, and public waste should be combated. The counter-proposal's demands for new targets, indicators, follow-up, audit and the possibility to recover paid funds directly answer that. Keeping the self-administration model is compatible with the plan's view of independent institutions free from state and politics.

• democracy conditions for grantsdecisive»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattepengar till organisationer som inte delar det svenska samhällets grundläggande demokratiska värderingar utan som hotar människors frihet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax money to organisations that do not share Swedish society's fundamental democratic values but which threaten people's freedom”
• no tax funds to extremists»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax funds to extremists”
• combat public waste»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms must be combated.”
• independent institutions»Målet ska vara självständiga institutioner som i sin verksamhet står fria från stat och politik.« (party programme ↗)“The goal should be independent institutions that in their activities stand free from state and politics.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands clear results for every public initiative and wants to strengthen opportunities for accountability when the handling of public resources falls short – which is precisely what new targets, indicators, audit and the opportunity to recover disbursed funds entail. At the same time, the plan wants to support the voluntary sector without unduly restricting its freedom of action, which speaks in favour of retaining the self-governance model. The counter-proposal's demands therefore align with the plan.

• results requirements for public fundsdecisive»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public initiative”
• accountability for shortfalls»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheter för ansvarsutkrävande när hanteringen av de offentliga resurserna brister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wish to strengthen opportunities for accountability when the handling of public resources falls short.”
• conditional support to civil society»En förutsättning för att kunna erhålla stöd från det offentliga skall dock givetvis vara att den verksamhet som bedrivs är förenlig med demokratiska värderingar och en konstruktiv samhällsutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for being able to receive support from the public sector must of course be that the activity conducted is compatible with democratic values and constructive social development.”
• voluntary sector's freedom of action»att lyfta fram och stödja den ideella sektorn utan att i alltför hög grad begränsa dess handlingsfrihet« (party programme ↗)“to highlight and support the voluntary sector without unduly restricting its freedom of action”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.