ABSTRACT

The role of international intergovernmental organisations (IIOs) in global and/or European adult education policymaking has received significant attention in the field of adult education (AE) in the twenty-first century. However, empirical AE studies examining the impact of different IIO policies on country-level AE policies and practices, and the implications of under- or overestimating of that influence, are still scarce. The present study analysed the influence of three selected IIOs – the European Union (EU), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – on Slovenian AE policies, as a developed EU country, during the 1991–2018 period. We analysed historical and contemporary policies using documentary analysis and expert interviews, focusing on theoretical concepts of policy transfer and risk. Our findings indicated that the influence of IIOs on Slovenian AE policies has differed through time; policy transfer has come from multiple directions; IIOs have stimulated policy transfer through governance instruments; the contextual opportunities and risks Slovenia has faced – independence, EU membership, and the world economic crisis – have been supporting factors for IIOs’ policy transfer; and IIOs have promoted policy transfer and presented themselves as risk experts, able to manage the risks Slovenia is or could be facing.

摘要

在二十一世纪，国际政府间组织（IIO）在全球和/或欧洲成人教育政策制定中的作用受到了成人教育（AE）领域的极大关注。但是，经验性的不良事件研究仍然很少，这些不良事件研究涉及不同的IIO政策对国家级不良事件政策和实践的影响，以及对这种影响的低估或高估的影响。本研究分析了三个选定的IIO，即欧盟（EU），经济合作与发展组织（OECD）和联合国教育，科学及文化组织（UNESCO）对斯洛文尼亚AE政策的影响，在1991年至2018年期间是欧盟的一个发达国家。我们通过文献分析和专家访谈分析了历史和当代政策，关注政策转移和风险的理论概念。我们的发现表明，IOI对斯洛文尼亚AE政策的影响随着时间的推移而有所不同。政策转移来自多个方向；IOI通过治理工具促进了政策转移；斯洛文尼亚面临的机遇和风险–独立，欧盟成员身份和世界经济危机–一直是IIO进行政策转移的支持因素；IIO促进了政策转移，并以 斯洛文尼亚面临的机遇和风险–独立，欧盟成员身份和世界经济危机–一直是IIO进行政策转移的支持因素；IIO促进了政策转移，并以 斯洛文尼亚面临的机遇和风险–独立，欧盟成员身份和世界经济危机–一直是IIO进行政策转移的支持因素；IIO促进了政策转移，并以风险专家，能够管理斯洛文尼亚现在或可能面临的风险。