The Finnish education system is built on the principle of lifelong learning so as to provide opportunities for further study for people of all ages and with any previous level of education. Both certificate-oriented and non-certificate-oriented forms of education and training are available for adults. Some of these include education and training specifically for adults leading to initial qualifications, whereas others cover additional and continuing education and training.
Higher education comprises polytechnics and universities. The former are experts in working life and its development, whereas universities focus on scientific research and education based on such research.
Universities also provide specialisation studies to complement the degree system and promote professional development. Universities offer other forms of continuing education, which are usually implemented by continuing education centres operating in conjunction with them.
Open University studies are open to all participants irrespective of their educational background. Subject to certain conditions, Open University students are also entitled to apply for full-degree studies.
Labour market training is part of active labour policy and is divided into 2 main parts: vocational training, and career guidance and preparatory training. The former develops the vocational skills of participants and about half of provision leads to a formal educational qualification. Certificate-oriented studies provided as labour market training include training for initial, further or specialist vocational qualifications and, subject to certain conditions, upper secondary school studies and education leading to polytechnic and university degrees. The objective of career guidance and preparatory training is to find appropriate employment and educational options for each individual.
In-service training is promoted both in legislation and through general incomes policy agreements. The law encourages the use of in-service training in situations where an enterprise’s production structure changes so that staff competences no longer match the enterprise’s operational models. The Act on Co-operation within Undertakings requires enterprises with at least 30 employees to draw up annual training plans and to update them where the number of employees is reduced due to lower production.
While participation in CVET may be individually motivated, most participants will receive funding subsidies from the state, municipalities or employers.
Suomen koulutusjärjestelmä on perustuttava elinikäisen oppimisen periaatetta, jotta tarjota edelleen opiskella kaiken ikäisille ja mahdolliset aiemmat koulutustaso.Both certificate-oriented and non-certificate-oriented forms of education and training are available for adults. Molemmat todistus suuntautunut ja ei-todistus tähtäävän koulutuksen muodoissa ja koulutusta on tarjolla aikuisille. Some of these include education and training specifically for adults leading to initial qualifications, whereas others cover additional and continuing education and training. Jotkut näistä ovat koulutus ja koulutus erityisesti aikuisille johtaa alkuperäisen pätevyyttä, kun taas toiset kattaa lisä-ja jatko-koulutukseen.

Adult education is governed by the Adult Education Act (Täiskasvanute koolituse seadus, 1993) which defines the adult learner as those who study by distance learning, evening courses, part-time study or as an external student participating in in-service or non-formal training.
Adults can also acquire higher education (HE) at institutions of applied higher education (rakenduskõrgkool) and universities (ülikool), both offer flexible forms of study. In general, a fee is charged for part-time study.
The Lifelong Learning Strategy 2005 – 2008 (Elukestva õppe strateegia aastateks 2005-2008) was passed by the government in 2005. The strategy aims to improve opportunities for people to participate in formal, non-formal and informal learning according to their personal as well as social and labour market needs. The aim is to raise the participation rate for people aged 25-64 to 10% of the total population by 2008 (the figure in 2006 was 6.5%).
The Employment Service Act (Tööturuteenuse seadus, 2000) regulates the provision of employment services to job seekers (including training provision) and to employers.
Training is commissioned by county employment offices and paid for by the Ministry of Social Affairs (Sotsiaalministeerium), local authorities may also allocate resources for this purpose. Training may be commissioned from any licensed body approved by the Ministry of Education and Research.
Professional training at company level is not regulated by law, however, the Adult Education Act (Täiskasvanute koolituse seadus,1993) provides for everybody’s right to improve oneself and the state’s, local authorities’ and employers’ obligation to co-ordinate and organise adult education.

회사 차원에서 전문 훈련을 법률에 의해, 그러나, 성인 교육 법령 (Täiskasvanute koolituse seadus, 1993) 규제를받지는 모두의 권리와 국가, 지방 자치 단체 '및 고용주의 의무를 스스로 향상시키기 위해 공동으로 제공 - 일입니다 성인 교육을 개최합니다.

In Denmark, the public sector plays a major role in the provision of continuing vocational education and training as well as generel adult education. However, in the last 10-20 years, private provision of continuing and adult education and training has grown. This includes courses provided by consultancy firms, private course providers, and internal HRM departments.
The main type of CVET in Denmark is, however, the adult vocational training (CVT) programmes offered by labour market training centres and vocational colleges. These programmes are important provisions in the policy objective of furthering lifelong learning and contributing to the creation a flexible labour market. Employees are given the opportunity to increase their skills and competencies regularly by following a CVT programme. Online: http://eng.uvm.dk/

There are a number of training provisions targeting unemployed people and people at risk of exclusion.
Enterprises focus on the development of human resources in terms of improving their generic competences such as the ability to cooperate, flexibility, adaptability to change, etc. Furthermore, publicly provided CVT has been re-organised so as to provide more tailor-made in-company training courses in co-operation with companies. Companies describe their training needs and the vocational colleges/labour market training centres draw up training courses to match. Social partners also offer training courses for their members, e.g., the VET teachers' professional associations offer sector specific courses for teachers to keep their vocational qualifications up-to-date.
In Denmark, the individual has a broad range of opportunities to enter continuing adult education and training from basic schooling level to university level.
I Danmark, den enkelte har en bred vifte af muligheder for at fortsætte voksenundervisning fra grundskoleuddannelse plan til universitetsniveau.

CVET is highly developed in Cyprus and it is provided in a multitude of settings by public promoters and numerous public and private providers. The major influence in this development has been the establishment and operation of the Human Resource Development Authority, HRDA (Archi Anaptyxis Anthropinou Dynamikou, AnAD), a semi-government organisation, which approves and subsidises training programmes implemented by public and private institutions and enterprises. Moreover, private institutions such as colleges, training institutions, consultancy firms and enterprises offer a variety of courses for adults, including many that are not subsidised by the HRDA.

Lifelong learning
The elaboration of a comprehensive Lifelong Learning (LLL) Strategy for Cyprus is one of the prominent measures contained in the National Lisbon Program for Cyprus. The Planning Bureau, PB (Grafeio Programmatismou, GP) has the responsibility to coordinate the elaboration of the strategy, which was discussed with the social partners and will be submitted for approval to the Council of Ministers.
In recent years, the number of participants in adult education and training has increased dramatically. Recent developments for lifelong learning include:
* The continuous upgrading and enrichment of the training and development schemes of the HRDA, which is the dominant actor in the field of vocational training and development. Its establishment and operations changed the training scene and greatly influenced the development of the training market in Cyprus.
* The University of Cyprus, UCY (Panepistimio Kyprou, PK), which was established in 1992, although it does not yet offer any adult education courses. The establishment of the Open University of Cyprus, which has accepted the first students in September 2006.
* The public Technological University of Cyprus (Technologiko Panepistimio Kyprou, TEPAK) has also been established and expected to accept its first students in September 2007.
* The first private universities in Cyprus are expected to operate in the academic year 2007-2008, mainly from the existing private institutions of tertiary education.
* The establishment of Vocational Schools of Lifelong Learning (Epaggelmatikes Scholes Dia Viou Ekpaidefsis, ESDE) is currently being planned by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Training for unemployed people and others vulnerable to exclusion in the labour market
The full utilisation of human resources in conditions of social cohesion and equal opportunities is a priority as has been described in the National Strategic Reference Framework for Cohesion Policy 2007-2013, NSRF (Ethniko Stratigiko Plaisio Anaforas gia tin Politiki Synoxis, ESPA). Furthermore, specific measures for the unemployed and other groups vulnerable to exclusion in the labour market are described in the National Lisbon Programme (Ethniko Schedio Drasis gia ti Stratigiki tis Lissavonas) and in the Community Initiative Programme “EQUAL”, CIP EQUAL.

CVET at the initiative of enterprises or social partners involves mainly:
* Measures to support training in SMEs.
* Measures to support training for civil servants and for employees in specific economic sectors.
* Social partner based schemes to support non-job related training. 

CVET at the initiative of the individual
The only source of data regarding participation in education and training at the initiative of the individual is the “Lifelong Learning in Cyprus 2003” survey. This is the first survey on lifelong learning in Cyprus. It was conducted as part of the Labour Force Survey, LFS (Erevna Ergatikou Dynamikou, EED) of 2003. The results of the survey refer to the participation of the population of Cyprus aged 15 and over in formal education, non-formal education or informal learning activities.

CVET είναι ιδιαίτερα αναπτυγμένη στην Κύπρο και υπό την προϋπόθεση ότι είναι σε μια σειρά από ρυθμίσεις από δημόσιους φορείς και πολλών δημόσιων και ιδιωτικών φορέων. Η σημαντική επιρροή σε αυτή την εξέλιξη υπήρξε η ίδρυση και λειτουργία της Αρχής Ανάπτυξης Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού, ΑνΑΔ (Archi ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ Anthropinou Dynamikou, ANAD), μια ημι-κυβερνητική οργάνωση, η οποία εγκρίνει και επιχορηγεί προγράμματα κατάρτισης που εφαρμόζονται από δημόσια και ιδιωτικά ιδρύματα και επιχειρήσεις.

Le nouveau règlement qui crée la Fondation européenne pour la Formation vient d’être publié.
L’objectif de cette Fondation est de contribuer, dans le contexte politique de l’union en matière de relation extérieure, à l’amélioration du développement du capital humain. La Fondation, entre autre, fourni des informations, des analyses et des conseils stratégiques sur des questions de développement de capital humain dans les pays partenaires, promouvoir la connaissance et l’analyse des besoins en matière de compétences sur le marché du travail national et local etc.
La Fondation européenne pour la formation (ETF) est une agence communautaire décentralisée qui a pour objectif de soutenir et promouvoir le développement des systèmes de formation professionnelle dans les pays éligibles. Ces pays sont les pays candidats à l'adhésion à l'Union européenne, les pays candidats potentiels, les pays partenaires d'Europe orientale, d'Asie centrale et du Caucase ainsi que les pays partenaires méditerranéens. Source : http://www.carif-poitou-charentes.asso.fr/.
Fundaţia Europeană pentru Formare Profesională. Noul regulament care creează de Fundaţia Europeană pentru Formare Profesională a fost publicat.