The training programmes leading to the SVEB certificates “Facilitating Learning Events” (Durchführung von Lernveranstaltungen) and “Individual Learning Support” (Einzelbegleitungen) provide the foundation for working with adults in numerous sectors.

Over the past 30 years, 73,040 SVEB certificates have been issued. Last year alone, SVEB awarded 3,294 certificates — the highest number in eight years. This clearly shows that the SVEB certificates have lost none of their appeal.

SVEB can therefore proudly state that it has been achieving for 30 years what it set out to do in the 1990s: to establish a minimum standard for trainers in continuing education, to secure basic didactic and andragogical competences, and to provide orientation for employers. This has been achieved together with around 100 institutions across Switzerland that offer the modules leading to SVEB certificates.

It is an important achievement in the professionalisation of adult education — one that neighbouring countries look upon with admiration. SVEB, and in particular the AdA team, therefore continue to work actively to maintain this status and to meet the high expectations placed on the system.

Christina Jacober  

Managing Director, AdA Modular System  
Member of the SVEB Executive Board

Source: SVEB newsletter