Comparative Analysis of the Adult Education System in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

S obzirom na zahtjeve i potrebe tržišta rada, obrazovanje odraslih je neizostavan koncept današnjeg društva. Pri tome se misli na to da znanje koje je stečeno formalnim obrazovanjem nije dovoljno pojedincu već on mora stalno nadopunjavati svoje znanje i stjecati nove vještine zbog konkurentnosti na tržištu rada. Predmet ovog istraživanja su dvije države, Republika Hrvatska i Bosna i Hercegovina. Ove dvije države su komparirane s obzirom na povijesni razvoj obrazovanja odraslih, institucije nadležne za obrazovanje odraslih, zakonodavni okvir obrazovanja odraslih, financiranje obrazovanja odraslih, programe i pružatelje obrazovanja odraslih te participaciju stanovništva u obrazovanju odraslih i prepreke za sudjelovanje u obrazovanju odraslih. Cilj ovog rada je bio usporediti sustav obrazovanja odraslih u Republici Hrvatskoj te Bosni i Hercegovini kako bi se uočile sličnosti te razlike i donijeli zaključci. Komparativnom analizom su uočene značajnije razlike u područjima povijesnog razvoja obrazovanja odraslih, institucija obrazovanja odraslih, zakonodavnog okvira obrazovanja odraslih te financiranja obrazovanja odraslih. Kada govorimo o aspektima programa i pružatelja obrazovanja odraslih te participacije stanovništva u obrazovanju odraslih i prepreka za sudjelovanje razlike nisu značajne. Naime, u području zakonodavstva obrazovanja odraslih i financiranja obrazovanja odraslih je razlika značajna i nije zadovoljavajuća za Bosnu i Hercegovinu. U obje zemlje bi trebalo uložiti dodatne napore kako bi sustav obrazovanja odraslih bio kvalitetniji. Međutim, ova izjava se posebno odnosi na Bosnu i Hercegovinu s obzirom na stanje u mnogim područjima obrazovanja odraslih.Considering the demands and needs of the labor market, adult education is an indispensable concept in today’s society. This means that the knowledge acquired through formal education is not enough for and individual, but it must constantly supplement it’s knowledge and acquire new skills due to competitiveness in the labor market. The subject of this research are two countries, the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. These two countries are compared with regard to the historical development of adult education, institutions responsible for adult education, financing of adult education, programs and providers of adult education, participation of the population and barriers to participation in adult education. The aim of this thesis was to compare the system of adult education in Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to observe similarities and differences and draw conclusions. Through comparative analysis, significant differences were observed in the areas of historical development of adult education, adult education institutions, legislative framework of adult education and financing of adult education. When we talk about the aspects of programs and providers of adult education and participation of the population in adult education and barriers to participation, the differences are not significant. Namely, in the field of adult education legislation and financing of adult education, the difference is significant and not satisfactory for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In both countries, additional efforts should be made to improve the quality of the adult education system. However, this statement particularly applies to Bosnia and Herzegovina, considering the situation in many areas of adult education