Finanzierung beruflicher Weiterbildung in Deutschland

The Financing of vocational adult education has changed a lot over the last decade. Demand-led funding instruments were introduced at federal as well as state level, aiming to support various (target) groups. The paper reviews, whether these funding instruments addressed special gaps in the funding system and tries to provide first and preliminary impressions whether and to what extent these instruments might have contributed to increasing participation rates in Germany. The analysis suggests that some fundings gaps were addressed, though to a different extent. However, it appears that the impact towards increasing participation rates is rather limited.